How do you guys thaw your feed?

I use plastic ZipLock containers. 4 rats per plastic container.
Stuff it with small rats and fill with hot steaming water.
I set the timer to 25 min.
Timer goes off and I drain the water and add hot steaming water again for 10 min. (take a bit to fully thaw sm to med rats) :D
Timer goes off and the buffet line opens.

Hope it helps. :)

I just soak them in a bucket of hot water and feed them dripping wet to my snakes. Most of them don't care one bit that they are sopping wet.

Frozen meat shouldn't be thawed in hot water, it warms up the surface of the meat enough that bacteria start growing, the same holds true for rodents.

Meat/rodents should be thawed in cold water, then once completely thawed heated to the desired temperature.

1. Pull the rodents out of the freezer and put them into the fridge overnight.

2. If the rodent is completely thawed the next morning/day then you can go ahead and heat the rodent up. If it is still partially frozen then it needs to go into a cold water bath until it is completely thawed.

3. Quickly heat the rodent however you prefer to, then promptly feed the rodent.

I take them out of freezer put them in zip lock bags and let them thaw at room temp. for a several hours. After they have thawed I put bag of rats in a small rubber maid tub, fill tub with hot tap water. Let soak until rats feel warm to touch, sometimes have to refill with hot water again. Rats will usually get wet but my snakes do not care they will eat them anyway.

I pull mine from the freezer, put them in a ziplock bag with hot tap water, set the bag in a tray to keep it upright, once its thawed I dump the water, fill it once more with warm water once the body is warm I pull it out of the bag and feed it to my snakes.

This is how I do it...

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I leave mine on the counter in a plastic baggy for a few hours. I then fill up a big bowl of hot water and put them in. Once the water has cooled down to room temperature I dump that water out and fill it back up with hot water and let it sit for a few minutes and then feed. Works perfect everytime!

We just do it the slow way. :P Set out the rats in some warm/hot water, turn on an episode or two of doctor who. Every time an episode is over we check for thawed-ness and refill the bucket with warm water if it had cooled. The tiny babies get their food quickly, the big guys have to wait til their bigger rats are done thawing. After the rat has thawed we usually let them sit in hot water a little longer to get them warm all the way through.

It takes a while but it's easy and no hassle for us. :D

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

Most of them don't care one bit that they are sopping wet.

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^^^Same. LOL^^^

Take 2 hatchling size bins, put rats in ziploc bags, drape the open end over the side of the bin, fill the tub til I can push the rats down and they're submerged, I take the other bin and put it on top and fill it with hot water as well which pushes the rats below down. Do this once or twice depending on the feeder size.

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