"I don't think its just me, ( maybe I'm wrong ) but it seems like everything everyone is trying to help you with, you are so quick to argue. I just don't understand why coming here and asking for help with things, yet argue with what we say?"

I apologize if you feel that way, but with as much reading as I've done, every individual website, person and book is going to have their own opinions. Some swear by one thing and say there's nothing better, others claim that the same thing is horrible and that you should never use it.
When it comes down to it, I have to do the very best I can for my animals, and that's bound to involve doing something that, by consequence of being incapable of pleasing everyone, someone does not agree with or approve of.

For every person here who has said to feed a snake in its enclosure, I can get a credible source that strongly advises the exact opposite. It's really no different than "you should feed live food because I do/because so-and-so does, and I/they have done it for years with no problems." As has just been said on this thread, "just because it has not happened YET does not mean that it won't."

When it comes to my animals' health and safety, I am not a risk taker. I am not a gambler, they mean far too much to me to do something that has a chance of hurting them. Thus far, I have to choose a "risk"; should I worry more about my snake bumping her nose from striking at the glass, or should I risk making her much worse and even risk her life by offering her food in her enclosure?
It seems that I run a risk of being bitten either way, so that's no longer really my concern -- even if I do, like I said, I've definitely had worse. Sure, I'd like that to go away so I don't have a snake who treats my hand like a freshly thawed rodent several times a day, but I can deal with that over running the risk of something that could be harmful to her.

If she was refusing all food offered outside of her enclosure, I would be a lot more concerned, but she eats outside perfectly fine (and would probably eat until she either barfed or ruptured), so that does not appear to be the issue.
If anything, being too enthusiastic is the 'problem', but as I said, I'd opt for a snake who bites at everything, over a shy and timid one who won't even look at food. She may be a nipper, but it could be so much worse.

I honestly do appreciate all of the input, or I wouldn't still be here. I'm not trying to be argumentative, and I'm sorry if anything I have said has been interpreted that way.
I'm simply discussing and weighing the options.
As an owner, I, like everyone else, have things that I just won't consider, be it feeding live food or walking dogs off-leash or letting my cats go outdoors. If it could hurt my animals, it's something I won't do. Otherwise, believe me, I am all ears.


"When I was younger I had a heat bulb burst on me, showering the enclosure with scalding hot bits of broken glass."
I have actually heard of the exact same thing, which is just one more reason I went for a ceramic heat emitter rather than a heat bulb, infra-red or otherwise. This thing guarantees that you can throw the thing into cold water after half an hour of power-on and it won't break. I have seen ones that have been busted before, and they tend to be in large chunks, much more like a shattered porcelain doll than a broken lightbulb, and way too big to fall through a screen. It was the best and safest option I could possibly find, and so far I haven't heard anything bad about them, thankfully.