favorite way of thawing out frozen feeders

I'm thinking about starting to feed f/t and was wondering how other people thaw out their frozen feeders.

What I do is - the morning of feeding day I remove them from the freezer and put them in little plastic baggies - let them thaw all day in the refrigerator. When I get home from work I lay them on paper towels in the snakeroom to get the scent going - then around 9pm I soak the rat in a plastic baggy submerged in a mason jar full of hot water - 20 min later they are ready to eat. Works like a charm.

thanks

fridge over night. About on hour before feeding I bring them out and allow them to prescent the snake room and warm up to room temps and then blast them with a hair drier.

I do the same - into the refrigerator the night before an hour or so before feeding, put in the room on a paper towel (on top of a grate), then I put them under a heat lamp for 20 minutes.

I pull them out put them in a small plastic tub and let them thaw at room temp for about 3-4hours (Depending on size) and heat them for 30min under the heat lamp. works great for me.:gj:

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

fridge over night. About on hour before feeding I bring them out and allow them to prescent the snake room and warm up to room temps and then blast them with a hair drier.

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works like a charm. snakes pick up on that heat signature

Thaw them out at room temp for a few hours and feed at room temp everybody eats...

I remove mine from the freezer the night prior to feeding night and allow them to thaw in the fridge. I remove them from the fridge and put them in hot water (usually have to change the water about 5 times to keep it hot) and can feed most right out of the water. I have 1 that likes his hit with the hair dryer for a couple minutes before he'll take it.

This is the only method that I've found that avoids exploding rats.

thanks for all the great tips

I take them out of the freezer before bed and thaw overnight in the snake room and feed off in the morning, no need to warm with boas....man I love my babies! :cool:

I thaw them out at room temp in the reptile room. Then put them into a "hotbox" intil they are nice and toasty. Works great and is by far the best method I have used, and I think I have tried them all :)

I have all my F/T in vacuum bags so the night before they hit the fridge to thaw
A quick warm water bath then I take them one at a time open hit them with a blow dryer to scent the room then feed :) works like a charm:D