Quote Originally Posted by nebby3103
I own a cornsnake, and the prevailing opinion is that corns should be fed f/t prey in a seperate container to avoid injury and ingestion of substrate respecitvely. Well, I recently acquire my first BP, and her [frozen] mice are in the mail. I plan on feeding her tomorrow.

My question is should she be fed in her cage on the substrate or on a small dish (I was thinking of using a frisbee) or does she need to bed fed in a seperate container? Pretty basic question, I know. I'm just curious to know what most folks do. Thanks.

Edit: I also wanted to add that one reason I undserstand corns should be fed in seperate containers is so they do not learn to associate opening the lid of their cage and sticking your hands in with food, therefore making them more likely to strike at your hands in the future. I can only assume the same general properties of conditioning apply to BP's as well. Any thoughts?
As long as you open the tank for more than just feeding and changing water, you are okay. They will associate your hand with food if you only go in there when it is feeding time. Handle the snake and all will be fine. A lot of people choose to feed in their normal tank so you don't have to handle them while they are full and still in hunting mode(when they are likely to strike)