I feed outside of my enclourse in a small, clear tub.

I feed live and will hold/wedge the mouse by the tail. I use to set the mouse in by his tail and close the lid but I had a pack of seriously insane white mice and one of them wigged out when I put him in there. Ulfric landed his bite like a champ ofcourse, but oh the suspense... not the kind I like with my little buddy's well being on the line.

When he moves to full grown rat, I will raise live and sever the spinal cord via the neck and tail method before tossing him in for Ulfric.

The reason I first started was because I read of the worries of food aggresion. Honestly, I wouldn't be worried about even the meanest BP. If you don't smell like food you wont get bit.

I hate it when he messes his cage up anyways It's also a great time to clean his enclosure whilie hes in the tub. Too each their own, I don't think either method is bad. Everything has pros and cons.