Thawing frozen

Curious to see how many different ways everyone using frozen thaws their food. I know, I know, take them out of the freezer, DUH!
Do you take them out and leave them, do you put them on a heat pad, put them in a plastic bag in hot water.
Any novel ideas? Especially when you're feeding >20 animals?
(this should be good):rolleye2:

I use warm water and a hair dryer if needed.

Straight from the freezer to very hot water, not bagged.

I agree with icandi

from the freezer to a bucket of hot water( hottest running tap). in bags weighted down. it takes a little longer to thaw in bags but I don't have to dry them.

since i only have one i move the rat into the fridge early in the day and let it thaw. once its time to feed i throw it in the sink with hot water

I thaw on a piece of flexwatt in my rack. Takes about 3 hours.

I thaw under a spare clamp lamp, takes about an hour.

I use two tubs filled with hot water. What allows me to speed up my thawing time is a tea kettle! I pour boiling water (sounds crazy) into the tubs with already thawing rats. I don't pour much, just enough to give the water an extra kick of heat 1/2 way through thawing. I'm thawing 40+ rats and mice at a time and dumping cold water every 20 minutes can get annoying! I've had no problem with rats splitting or busting but I’ve only been doing it this way for six or so months.

Go Colts!

I put them in a plastic bag, fill the bathroom sink with hot water and submerge for an hour or two. Then I heat the heads a little bit with a blow dryer.