How do you Thaw/ Defrost you Mice, rats etc...

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I put mine in a small ziplock and put it in hot tap water

I put mine in the fridge for a day before feeding. I take them out about 3 hours before to come up to room temps and 30 min before I put them loose in the snake room on a human heating pad then just before offering I'll heat the head with a hair drier.

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At room temp near/above the enclosure and once thawed warmed up with a hair dryer.

generally i put them in a ziplock and warm them in warm water for a while. however with my mojave spider male that has been reluctant up till last week. we actually put them in the water direct till it was warm then used a hair dryer to dry the fur. finally after a few months he took it without any delay.

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

just curious of everyone different ways of doing this
so post your way in as much detail as possible :)

Thanks!

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I warm up a bowl of water for about one minute and thirty seconds. The water shouldn't be scalding hot, but hot enough! I then put the mouse in a ziploc bag and submerse it for about 2 minutes. I squeeze the mouse after 2 minutes to make sure it's warm and completely thawed ALL OVER. I pre-scent the room by taking a blowdryer/fan and wafting the thawed mouse smell toward the enclosure. After I see my BP start to come out of his side or notice the smell I use tongs to lower the mouse and do the little zombie dance :)

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I put mine in a ziplock and just set them in front of a fan for a couple hours then the bag gets dropped in warm water for about 10 minutes and presto, warm rats.

I fill a bowl about 1/2 full from the bathtub (fastest way to get warm water) and then plop the rats in it. Wait 30-45 minutes, and voila, rats. :)