Quote Originally Posted by Smitty33 View Post
That's kind of what I'm thinking. 15 minutes in hot water doesn't sound like enough time to fully thaw a frozen rat. I do mine for at least an hour and still use a blow dryer to heat it up to "live" temp and works just fine for me.
The rat was fully thawed and at room temp before I put it in its plastic bag into the bowl of hot water. I felt it to make sure it wasn't at all cold. I'm not quite ready to invest in an infra-red thermometer to check temps.