I offer mine with a hemostat holding the tail. Most of the time recently the head is about all that makes it into the tub before it's ripped away from me.


Plastic baggie full of rats -> bucket of the hottest water my sink produces

I change the water 2 times and the third time I just hold the head under water in the corner of the baggie to heat it up. I'd use a hair dryer if I had one but this is working fine for now.