Keeping thawed rats warm?

[Shawnee]

Hi everyone. This is probably a stupid question but I can't figure out a better way..

I thaw my rats in a cup of hot water. I leave them in the cup for around 10 minutes. I have 8 snakes to feed, and by the time I get to around..snake number 3 or 4, the water the rats are in starts losing heat...

How do you keep the rats warm when you have to feed multiple snakes?

[Jhill001]

Are they pinky rats? Seems like they are defrosting really quickly.

Put the cup the rats are floating in right in front of a blow dryer on high heat.

Another idea, find out which snakes will take the rats at room temp. I defrost my mice and just put them in their feeding critter keepers and then put the snakes in there and then they eat them. I can't imagine the mice hold temp very long in a plain plastic container. They eat them just fine.

[Rhasputin]

I put mine under a heat lamp dome to thaw, and keep warm.

[Lizardlicks]

If it's not too much of a trip from where you warm the rats to where you feed the snakes, you might be able to keep them warm by doing it in batches. Feed 4 snakes the still warm rats while the others are left in the hot water, then go back for them other half. Other solution is keep a hair dryer with you and hit them for a temp bump if they start getting too chilly.

[hungba]

The hair dryer is your friend. Heat them up by blowing each just before offering.

[bcr229]

I use a five gallon bucket to thaw mine, the water stays warm for a while... but I also have 70 snakes and some eat 3# rabbits.