I only have 2 snakes and I feed them both in their enclosures.I pre scent the room for about an hour before feeding and have not been mistaken for food when reaching in their cages so far. One pokes his head out of his hide when he smells the rat and waits for his meal. He strikes immediately at live or f/t. The other one at this time eats only live mice and waits in her hide with a hole in the top. She doesnt come out to get the mouse.She waits for the mouse to enter the hide and then strikes immediately.