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    Has anyone ever had a rats tummy split just from thawing under the heat lamp, not while the snake was eating it?

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    yea i have numerous times...itsd really gross...and kinda frustrating
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    Yep - usually it's followed a a thaw in (baggie'd) hot water then too long under the heat lamp while juggling too many other things - truly nasty. Even worse than that though is when it all looks good and fine until the snake starts constricting/eating it and **P0P** goes the entrails. Ack.

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    I havn't. But it sounds awful.
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    i think its something that happens to everyone eventually at least once
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    Sure - guts happen. Freezing anything causes the cellular structure to break down a bit...with rodents the abdominal skin is fairly thin to start with, so once it's frozen & reheated it tends to weaken some.

    I once left a jumbo rat on a heating pad too long w/o thinking about it then fed it to my male Surinam redtail...he hit the rat like a ton of bricks & it popped like a water balloon. Now THAT was funky!

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    Yeah, I know what happens to the cells and all that, bio/premed major, but it was gross and annoying

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    Quote Originally Posted by padiente
    Yeah, I know what happens to the cells and all that, bio/premed major, but it was gross and annoying
    ROFL!!! Hate to break it to you, but if you're a bio/premed major & find something like a little ruptured rodent "gross & annoying", then you've got a tough learning career ahead of you! Hang in there!


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    I can deal with all of that, been doing it for years, its just that is had time to cook and it was annoying to clean up, I don't exactly have a bio hazard box in the house and all the apporpriat cleaning agents within arms reach. I am actually about to graduate, but just cuz I do it at work doesn't mean I want it in my house Hahahaha

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    once left a jumbo rat on a heating pad too long w/o thinking about it then fed it to my male Surinam redtail...he hit the rat like a ton of bricks & it popped like a water balloon. Now THAT was funky!
    ha thats gotta suck! the only exploding ive been having is a whole bunch if pee(i feed prekilled)

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