I know and hes stubborn trying to put him in the feeding container is a pain spent like 5 mins trying to get his tail of the side while i was trying to put lid on little guy would not put his tail in the contrainer lol so stubborn ..... and a real good feeder hasnt missed a meal since i got him.
I would just feed him in his cage. Feeding in the cage isn't going to make him aggressive or mistake you for food. In-fact you are far more likely to have issues when feeding in a separate container.