When should I switch to live?

[SnakeBalls]

How about people who feed frozen give tips on heating up a frozen meal?

Are you using a blow dryer on the head?

I'm a barbaric American, so naturally I feed live and cackle when I do it.

[MontyAndMelissa]

This is how I feed f/t.

Step 1: take rat out in the morning to defrost for the day, sometimes in lukewarm water if it's later in the day.

2: once the rat is defrosted (soft and room temperature on the head and hips) I bring it in the room where I house monty.

Step 3 (optional) : I weigh my rats to put it in my feed journal. I also weigh monty before bringing the rat in the room.

Step 4: super heat the rats head using a blow dryer. I heat the rat until the head reads 100f. I try to warm the body at the same time. So it's about 90 at feeding time.

Step 5: I open the lid to montys tank and grab the tongs. I grab the rat by the tail and lower it into the tank.

Step 6 : I do the "zombie dance", where you kind of jiggle the rat, and walk it through the tank.

Step 7: monty strikes, if not, I continue to super heat the head (usually with her heat lamp) and zombie dance. If she does strike, I hold the tail and pretend "struggle" with the rat. Just for a minute or so.

This works for me. )

[Zincubus]

This is how I feed f/t.

Step 1: take rat out in the morning to defrost for the day, sometimes in lukewarm water if it's later in the day.

2: once the rat is defrosted (soft and room temperature on the head and hips) I bring it in the room where I house monty.

Step 3 (optional) : I weigh my rats to put it in my feed journal. I also weigh monty before bringing the rat in the room.

Step 4: super heat the rats head using a blow dryer. I heat the rat until the head reads 100f. I try to warm the body at the same time. So it's about 90 at feeding time.

Step 5: I open the lid to montys tank and grab the tongs. I grab the rat by the tail and lower it into the tank.

Step 6 : I do the "zombie dance", where you kind of jiggle the rat, and walk it through the tank.

Step 7: monty strikes, if not, I continue to super heat the head (usually with her heat lamp) and zombie dance. If she does strike, I hold the tail and pretend "struggle" with the rat. Just for a minute or so.

This works for me. )

Great description . Hope it stays around more than the few hours my detailed explanation did .
After being asked my method I posted a similarly detailed method but it has mysteriously disappeared overnight . Mmmmmmm

[Stewart_Reptiles]

After being asked my method I posted a similarly detailed method but it has mysteriously disappeared overnight . Mmmmmmm

Before you make wild accusations you might want to check where you post what, nothing here is deleted but I guess your "Mission" is getting you confused

This is where you posted your method http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...=1#post2337345, a completely different thread and now you may apologies

[PitOnTheProwl]

Great description . Hope it stays around more than the few hours my detailed explanation did .
After being asked my method I posted a similarly detailed method but it has mysteriously disappeared overnight . Mmmmmmm

Deborah found it............I see it, still active.
Your credibility trashed SMH

[Zincubus]

Before you make wild accusations you might want to check where you post what, nothing here is deleted but I guess your "Mission" is getting you confused

This is where you posted your method http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...=1#post2337345, a completely different thread and now you may apologies

To be fair I looked everywhere for it so I could copy and paste it into here as someone requested . I couldn't find it and assumed that it had been deleted ...... as many if my other posts have incidentally .

[PitOnTheProwl]

To be fair I looked everywhere for it so I could copy and paste it into here as someone requested . I couldn't find it and assumed that it had been deleted ...... as many if my other posts have incidentally .

No one is deleting any of your posts so stop the pitty party.
If your posts were deleted you would have an infraction to show for it, you know such as making false accusations and bashing the forums reputation.

There are fifteen (15) pages of your posts in your user control panel.
Learn it and you will know where to find all of your posts.
AGAIN its not all about YOU and no one is censoring anything you post so get over it.

[Zincubus]

No one is deleting any of your posts so stop the pitty party.
If your posts were deleted you would have an infraction to show for it, you know such as making false accusations and bashing the forums reputation.

There are fifteen (15) pages of your posts in your user control panel.
Learn it and you will know where to find all of your posts.
AGAIN its not all about YOU and no one is censoring anything you post so get over it.

My final post on the topic of LIVE feeding ..

It's no good saying that none of my posts have been deleted as one of the mods is on record as cleaning a couple of the threads at least twice .

[200xth]

My final post on the topic of LIVE feeding ..

It's no good saying that none of my posts have been deleted as one of the mods is on record as cleaning a couple of the threads at least twice .

As in splitting the threads so the off topic ones are moved to their own thread.

Quit being a victim. You aren't that important that anyone's gonna delete your posts.

[Zincubus]

Right , as I promised before .... I'm done in these LIVE feeding threads and won't contribute to any other LIVE feeding threads in the future .

I'll never understand why you guys feed LIVE but that's life .


Just to add a little balance to proceedings , anyone checking my profile will see that out of about 300+ posts I've made in here ...... there are roughly 60 THANKS plus about 5 RED " thumbs down " ones . The red ones were all in these LIVE feeding threads which is telling in itself .

Anyways , apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently annoyed or insulted . If that has occurred I can only say that it was unintentional .