How do you defrost?

[Louie]

I find this method the best and been working fine.

First, put the feed in a little plastic zipbag

Second, thaw them in the cold water first
(Instantly thawing frozen/very cold item will thaw unevenly or just imagine cooking frozen stuff that you eat without thawing them but throwing them right on to the hot pan)

Third, after the feed is all thawed, change water to warm/ -ish hot water.
(It should be mild warm or so)

Finally, take the feed out of the bag and hairdry it for about 2 minutes.

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

[Kodieh]

Dang what did you do? You don't have to pound it, just like a patty, vigorous but gentle or like when you hold a cute girl, firm yet gentle. I feel bad for all the prey items you lost but at the same time...

I assure you I made simply sweet love to the prey specimens I attempted to palpate, however they did explode all over my hands.

[BrandiR]

I assure you I made simply sweet love to the prey specimens I attempted to palpate, however they did explode all over my hands.

Pics or it didn't happen!

[DooLittle]

Pics or it didn't happen!

I thought you were there?

[Bugmom]

I totally thought about this thread last night while thawing the mice. I'm happy to say that not a single rodent exploded, despite my not-so-gentle prodding of them to ensure thawedness.

The dog got bit by the adult Okettee corn, but that was likely unrelated, and mostly his own stupid fault. The dog also did not explode.

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[patientz3ro]

I would be very interested in the reasoning behind this "water depletes prey of nutrients", as it defies every basic chemistry axiom I can think of.

Water actually DOES deplete nutrients... If you're boiling rodents in it.

On a serious note, when I bring home a package of frozen mice, I take them all out of the bag and vacuum seal them individually. The night before feeding, I'll take out the ones I'm going to use and toss them in the fridge. By the time I'm ready to feed, they've been thawing for at least 24hrs. I warm the packets individually, and since they're all vacuum sealed, they're totally dry when they go in the tank.

Oddly enough, Ajja will actually eat her mice at room temperature, and has taken them right out of my palm. She doesn't strike or constrict unless they're warmer.

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[Mikethornton]

Put rats in bucket. Run hot water from tap for a min or two on em. Then soak em in hot water for 30-45 min. Mak sure they are fully defrosted then heat em up before feeding by running real hot water on em for another min. Wipe water off w paper towel right before dangling the warm rat in front of snakes face.

[Garnet]

I put the prey in ziploc bag and let it thaw overnight in the fridge. Then, when I get home from work, I pull the ziploc bag out and let it sit on the counter until it comes up to room temp. Since my husband likes a cool house, room temp isn't warm enough for the snake to eat. So, when I get ready to feed, I dump the prey into a tupperware dish I have just for that purpose. I cover the prey with cool water and then add hot water until the temp is about 95 - 98. I have a digital probe thermometer I use to monitor the temp. We've found that our snake won't go for prey if it's below 90. 95 - 98 gets a fast ZAP! I dry the prey with a paper towel before my husband offers it.

[black06gt]

let them thaw a little bit before you warm them up. I feed mostly live but back when i fed frozen i would always set them in the fridge the day before i was planning to feed. I would pull them out of the fridge about an hour before feeding and let them start to creep up closer to room temp. About 15 minutes before feeding i do the whole rats in bag, bag in warm water thing.

So i take it cooked rat does not smell good lol? Slow and steady on the thaw is the way to go :d

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