How long is it safe to thaw a rat for?

[Alexandra V]

Because thawing it too quickly will make it go boom

haha...they will explode usually out the backend...either in the hot water or with a little help from your snake....

LOL yeah it can happen. It doesn't always happen when you thaw with water (I occasionally do when I forget to take the rat out ) but if you thaw them too fast (with water that's too warm) it can and does happen.

Nobody told me about it at first, and it happened on my second f/t feeding with my male. I was thoroughly disgusted lol!

[BigJ]

wow thats great to know!

[CeeLee]

i always thaw mine in warm water and it's never exploded good to know though, thanks!

[Skittles1101]

i always thaw mine in warm water and it's never exploded good to know though, thanks!

Putting them in hot/warm water after they have been thawed out won't make them explode, going from freezer to hot water will. They generally don't with smaller prey but once you gt to weaned rats I'd say it starts to happen lol.

[CeeLee]

Putting them in hot/warm water after they have been thawed out won't make them explode, going from freezer to hot water will. They generally don't with smaller prey but once you gt to weaned rats I'd say it starts to happen lol.

i stick a frozen one in warm water i'm so glad it's never happened! i'm about to change him over to rats though so i'm really glad i learned this little tidbit of info thank you!

[Kymberli]

i always thaw mine in warm water and it's never exploded good to know though, thanks!

Think of the frozen rat as an ice cube. If you take the ice cube straight out of the freezer and drop it in warm water it cracks. Same basic principle with frozen rodents. I've had it happen. Luckily, it was a medium mouse, not a rat. My female squeezed it and the intestines popped out. Fun cleanup, lol.

[PweEzy]

I have never had a frozen rat explode while defrosting. Just don't cook your water cause you dont want to cook your rats. If you just use hot water straight out of the tap you shouldn't have any problems. I got straight from freezer to sink with no problems at all

[Skittles1101]

I have never had a frozen rat explode while defrosting. Just don't cook your water cause you dont want to cook your rats. If you just use hot water straight out of the tap you shouldn't have any problems. I got straight from freezer to sink with no problems at all

To thaw a rat from freezer to water in 20 mins or less takes more than just warm water....they were just asking about doing it in a short period of time.

[mainbutter]

I thaw directly in warm/hot water, usually takes 10 minutes or less.. and I really don't use very hot water at all. I do use a big cooking pot, so the volume of water is larger (and the water doesn't give up all its heat too fast).

Nothing wrong with it, a little extra water isn't going to hurt your snake.

I've only had bursting issues with faster thawing with crappy feeders. Monster feeders and rodent pro have never exploded on me, rat pinkies to larges.

[CeeLee]

Think of the frozen rat as an ice cube. If you take the ice cube straight out of the freezer and drop it in warm water it cracks. Same basic principle with frozen rodents. I've had it happen. Luckily, it was a medium mouse, not a rat. My female squeezed it and the intestines popped out. Fun cleanup, lol.

haha gross i totally read this while eating pizza lmao thanks for everyones advice! now i don't have to learn the hard way what a cracked ratcicle looks like haha