Whats a good way to thaw a frozen mouse?

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Originally Posted by Slim

:gj: Glad your system works for you.

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26 out of my 30 snakes seem to like it. the other 4 are live only

thanks for all your help guys, i was doing it in a baggie with water but was just curious if there was a better way of going about it.

I used to do it in a baggie, but IMO it's a waste of ziplocs.

I put a few rodents in a bowl and let them thaw for most of the day. I leave the rodents really close to the cage so the snakes get into a nice feeding mode.

Then I blow dry the rodents so they're pretty warm and this method works like a charm for me.

From my limited experience I've noticed that the snake REALLY need the warm prey; my snakes seem a lot more excited about warm prey than room temperature prey.

The internal temp of a live mouse would be higher then just room temp. Snakes also detect the food by heat as well as smell so a warmer mouse is easyer for them to see. Also the warmer the snake the better for digestion.

alot of mine dont care if its warmed or not but a few will not eat them unless warmed. i typically just leave mine out to thaw a room temp. then the few snakes i have that wont eat them unless warmed i will take those rodents and give them the hairdryer treatment for a minute. if you have maybe one or 2 mice to thaw i would run hot tap water into a butter tub and set the lid on top(DO NOT SEAL THE LID IT WILL BLOW THE LID OFF AND COULD BURN YOU) then ill put the mice on top of the lid

As mentioned, I dry the feeders because wet attracts substrate. And if your feeding on newspaper then the ink gets on the feeders when wet. Unless it is unprinted. I also second the motion for the less scent due to washing/being wet.