Feeding question.

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I personally have separate tanks for feeding and I see no negative affects from switching tanks for feeding and it helps keep the "food" smell out of their main tank.. But that's just me..

I've only had my snake for about 2 months now, but I've been feeding him in a separate "enclosure"(it's just one of those white USPS boxes) and I've never once had any trouble with him eating f/t mice. I keep doing it not because I'm worried about him being aggressive if I feed him in the tank, but rather because he's now come to associate being put in the box with eating. I usually put him in while the mouse is still thawing and he spends the entire time searching for the mouse. When I go to put it in, he strikes instantly with no issues.

As for moving him back, I usually wait until he's done swallowing and has started to move around a bit more before taking him out. So far, no mice have come back up.

I do the same thing. I feed live. My tank is "designer" - too many places for a rat to wedge himself into that a snake can't get to. No rat poop allowed in my tanks either. So, I feed in separate enclosure wait for the snake to completely finish swallowing/re-aligning its jaw and move him back to his tank. No problems.