Im far from being an expert in this field but I started out with my first ball a Spider thinking it was important to remove him from his enclosure to avoid striking when we get him out and to this day I still put him in his tub because he seems to know its feeding time and we like to get him out a know he has no problems eating this way. On the other hand I've learned that my yearling pastels don't seems to like this transition and will rarely eat.

The truth of the matter that I've learned is that if you move them from there enclosure your not doing at all to benefit the snake and they are A) Already a good eater with small problems and don't mind the tub B) Stressing the snake out and causing interruptions in the eating habits.

And no matter which one of these they are you're still handling and moving the snake again after there done eating which is in no way a benefit.

Ball pythons are shy creature that don't want to bite you. If you're not poking and prodding or doing three blind mice finger puppets you're unlikely to get bit. But the pain comes with the pleasure of connecting with such a delicate defenseless creature against us. all it has is its mouth to defend - If its biting you, you must be doing something they dont like, Or you still smell like food.

So do what you want because this is your adventure. But know you're not doing it for them.