I thawed it out by leaving it in a ziplock bag and on a window sill for about 2 hours, then ran it under hot water from the sink for a few mins, then put it in a tupperware container with really hot water from my water dispenser. I would say it was most def thawed out but everytime it started to cool (because i had to try twice to get him to eat it) the body would stiffen up again.