Quote Originally Posted by Caspian View Post
I use hot tap water, no hotter than what comes out of the tap. Thaw them in that, then dump and get fresh hot tap water to get them nice and warm. I tried the blow-dryer method, but find that no matter how long I leave them under the heat, by the time I turn it off, pick them up, and offer them to the snake, the external temperature has cooled off too much. Soaking in water gets the internal and external temperatures up enough, and takes longer to cool down. I've considered getting a heat lamp, and seeing if that works better than the blow-dryer.
I heat mine standing right by the enclosure with the rodent in tongs in hand blowing the smell into a open cage door and as soon as it's to temp I instantly put it in and wham every time, the head is all that needs to be around 100. I don't shut off what I use to heat the head, check the head temp real quick and put heat on for another 30 seconds and put rodent right in. The less you do when taking off heat source the less the temp of the rodent will drop.

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