Quote Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant View Post
Many people especially pet store employees say that you should feed outside of the snakes cage, but almost all of the experienced members on this site and all of the big BP breeders feed them in their cages.

Think of it this way:

To feed a snake in their cage doesn't require you to come into contact with them at all... but to put into and take out of a separate container does.

A BP can tell the difference between a rodent and your hand... they use smell, heat vision, and sight to identify potential prey. As long as your hand doesn't look, smell and have the same thermal signature as a rat (which it won't) a BP isn't going to mistake you for food. This isn't to say that you will never get bit, but if you do 99% of the time the snake wasn't intending on eating you.
Made some good points... Thank you so much for your help! i will feed him inside his enclosure for his next feeding...
Thank you so much