Actually when we fed f/t we made sure to grasp the prey between the loose skin of the shoulder blades and "dance" it in an imitation of life prey movement. We never did the dangle from the tail from above thing. Personally I would not move a hungry or just fed snake to a seperate feeding tank. Ours are far too antsy and ready to go on feeding day for me to even want to try LOL. All of them eat live and eat in their own home enclosures other than the milksnake who has a busy display type tank. Even with her I'm getting uncomfortable with moving her in and out of the feeding tub, as she's becoming a far more aggressive hunter as she matures and has recently gone from f/t mice to live rat pinks.