Quote Originally Posted by desertrose1800 View Post
Thanks, I really don't care if he eats in his cage or not, I had no problem with my corn snake eating in his cage. I know they're different snakes but I figured that would be near the same. I just don't want him taking any of his bedding in with the meal. Thats the only reason I was going to put him in a seperate container for feeding. I use forest floor for the his bedding and a doubt thats good for him to have in his belly along with the mouse.
Ingesting a bit of substrate here and there will cause no harm. Impaction is very very rare with these species. I have had snakes swallow mouth fulls of wood chips and be just fine.