Help ASAP feeding!

One of my pinkies exploded at room temperature so it's not as simple! I also don't have a lamp I can heat it with so my choices are hot water or hairdryer. The hot water seems to work quite well for me with my larger feed items.

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Originally Posted by Naom9Anne

One of my pinkies exploded at room temperature so it's not as simple! I also don't have a lamp I can heat it with so my choices are hot water or hairdryer. The hot water seems to work quite well for me with my larger feed items.

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Pay no mind to him... everyone is dumb with no common sense according to him. I don't use f/t, I tried but it's a lot less hastle for me to feed live. I don't throw away money (for refused, or things blowing up, or leaking, yuck) but since it did it simply by room temp thawing, I might seek a different supplier. Something isn't right there

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It happends. I think i started a thread in january asking why mine exploded too :P

I think that particular pinkie may have had severely thin skin. I am bumping my little ones to rat fuzzies, the bee took a small mouse so hoping he will take a fuzzie. Going to switch my spider to rat fuzzies after a few feeds also and get my het gs onto small weaners when after the next feed I think.

The only explosions I've had with the larger items (small weanlings) was down to my own inexperience and using water which was too hot. i quite like my thaw in luke warm water in a baggy, then warmer water when thawed and hot water before serving or some blow drying to spread the smell. I have all night to feed my BP's and it seems to work for me :)

I think if I tried live i would end up with pets rather than prey items! Haha! Luckily mine all eat F/T.

Thinking of trying my pastel on a multi on her next feed (just the one feed) to try to kick start her eating as someone has suggested to me, her refusals and therefore waste of a perfectly good item, is starting to bug me. I know it's not unusual and I shouldn't be bugged by a few missed feeds but as she is still young I'd like her to establish feeding on at least a weekly basis :) She has only taken 3 out of 7 offerings. She is gaining weight which is great though, not too much to panic about yet.

Well, sounds like just some not-so-good mice! :/ I wouldn't think it's harmful... just messy.