I decide to try an experiment. I usually would thaw out my mice in a bag in some water. It would usually take 25 minutes or so, but was always a mess. I thought that the next time I fed I would try out one of the many different techniques out there. I think I found one I'm going to stick with! I decided to lay out some paper towels on a counter top and just let the mice and rats sit out to thaw. I took just a little over 90 minutes. I would hold them under a heat lamp before offering them just to help entice my snakes. The clean up was so easy! No wet or soggy mice, and no rodent smell in my snake tubs. I have to promote this super easy way to thaw out rodents for everyone out there who feeds f/t. I encourage everyone to try it at least once.