Well, the food item is pretty big in relation to the snake itself; would you want to be doing twists and contortions right after a huge meal?
Excessive handling after feeding often results in a slimy messy dead mouse horked up on your hand...or, in your case, in your skivvies...
Excessive handling after feeding often results in a slimy messy dead mouse horked up on your hand...or, in your case, in your skivvies...