F/T rats/mice

How do you thaw and heat your rodents. Whats the best way in your opinion?
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I just run the faucet until I get some nice hot water and then let them soak in it until thawed. I then heat them up a bit with a hair dryer. It's worked so far.

If you have a fire place, setting them 6 feet away from the insert thaws them perfectly in an hour or so. However, if you don't have a wood fire place, putting the mouse in a baggy and setting it in a dish of warm water works well too. Just make sure you warm them a little extra after thawing to entice your BP:gj:

I leave them in the snake room to defrost and heat them up with a blow dryer before feeding.........Works everytime

i put them in the fridge the night before so they will defrost then get them out the next day let them sit a bit and then get some hot water and soak them in it for a bit to get their temp up.

What I do is I'll take them out of the freezer and shove them in the fridge the day before, usually around 3 pm when I get out of school, and then the next day I let them sit in the snake room to warm up for about half an hour to an hour.

After that I take a blowdryer and warm up the head to give the snake a target and feed them!

shouldent there be a feeding section on these forums?

I thaw them in a zip lock to room temp, then I put the zip lock in hot water for 15 minutes on one side, and another 5 on the other. Larger rats may stay in the water a little longer.

I pull them out of the freezer and put them in hot water. Let them unthaw in it and then dump that water out and put hot water in it again to get them up to the temp I want. They love them warm and wet. I figure they are getting a drink at the same time. I haven't had a problem yet.

I put them in a ziplock bag and into some warm water for anywhere from 20mins to an hour. I will give it another blast of warm water for a few mins before its ready.

But just before I feed, i fill the ziplock bag with some warm water to get the rat all nice and wet. Its easier to swallow also will ensure the snake hydrates.

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I put my rats is super hot water to thaw and leave them for about 30-60 minutes. Then I change over that water again a few minutes before feeding to get them really hot.

For mice I do the same but just warm water instead of hot water becuase if mice get too hot the sometimes pop.

Do Not try and thaw them in a microwave...:colbert: :puke2:

Hot water then hair dryer = best method to get mine in the mood sometimes in-between hot water and hair dryer I'll blow on the rat over their cage so they can smell it before I offer it they get out of their hide and start hunting

I've always warmed my rodents up in hot waiter then used a hair dryer, but now I'm at the point where most of my snakes are eating larger rats, and I have several who are VERY particular about the temperature of their food and need them really warm, and it takes 30 minutes of blasting to get a big thick rat very warm at all. Any suggestions?

Ionic hair dryer or a furnace, basically the same thing

I also put them in the fridge over night (a bit longer for the jumbo rats) and then pre scent the room 30 min before offering. Just before I offer it I'll heat the head a bit more with a hair dryer. Just the head usually the body is at room temp or so. I pre scent by the heater so they warm up a bit over the average room temps.

I let the rats thaw in the snake room until they hit room temp. This way my snakes have to smell the rats all day long. When its feeding time they are ready. I either use the ziplock in hot water method or I plug in a heat piece of heat tape without a regulator. The tape will hit 101-105 leave them on that for a couple min then serve your hot rodent to the snake. This is a good method if your feeding a larger amount of balls. JUST DONT FORGET TO UNPLUG THE TAPE AND DO NOT LEAVE THE RATS ON THE TAPE FOR MORE THAN 15 MIN!!!