How Does Everyone Heat Up Their BP's Food?

[j_h_smith]

I take them out of the freezer, put 5-6 in a zip lock storage bag. Seal the bag after taking out as much air as possible. I then fill a large pot up with water. Put the rats in the pot and turn the stove on low(electric stove). I keep an eye on the temperature. I remove the rats, once the water reaches 100 degrees. At that time it's feeding time for these. The next zip lock bag goes into the pot and the process starts over again.

It takes about 20 minutes to get the rats up to 100 degrees. The snakes seem to like a nice warm meal.

Jim Smith

[cinderbird]

I put mine in on a paper towel in an empty slot in my rack for 4-8 hours (depends on the size of prey item). Then I use a hair dryer to warm them to the desired temperature.

I prefer this feeding method to others because the hair dryer blows the rodent scent around and effectively pre-scents all my animals. Everyone is in feeding mode.

[Subdriven]

I put then in a tupperware container and lay them in the back section of my tub set up. about 6 hours later I hit them with a heat gun ( basicaly a super high powered hair dryer ) ! you usualy notice the snakes in the tubs start looking around about the time they are ready...

[Daserh]

I don't have a BP, but my friend does. She put's them in a ziplock bag, then soak in warm-hot water until thawed. (the food, not the snakes)

[luvzebra3]

I also have bearded dragons so I thaw my mice/rats on the shelf over the heat lamps. Just before I feed I place them under the heat lamp to heat them up more. Have to be careful I don't leave them there too long or they get messy when the snakes grab them!

[LizardPants]

Step 1: Thaw in the fridge over night, or air thaw for several hours.
Step 2: At feeding time, and once the rat is completely thawed through, blast it with a hair dryer to heat it up, while blasting rat funk in the general direction of the snake.

Check temps with an IR thermometer, a live rat is around 85 F on the head, 83-84 F on the rest of it's body. It's ok to go a little higher.
It's very important that the rat is thawed through, and warm, but not cooked.
I favor slow thawing, over rapid thawing, or thawing with water. The structure of the rat holds up better, and is most likely healthier for the snake in a less cooked state.

[iCandiBallPythons]

Chuck Norris's flame thrower

[majorleaguereptiles]

Designated blow dryer works well for us. We find that the pythons seem to be most aggressive and successful feeding when we heat up the face/head of the rodent the most.

[Strick]

Thaw em out on the counter for a few hours depending on size. They know it's feeding time by the time they a room temp so no need to warm with the crew I have...

[karb0n13]

I allow them to thaw in a ziplock baggie in a bowl of room temp water for approximately an hour or until they are good and soft and feel room temperature through-and-through. I then transfer my bp to his feeding box (I have shredded Aspen substrate and don't want him eating any of that).
While he's chilling in his box I run a coffee mug full of 190f water and dip the mouse's head in the water for about 20-30 secs (still in the baggie) then check the head temp to be about my body temp, call in the kids (they love watching Monty eat) and feed..lather, rinse, repeat for mouse #2.