Horror show with the mouse tonight

Bleah. I think we overheated the frozen mousicle. First the foot fell off. Then the ear. (Crappy tong handling technique on my part apparently). Then he exploded. Bleahhhh. Between the mouses toasting over an open lightbulb and the zombie dance and now mouse parts everywhere, I just might not make it. I don't know if she will eat it like that. It seems horrifyingly nasty and I cannot imagine she will think it is ok to eat. :zerb:

LOL Grossss!

This fiasco makes feeding live seem like a much nicer option. For ME. AND, let me just say-- I KNEW I would end up caring for this snake! I am so glad I like her! This reinforces my belief that pets are really really really for the parents. Thank GOD I didn't let him get a tegu. I just can't see me doing the tegu care. This sweet little ball python is a piece of cake for me. Even with the nasty mice ickness.

Ahhh...this is where a nice, gentle defrost over the course of several hours (or even overnight) works well, then maybe an hour or so prior to feeding the snake, place the mouse on its back on a warm (but not hot) heating pad. That way the abdominal skin (which is thin to start with and has already been weakened due to the freezing/thawing process) isn't directly exposed to high heat, but the mouse has an opportunity to come up to "heat signature" temperature.

You may want to play with the thawing time/heat pad temps a bit to find exactly what meets your needs, but try that technique & see if you end up with fewer unexpected explosions of the icky rodent variety. :)

BTW...that's a "You Might Be A Herper If..." you've EVER had to clean mouse guts off of ANYTHING!!! :D

:gj:

blech.. I can relate to that icky mouse guts everywhere thing... not fun.

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Originally Posted by KLG

BTW...that's a "You Might Be A Herper If..." you've EVER had to clean mouse guts off of ANYTHING!!! :D

:gj:

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I :8: my water when I read that.. thanx. :D

well at least we are not the only overzealous mouse warmer uppers! We got rid of disgusto mouse number one and have decided to defrost another mouse. Much more slowly and see if she would prefer that one.

i feed all of mine f/t and all i do is put them in a container with hot water and after about 15 min change the water again with new hot water and in another 10 min theyre good to go. at least thats how i do it.

no, better one

You might be a herper if: you have learned your lesson about microwaving frozen rodents


yeah

Heh. We had this mouse submerged in hot water, and we didn't microwave it. I think our water was just wayy too hot.

I let all of mine defrost in the snake room all day long and then just zap the head and tummy with a blow dryer for a minute :gj:

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Originally Posted by ZinniaZ

Heh. We had this mouse submerged in hot water, and we didn't microwave it. I think our water was just wayy too hot.

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yeah, what you described, i knew you didnt =]

my dad wanted to see what would happen, so he 'warmed' one up in a old microwave that we were trashing... lol

I need to buy a hairdryer. Ugh. I am still reeling from all of the mouse guts and dismemberment.

Oooh, chica-- that sounds like a bad scene. I wonder how many people DO microwave the mice?

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Originally Posted by ChicaPiton519

no, better one

You might be a herper if: you have learned your lesson about microwaving frozen rodents

yeah

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Actually, it's "You Might Be A Herper If..."

You've learned that defrosting rodents in the microwave DOES NOT WORK!! (Splat! Really gross!!)

;)

DO NOT MICROWAVE ANYTHING WITH HAIR!!!

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Originally Posted by KLG

Actually, it's "You Might Be A Herper If..."

You've learned that defrosting rodents in the microwave DOES NOT WORK!! (Splat! Really gross!!)

;)

DO NOT MICROWAVE ANYTHING WITH HAIR!!!

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I had to re-read the post, that's what I thought he did :O

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Originally Posted by wicked5446

i feed all of mine f/t and all i do is put them in a container with hot water and after about 15 min change the water again with new hot water and in another 10 min theyre good to go. at least thats how i do it.

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ya, i do that to. bad luck on the...umm...'kersplat'? u didnt by ne chance leave him exposed to 'Alien' too long did you. lol face huggers,:rofl:

Hahahahaha!!!! This whole thread is grand, but really, the best part of all was when I looked down at the tags.

XDD so great!!!

Blow dryer? LOL>..I can just picture the mice looking like Don Johnson in Miami Vice...with Foppy hair dos...lol

Someone said they use a hairdyer...I can just picture these mice with foppish hairdos...a la James Dean or Don Johnson...lol

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Originally Posted by starmom

I let all of mine defrost in the snake room all day long and then just zap the head and tummy with a blow dryer for a minute :gj:

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I'll second that :gj: