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Rat Thawing Questions

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  • 05-09-2016, 11:15 AM
    JoshSloane
    Step one: Put frozen rat in tupperware or literally anything
    Step two: Turn on hot faucet water and fill said tupperware
    Step three: Wait until rat is thawed
    Step four: Drain water, pat rat dry with paper towel and feed to snake

    Pretty easy right? Dont overthink this. No need for hairdryers and other antics. Thaw the rat thoroughly and feed it to the snake.

    Snakes have highly evolved physiologic prey detection methods over millions of years. All you need to do is get the feeder rat thawed and warm, and basically get out of the way and let nature do the rest. No matter how good your 'zombie dance' is with the rat it will never come close to recreating subtle prey movements that snakes evolved to pick up on.
  • 05-09-2016, 11:19 AM
    butterballpython
    OK, I thawed it out and the temp was 105.9. He grabbed it, and it looks like he's trying to swallow it with the rat's back facing toward him. I'm not sure he'll get it down that way.
  • 05-09-2016, 11:22 AM
    butterballpython
    Never mind. He has it head first now, and it's halfway down. Whew! We did it! Thank you, everybody!
  • 05-09-2016, 12:17 PM
    Eric Alan
    Re: Rat Thawing Questions
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by butterballpython View Post
    Never mind. He has it head first now, and it's halfway down. Whew! We did it! Thank you, everybody!

    Congrats! Keep up the good work. :gj:
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