I need tips on unthawing rats.

My snake seems to like her meals prepared like the following lolz: the rat is placed in whatever temp comes out of the cold water tap for 20 min and then placed in hot water for 20 minutes. Nice and warm when offered but not hot.

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I thaw overnight in the fridge in ziplock bags, then place in an incubator for an hour before feeding set to 110F. For larger rats I keep them in the incubator for 1.5 to 2 hours. They always come out perfect.

The best way that I've found worked for me, even with stubborn eaters is:

1.) Take whatever you plan on feeding out at least 4-5 hours in advance that way it'll fully thaw out(make sure it's in a ziploc bag that's properly sealed).
2.) Run the hot water for a few minutes to let it get fully hot then fill a large pot full of water.
3.) Place the ziploc bag in the pot(make sure it has little to no air in it, I do this during the placing in the ziploc bag).
4.) Place a cup or something and fill it with water and place on top of the bag to keep the bag under water.

Now depending on what temperature your water heater is set on some waters may be hotter than others, so you may want to repeat steps 2-4 an additional time.

5.) Once the water is starting to cool down while it's still lukewarm take the bag out and empty it onto a saucer or something of that nature(I had a designated plate for this that I ONLY used for this)
6.) Go in the snake room, turn on your hair dryer and heat the rats/mice up with the hair dryer.

This also gets a really good feeding response going because you're basically scenting the whole room on top of getting the food for them nice and warm.

EDIT:
One of my feeding videos I did. FYI I usually fed in the afternoon and it was my day off so I was normally a bit tipsy, lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMI25UygSxQ

I take the mouse out and put it on my snakes tub, there's holes on the lid so she can smell the mouse. When it's fully thawed out, I boil some water and dip the head of the mice in there for about 30 seconds.