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Prefered method of heating f/t
How do you guys warm up thawed rodents?
Last edited by Rusky; 09-13-2011 at 11:39 PM.
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warm water then blow dry till there dry feel there stomach area to make sure its not cold and then heat the heads and feed
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Re: Prefered method of heating f/t
I like to thaw them overnight and heat water in a crockpot and feed...(i dont use the crockpot for anything else) but keeps the water hot no running back and forth to get hot water
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I take the rodents out in the morning and leave them in the warm reptile room. Go about my day, and by the time it's evening and it's time to feed the rodents are thawed and have a natural temp of about 85 all throughout. Then I hit it with a hair dryer!
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Lay mine out in my snake room, they reach room temp. which is about 83-85 degrees and then I feed them. Just takes about 3 hours to do.
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I leave then in the fridge over night then give then a hour or so in the snake room to warm up some and hit them with the hair dryer.
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From freezer straight to a sink of hot water. Roll em up in paper towels to dry and feed. Although I'm going to start putting them in the fridge during the day now and then into hot water.
A room full of empty racks and thermostats that have been unplugged.
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I thaw mine during the day, then heat with a blow dryer, I just ordered a stand for my blow dryer, to speed things along on feeding night.
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Re: Prefered method of heating f/t
zip lock bag + hot water.
Now I just use water straight from the sink cause for some reason my apartment sink gets scalding hot really fast, so I dont have to heat up the water in the microwave anymore.
Usually let them sit in the hot water until the water is room temp I usually forget about them, but by that time theyre thawed. Then I put them new hot water to re heat them before I feed.
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I set mine out the day before in the fridge, then thaw them in hot water 10-15 minutes before I'm to feed so they thaw out even more, then right before I present them to whoever's eating I heat them up with a hairdryer to ~100 degrees (temp gun) then give 'em to the piggies.
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