thawing

[nobigdeal508]

So i have been feeding frozen thawed for a while, havent found a great way to get DRY thawed food...

In a bag under hot water they still condense and get wet... i tried leaving the frozens in a bag on the heat tap over night...still condensed and got wet...


What do you guys do to keep the smell down, food dry, and happy fed snakes?

[MrLang]

Just leave it in a bag in air for a few hours then use a hair dryer for 30 sec or a min to heat it up. Sometimes they are wet... goes with the territory. F/T is more convenient for storage and accessibility and less convenient for preparation and feeding.

[KMG]

I feed wet feeders. Its a meal and drink in one.

[nobigdeal508]

Problem w. wet is my hoggie has aspen bedding and 1 of my 3 bps has eco-earth

[KMG]

Then just dry them with a towel. Alittle substrate will not hurt anything. I use cypress and eco earth in a few of mine without issue.

[nobigdeal508]

ill try that...

fed sat and came home late sunday night my little girl ended up spitting out the damn thing i guess.. coverd in eco earth..and i had flys in the room >.<

took about 6 hours to air out the smell...

[MootWorm]

If it bothers you that much, you could always cut a square out of a paper plate and set the f/t on that. That's what my bf does for his hog, works like a charm. I personally don't bother. A little bedding never hurt anyone

[KMG]

I have left feeders over night that were refused and have never had a bad smell. That might have been a bad feeder. I would check the quality your getting. Mine will have the rat smell but have never had a dead animal smell.

[MrLang]

Frozen-> hot water is a good way to cook the food or make it get nasty. If you leave anything out over night it's going to go terribly bad, especially if you're applying heat. This is probably why it smelled nasty etc and could very well be why your snake spit it out also. I have had my snakes spit out F/T when it was over heated for too long.

Just let it sit out in room temp to thaw for ~3 hours. Use a hair dryer or hot water to do the rest.

[KMG]

I use warm water for mine. Thawing a XXL rat at room temp just takes to long. I honestly have never had one smell bad.