But lovely tasty looking fingers could make a difference. My sid used to always get fed in her viv by her previous owners and i had a hell of a time stopping her striking for me when i went to get her out. have a look at this vid i uploaded last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vLiAn674js
At the same time though, the snake might decide its being fed every time it leaves the viv. Saying that I still feed out of the viv.