How Does Everyone Heat Up Their BP's Food?

We thaw them out overnight and then put them on 11 inch flexwatt. Make sure there's no water/condensation on the flexwatt or you'll have crock pot rats that fall apart. This is an old pic of our setup, I've added a piece of clear plexiglas over the flexwatt because it's easier to clean up the plexi.

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i take out from fridge, put ambient temp for about 5 hours and then use hair drier to warm them, i used to use the ziploc-hot water, but this new way seems my snakes likes the most. i put special attention on rat's head, even my picky eater is feeding well now. i have only 3 bp, so its not much work, i guess using drier for 40 or so rats would be much harder.

I let the rodents "air" thaw. Then I throw them into the "hot box" until there nice and warm, around 100 degerees. I started using hot water years ago. Decidied I must not like "rat soup" and then went to the "air" thaw, warm with a hair dryer method. I even made a hairdryer holder from a clamp for a dome light, but as the collection grew this became way to time consuming and not very energy efficient. So I decided to make a "hot box".

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Works great and could easily be scaled up for larger collections.:gj:

Anthony

I usually take less then what I need out in the morning and by the time I get back from work they are completely thawed. I fill a small container with very hot water and just dip the heads of the rats in the water for a few minutes and serve.. Works for me. :gj:

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I usually pull what I need and let them thaw at room temp for a few hrs then I place them under heat lamps I have set up for about 20 mins and then good to go...

I put them in a zip loc and let them sit out for at least 24 hours. If not completely thawed I'll put them in water for about 15-20 min.

I remove from the freezer and place in a Red Solo cup filled with hot water from my Keureg let sit for 10 minutes check temps and feed ! I'm working with pups and fuzzys I imagine once I get into larger Rats my methods will change

i thaw in water and heat with a hairdryer

I put mine in a small ziplock baggie and then in warm water. Depending on the size of the rat it is anywhere between 20 mins to 40 mins. I just make sure that the water they are going into is hot, but not too hot to touch.

Throw them in a bucket of warm water wait till they are ready, then put them under a heat lamp just before feeding.