Why don't you feed him in his enclosure...I feed mine in his...I think that taking them out and then bothering them right after they eat can stress them as well as make him possibly regurgitate his food. That's just IMO and how I do it and what I've been told..I've also been told it's better to feed them in there tank. I always do and never once has he hissed at me or struck at me. He's absolutely a very nice snake.