I used to feed in a separate tub, used a hook or just my hands to remove them.


I no longer do this as it is pointless. Captive ball pythons do not lose the ability to digest/break down substrate and other matter that *may* be ingested while feeding. Nor do they lose the "accuracy" when feeding in their every day enclosure, your simply introducing the chance that they will not feed as they put into a new environment and may have more of an urge to explore or escape. Rodent feces...if it bothers you that much in a day or two you can pick it out or clean the whole tub.

I'm not sure who "they" is that says snakes become more aggressive when feeding in their every day enclosure?? To me the stress of handling the snake introducing a new environment ("clean tub") and then handling the snake again after just consuming a meal would cause a better chance of them having any aggressive response. Even when I was feeding in a separate tub I didn't believe in those sorts of associations.