other f/t warming methods?

are there any other ways for heating up f/ts besides the hot water bit? (f/t on plastic over hot water).

jw. we had a bit of 'fun' last week with the frozens last week.

the hot water worked well with two previous corns i had (but they were on rat pinks). other suggestions or was i just sol?

I usually set the bag of frozen rodents in an empty tub in the rack at about 4-5 pm...by 8-9 pm they are generally defrosted all the way. Usually my ball pythons take the rats just like that, but sometimes my picky eaters will not take them unless I warm them up first. When I warm them up, I still use hot water and plastic bags.

Another thing that I do sometimes (if I remember) is transition the rodent from the freezer to the fridge when I get up in the morning. That will defrost them, so that they are alot easier to warm up when the time comes around.

ahhhh.

shall try.

What does f/t mean?
and where do you all get your frozens from?

f/t- frozen/thawed

i get my frozens from Dixie Reptile show,
(soon to be getting some from:)Wet Pets & Pups,
Petco or Petsmart(they both might have one- there is probably one near you if your'e in miami).

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What does f/t mean?
and where do you all get your frozens from?

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f/t= frozen/thawed

You can get them from local pet shops, otherwise check out these places...

http://www.rodentpro.com/
http://www.bigcheeserodents.com/
http://www.beechdaleanimalsupply.com/
http://www.bigappleherp.com/Reptile_...ders_1015.html
http://www.frozenrodent.com/htm/pricelist.htm


for all of you Canadians out there...
http://www.canadianfeeders.com/products.html
http://www.canadianmouseman.com/eng/

Just to name a few from my bookmarks.;)

Jason

Thanks for clearing that up guys. :imslow:

I've seen them at petco and I remember purchasing some fuzzies... do they have them any bigger? I'm tired of going to my local reptile shop and buying only a few live and going back every week. I'ts pretty far too. Also, can you refreeze f/ts if your snake isn't hungry?

Thanks,
Rusty

yeah, it should have them- the one we went to had a freezer (that i walked right past and then needed help finding X_X )
either locate the elusive freezer or ask- the assistant pulled out a small rat for me.
i think it was like- 3.00$ or a little less

depends. if you do refreeze it- i would suggest doing so asap after vacuum sealing it and not keeping it too long.

someone else may have a better suggestion
*shrugs*

if you are going to buy in multiples I would suggest buying in bulk from one of the links that JBallPython provided. Most pet stores charge around the same price for frozen rodents as they do live....at our petco it is actually cheaper to buy live than it is to buy frozen. If you buy a bunch at one time it could save you over $1.25 on each rodent...that can add up to be alot of money over a few months.

exactly. i'd seriously suggest either looking for feeder breeders in your area or hitting up those links

Off Topic Note:
JBallPython- XD chuck norris sheds twice a year! that, and he can also crush coal into diamonds.

Which site is cheaper and can someone explain to me the sizes of the rodents compared to the age of the snake? I usually just feed them looking at the girth of the largest part of their bodies. And when I go to the reptile shop to buy live they have weird names for them like "hoppers" and others...

well. snap. i would but i get rats and mice mixed up.

a hopper is a baby mouse that is in its hopper stage (bouncing off the walls- litterally)

on one of those sites they show coins/dollars to each rodent. get a dollar for reference and hold it to your snake. generally go for a bit smaller (or what everyone is telling me instead of girth exactly etc).

I tried to order 1 bag of 40 rats for $40 from rodent pro and the shipping came out to another $37! What's up with that?

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f/t= frozen/thawed

You can get them from local pet shops, otherwise check out these places...

http://www.rodentpro.com/
http://www.bigcheeserodents.com/
http://www.beechdaleanimalsupply.com/
http://www.bigappleherp.com/Reptile_...ders_1015.html
http://www.frozenrodent.com/htm/pricelist.htm


for all of you Canadians out there...
http://www.canadianfeeders.com/products.html
http://www.canadianmouseman.com/eng/

Just to name a few from my bookmarks.;)

Jason

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I think we should sticky this info so we have a growing list of feeder mail order.

yeah dixie reptile show has f/t in bulk at good prices, we got 25 fuzzies for $12.50. petco has them pretty expensize if you get them in 'bulk' i think we got 12 pinkies for ~$12,they were some manufactuerer package so they are expensize

Although I haven't ordered from them, there is also http://themousefactory.com.

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I think we should sticky this info so we have a growing list of feeder mail order.

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Not a bad idea, but we also have a review section. Anyone with experience from any of these companies, should feel free to write a review. It provides a list of the available sites, AND gives them some feedback as well. :D