Question regarding feed box versus enclosure feeding

[John1982]

While I personally advocate feeding snakes in their normal enclosure, I agree with John ^ ^ ^ on this one, only because in this instance, your snake has learned
to expect ("hunt") for dinner in the other location, so why confuse him? We are all "creatures of habit", lol, & snakes learn their way around...in this case, where
to "find" his dinner.

(Ball pythons are pretty docile...you'd be unwise to handle many other kinds of snakes just before & just after feeding, but with a B.P. you're pretty safe.)

The key component is that it has to work for the keeper & the critter. It can be surprising how easily snakes pick up on patterns. Seeing it firsthand, it's not so surprising when long established snakes resist change. Folks with potentially dangerous and/or excessively nervous critters have to take these things into consideration when choosing how to maintain their animals.