All my reptiles get fed in their enclosures. None of my snakes take whacks at me unless I am careless enough to handle a mouse and then put my hands in the enclosure. It only happen three times in ten years of serious reptile keeping. I use BBQ tongs or hemostats to dangle feed the crew. NO incidents for over four years now. P.S. I wouldn't recommend "hand feeding" a python. Accidents do happen and it would be your own fault (sorry pythonweb). Just my

-Danny