Quote Originally Posted by kitedemon View Post
I agree it isn't worth it. I have a suggestion, thaw in the fridge, it takes longer but if you forget or something comes up it is still refrigerated and can be feed the next day (I don't think I'd wait much longer than 24 hours even in the fridge however)
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I just bought one of those "As Seen On TV!" thawing plates and it really works.
A beefy medium rat was totally thawed in less than a half hour and didn't have that icky, soggy, potential-meat-grenade feel that warm water thawing gives it.
It actually felt more like a firm pre-killed instead of F/T.

I dunked the bag in hot tap water for about 10 minutes to get the inside up to temps and Leah ate it with gusto.
Last night she refused a rat that I'd thawed the "normal way".

They're not expensive and it's easier than dunking a whole pile of rats/mice in hot water.
It's about a foot long by 8 inches wide or so and there's plenty of room for lots of frozen critters on it.