I order my frozen rats once a month from a local breeder/store owner and immideiately put them each in their own ziplock bag. 24 hours before feeding I just grab one out of the freezer (my BPs are on different schedules/different days) toss it into the fridge until the next night. After 24hrs in the fridge it is completely thawed, so I put it in warm water for 30mins and quickly blast it with a hair dryer after thoroughly heated. I've tried many different methods of thawing but this seems to be the easiest, least messy, and gets the best feeding response. I've done the whole "straight from freezer to warm water".. not a great idea. Think of an ice cube.. if you drop an ice cube straight from the freezer into warm water, it cracks on the inside. Same happens with a frozen mouse/rat! Yeah, not a pretty sight when the BP squeezes it
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