I feed F/T in my snakes enclosure and only been mistaken for food one time, and I would have to say it was my fault. I had been handling the food item to get it on the tongs, and when I lowered the mouse in their he wasn't looking at the mouse, but he was looking at me! Directly at my torso! Weird huh? I guess it was the heat, but he struck out directly at me, but luckely my arms are longer than him and he didn't get close ^_^.

What happend was he wasn't tracking the mouse, and instead of backing up and then re-introducing the prey item, I kept trying to get him to see it, but too late, STRIKE!

So I guess my advice would be that if the snake gets confused its always going to be the feeders fault. Make it evident that your feeding the snake the mouse and not your hand! You'll be able to tell the difference.

-Austin