The only one I feed in a separate feeding tub is my corn snake, and that's because she's wicked dumb. Adorable and a great creature whom I adore, but as dump as a stump.
I used to feed in her enclosure, but she has the tendency to lose the food animal. Even though she was just biting it and is still partially wrapped around it, she just can't seem to locate it. Sometimes she'll crawl over it, embedding it in the substrate. Other times she'll bite it and drag it along for a while. By the time she finally finds the head and starts to swallow, the mouse would be covered with substrate like dough on chicken fingers.
In the tub, she seems to find the mouse faster, probably because there is so much less space, and its still nice and clean when she does get to it.
Otherwise, I feed in the enclosure and have no issues.
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