Enough is enough

[Redneck_Crow]

I've got one ball python (the mean one, of course) who has eaten a f/t rat off of a paper plate in the middle of the living room at 3pm with four people sitting around oohing and ahhing and watching while I explain to them how a snake feeds.

Another one won't take a meal unless I place it in her cage at night then don't even look at her until morning. She's also a live feeder until she develops a better prey response, so for the time being she's eating nothing bigger than fuzzy rats.

My suggestion on feeding is do what works for any particular snake. If you're concerned about the possibility of an impaction, then what might work is to keep that fussy eater on paper towels or newspaper and feed it in the cage until it develops a good feeding response. Then if you still want to you can try feeding it in a separate area.