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    I do F/T and I've never had one smell bad. I usually leave mine sit out on the counter to thaw then heat them up a little bit with a hair dryer.

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    Re: thawing

    I use what I call my "rat crock pot". Two-piece styro cooler, fill it up to within two inches of the top with warm water. Float bag of frozen rodents and place lid on cooler. About two hours later, feeders are thawed and perfectly warm for feeding.
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    Here is what I've been doing every Sunday.

    1. Grab the Rodent Super Bowl ziplock tub and toss in what I need.
    2. I run the hot water only until its at its hottest and fill the Rodent Super Bowl half way.
    3. Press down on the ziplock lid and turn the timer to 20 minutes.
    4. Meal and a drink all at one time.
    5. I've never smell anything from start to finish.
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    thawing

    Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
    I use warm water for mine. Thawing a XXL rat at room temp just takes to long. I honestly have never had one smell bad.
    LOL my thoughts exactly.

    Try thawing a 2lb rabbit. Would take forever.

    I just toss them in the bathtub with water and lightly dry em off before feeding.

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    Re: thawing

    I thaw in the fridge overnight, set the thawed prey container on the counter for an hour or so to slowly bring the temp up and warm under a heat lamp in the reptile room.
    I still haven't found any "feeding wall and avoid plucking substrate off of my snakes food. The smell of warming rats and mice seems to get the snakes prepped for a meal by the time they reach 90-91 degrees F.

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    I thaw in a jar and blow dry. They are always dry when I feed.

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    thawing

    Quote Originally Posted by Bobbafett View Post
    LOL my thoughts exactly.

    Try thawing a 2lb rabbit. Would take forever.

    I just toss them in the bathtub with water and lightly dry em off before feeding.
    Note to self: Never take a bath at Bobbafett's place! Lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MootWorm View Post
    Note to self: Never take a bath at Bobbafett's place! Lol.
    LOL.

    Well you clean the tub after! DUH :p

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobbafett View Post
    LOL.

    Well you clean the tub after! DUH :p
    Have you ever had someone walk into a tubful of floating rodents and be all "Um, care to explain?" Lol it's bad enough when my mother-in-law freaks out about a couple of rats in a coffee mug

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    Quote Originally Posted by MootWorm View Post
    Have you ever had someone walk into a tubful of floating rodents and be all "Um, care to explain?" Lol it's bad enough when my mother-in-law freaks out about a couple of rats in a coffee mug
    Lol nope. I tried thawing in the fridge once and my grandma freaked at me because she thought my grandpa might grab one accidentally and flip.

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