Quote Originally Posted by FireStorm View Post
It is absolutely a myth that feeding in the enclosure causes cage aggression. Our collection is a pretty decent size (at the peak of hatching season it is usually around 200 BPs). We feed everyone in their tubs and have no issues with anybody being aggressive. If you think about it, it makes sense. Everyone's tub gets opened once a day at a minimum (sometimes more if we are checking for locks/eggs), so one out of 7+ tub openings leads to food. Plus, if you feed outside of the enclosure, you then have to move a snake that is in feeding mode, which increases the chances of being bitten. Another thing- if snakes really did make such a strong association with regards to where their food comes from, moving them to feed them probably wouldn't help anyway. They would just learn that being taken out means that food is coming and become aggressive when they were removed from their enclosures.
It's what worked for me, and the consequences of when my friend did not do it. When your a breeder you don't HANDLE each and every snake every day, on top of which feeding in the enclosure causes territorial habits. I just explained what worked with me and what didn't work for my friend, I fully support the method and I'd prefer not to have fingers pointed at me as if to say I'm wrong. People do stuff different ways, because I own them as pets and I prefer to have a controlled environment for my pets, I do it my way and I say what I do and do not support and why.

I'm sure as a breeder you don't particularly worry about this problem, but that's not going to change my opinions or stop me from doing it. So don't point fingers at me saying "You're wrong" when I like what I do and I think I have reasonable reason to do them.