I, personally, have heard the arguments from both sides about feeding in the enclosure vs feeding in a seperate enclosure. I have never had a problem with feeding in my enclosures. I am in my snakes cages everyday for cleaning purposes ( changing water and spot checking for p00 ) reguardless of whether or not i am going to get them out for some handling. I personally feel that as long as i am in there everyday, there is no way they are going to associate me with feeding. Its just my personal feelings on the subject. Others may have had other experiences which lead them to feed in seperate enclosures. Bottom line, in my opinion, no two snakes are the same and no two keepers are the same. As long as your snake is eating ( which is the important thing afterall ), i dont see a problem with either way