I do the opposite of most everyone else. I do NOT feed any of our ball pythons in their regular tank. We have plastic containers that we use just for feeding. I know people say it stresses them to move them and causes them not to eat, but I guess we've just got good snakes that don't get stressed easily. I tried feeding our oldest female in her tank one time and it was not a good experience. My mother-in-law was at our house on feeding day. Since she is terrified of snakes, I just dropped the f/t mouse in the tank. Not only did the snake not eat, but she also freaked out when I went to get the mouse out. I really thought I was going to get bit that day. We cleaned her tank (to get rid of the mouse smell) and have never did it again. But, like someone else said, I think it depends a lot on the individual snake. Mine are used to being fed in different containers so it doesn't bother them. I think it would be easier to feed in their own tank, but I like feeding mine separate. It also eases my mind to know that when we (or any of our 5 children) open the tank to hold one of the snakes, there won't be any confusion if it's feeding time or not. And besides, while they eat gives me plenty of time to clean their tanks!