I think Sarge2004 summed it up really well in his post above. Feeding in a separate cage is really unecessary, though if you like to do it that was it doesn't really hurt anything (aside from potential stress and regurge issues).

I've been keeping snakes for over 30 years and have never taken a snake out of its cage to feed it, unless there was more than one snake in the cage (which is not typically how I keep them). When I open a cage to take the animal out, I just give the snake a gentle tap on the head with a snake hook to let it know its not being fed and that has worked just fine.

I remember a breeder I was getting a snake from telling me "oh this snake is cage defensive, that means its previous owner fed it in its cage..." BS in my opinion. That has a lot more to do with a snake being nervous or insecure than a feeding response.

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