The only way a rat should be exploding is if you microwave it. So I wouldn't worry about it happening with a heat lamp, heat pad, or hot water. None of those things are going to get a rat hot enough where something boils and causes expanding gas inside the body to "blow it up".
Not exploding during the thawing process. Exploding as in the snake exploding said rat
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