Emily, could put rodent into a plastic bag and then put in warm water to warm up. Would save you the hassle of having to dry the rodent.. By not wetting it, it should alleviate the loss of its natural smell it already has.. Perhaps this would also eliminate the need to shake rat in box that live was kept in. Thus eliminating 2 steps and less involved to get your snake fed. Frozen rodents still smell like themselves, rodents.

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