Defrosting directly in water or ziplock?

Mine won't take them wet so I thaw in zip locks.


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I separate out my rats into individual ziploc baggies and keep them in the freezer. When it is ready to defrost, I place the bag with the rodent in the fridge the night before. The day of I take the bag out and put it (the closed bag with the rat) in hot tap water for 30 minutes to warm it up. This limits the amount of handling and prevents the rat from getting soaked. It makes cleanup a breeze and works just fine to heat up a frozen rat.

Zip lock

As you can see, you're going to get varied answers. I say do what works for the animal.

I used to defrost right in the water for my corn snake, but switched to using Ziploc bags (doubled up) when someone pointed out that putting them right in the water would rinse away some of the smell and might make it less palatable to the snake.