How to know if you've overheated a prey item?

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first off: congrats on the successful feedings!!! i was going to comment in your older post for an update since we hadn't heard from you!

Thanks!!! After he's done digesting this meal, I'll take new pics of him so you guys can see how much bigger he's gotten, I can barely call him "noodle" anymore lol.

Putting the frozen rodent into HOT water weakens the cell structure even more, and you run the risk of a feeder that is mushy, or hot on the outside while cold on the inside (or even frozen still)

Yeah, the feeder I offered him earlier was extremely mushy and squishy. Each time I log onto my account here I learn something new/useful, thank you so much. I've been putting my f/t's pretty much right away in hot water, so I guess it's the softening cell structure that made it go so soft and squishy. I'm gonna defrost my feeders in a bit more lower temperature water from here on out.

Once again, thank you so much, everyone!!