I can agree with this fully if having a problem feeding a new snake.
I wasn't trying to discourage the OP from feeding inside the tank...
All I was doing was warning of the risk of impaction if the OP didn't use newspaper as substrate...but of course some people like to bite others heads off on here.(not talking about you though)
Some people on this site have such a nasty "my way or the highway" attitude about advice though.