How do you defrost?

[CrystalRose]

I leave F/T feeders out on my counter or in the fridge for a few hours. Then when I come back later, I check to see it's fully thawed. When thawed, I'll blast them with the hair dryer to up the surface temp for feeding.

I like to keep my feeders as dry as possible. I personally don't like wet soggy rats that will just get bedding stuck to them.

x2. This is the method I use as well.

[Physician&Snakes]

Are you sure the specimens are fully warmed all the way through? You don't try to warm the heads of the specimens with a blow dryer?

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I know they are thawed by the fact that when I vigorously palpate them I do not feel any "cold spots". I feed prey straight out of the bucket, I do not have any substrate ingestion issues. I usually feed smaller prey items first as they get thawed in about 5 minutes (I use a good size bucket with plenty of hot water for volume heating), sanitize tongs, move on, then just rinse and repeat.

[Shann]

I thaw directly in the water, and don't mess around with bags, but I feed on plastic placemats, to protect her from the substrate. As soon as I put the placemat in her cage she comes and rests her head on it. I've been doing it her whole life. Once she has eaten she goes to her hides and I remove the placemat, and clean it off for next time.

[Naom9Anne]

I take the rats out, place in a plastic bag and place in a container of warm water for about half an hour. I then raise the water temp to hot (from the tap) for about ten minutes and finish them off by blow-drying the rats to raise temp (and dear god does it spread the rat smell too!)

I had a couple of cases of "exploding rat" by using water which was too hot, waste of a rat and very unpleasant!

[NYHC4LIFE8899]

I let it defrost at room temp and then when fully thawed,I eat hold the heat lamp near it for a few mins

[EAC Reptiles]

When I was feeding F/T I did as everyone else mentioned. But one thing I did was to keep them on warm water while time I'm feeding, and feeding sometimes takes 1.5-2 hours.

I would get a large Rubbermaid container, put a few inches of water in it. Get a fishtank heater and turn it on full power, older styles work best. Next would be to put the rodents in smaller Tupperware containers with paper towels in them, and float them in the water with the fishtank heater. And every little bit I would flip the rodents over to keep them evenly warmed.

This has worked really well for me to feed a large amount of snakes and keep the rodents warm while not cooking them.

[NYHC4LIFE8899]

When I was feeding F/T I did as everyone else mentioned. But one thing I did was to keep them on warm water while time I'm feeding, and feeding sometimes takes 1.5-2 hours.

I would get a large Rubbermaid container, put a few inches of water in it. Get a fishtank heater and turn it on full power, older styles work best. Next would be to put the rodents in smaller Tupperware containers with paper towels in them, and float them in the water with the fishtank heater. And every little bit I would flip the rodents over to keep them evenly warmed.

This has worked really well for me to feed a large amount of snakes and keep the rodents warm while not cooking them.

I was told leaving rodents in water depletes nutrients.

[Bugmom]

I was told leaving rodents in water depletes nutrients.

I can't imagine how that is even possible.

The "darn I forgot to thaw the mice" method: I thaw directly in warm water, no bag. I just let them float around until warmed up, dumping the cold water and adding warm water when needed. Take out one rodent at a time, dry it on a paper towel, make sure it's fully thawed and warm, and feed. Never had an issue that way.

The "It's Sunday morning and I'm actually thinking ahead" method: Place frozen mice on counter. Let thaw to room temp, then feed.

[NYHC4LIFE8899]

I can't imagine how that is even possible.

The "darn I forgot to thaw the mice" method: I thaw directly in warm water, no bag. I just let them float around until warmed up, dumping the cold water and adding warm water when needed. Take out one rodent at a time, dry it on a paper towel, make sure it's fully thawed and warm, and feed. Never had an issue that way.

The "It's Sunday morning and I'm actually thinking ahead" method: Place frozen mice on counter. Let thaw to room temp, then feed.

Well I can imagine and thanks for a pointless answer,lol...

[BrandiR]

Well I can imagine and thanks for a pointless answer,lol...

Guess who made all of these pointless remarks -


"The sink? That's disgusting!! Really is. i run to the toilet and have before . Sink never crossed my mind" - In response to a member saying she bolts for the sink when she thinks she's going to get dumped on.


"I'm happy with my to ball pythons..I have no time for nasty pets" - In response to a member posting a picture of their new snake.


"Sterling is a porn star. Doing his thing like a champ...he's doing one girl better than me " - I don't even know what you were talking about here.


"Boxer,lol,that looks nothing like a boxer..it's a pitbull,have you ever seen a pitbull before,lol..or a pitbull mix..side shot looks like mastiff and pitbull." - In response to a member asking about the breed of a dog another member posted a picture of.


"Juice head!!! We can all do gear and look like that.. Training all natural is the way to go!!!" - In response to a member's picture in the Male Keeper's thread. A member who coincidentally works his ass off to look like that.

Are you really in any position to tell someone else their replies are pointless?