my feeders burst open

[Mr Oni]

My 95g bumblebee is blowing out my small mouse bellies. Is this something that is a norm? This is the third time in a row. Im cool with it but i dont wanna stress him out by washing the guts and blood off after he eats

[DooLittle]

Are you feeding f/t?

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[Rob]

I went from the fast food thread thinking about eating...to this thread, not a good idea.

[Kaorte]

You might be overheating them.

[Mr Oni]

Yeah they are f/t. I put them in warm water for 2 min to unstiffin the mouse then let them set atop of viv to awaken the beast.
Then give a few min under heat lamp to make is warm for him.
Its a few hour process to let thaw out.
The lamp is not very hot at all, just warm

[scooter11]

that's It. If you Overheat ThemThat Happens.

[Mr Oni]

Okay, im open to that.
I am not seeing how though.
I dont fast thaw or use steamy water or lamp the thing hotter than my skin.
Its a very low wat red bulb that just gives it that fresh warmness.
But i am open to being wrong.

[I-KandyReptiles]

Do you refreeze? I've had that happen when I've refroze a mouse

[QTEpythons]

I use a lamp too. It's a tricky business. I'd say that's your problem. Just like road kill in the sun. Live rats run about 105 temp that's what I shoot for on my frozen, but I get distracted.
Lamp+refreeze = explosive bowel syndrome. I hope I hear some suggestions too.
My method in the summer here in Phoenix is to put frozen rats in a cover plastic tub in the sun for no more than 2 hours. Been my best success and makes the snakes happy. On days that are 100+ and we have a lot of them.

Lucky this doesn't happen in the tanning booth coming in from a cold winter days. Although it might have made for more interesting jersey shore if we had at least one gut blow.

[Sita]

It seems to me this method causes the outsides (skin) to cook and become weakened before the rest of the rat is warmed.

This is my method. The night before, I take out what I need and put it in the fridge overnight. The next day, I feel it a bit to make sure it's all the way thawed and not "crunchy" in the middle. Then I will run some warm, not hot water, and leave the rat in there for about 15 minutes. Then I run some slightly hotter water and let it sit for 10 minutes. Last thing I do after 10 minutes is run the hottest water that comes out, put the rodent in there and walk over to the cage. I carry some paper towels with me to blot it dry a little so it doesn't drip all over as I offer it.

This sounds like a quicker method than yours, about 30 minutes versus a few hours, assuming you remember to put it in the fridge the night before. If I forget, they just get fed the next day, *shrugs*