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Dethawing mice..

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HoneyHawthorne

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I have read that most people put the mouse in a baggie and set it in warm water for an hour or so to dethaw then feed it to their snake.

I was thinking of treating the mouse the same I do my frozen food.. Take one out, put it in a bag, toss it in the fridge over night, warm it up with warm water the next day, and then feed it to the snake..

I haven't seen anyone else doing this though, is it not a good idea? I am just worried about the insides still being frozen or chill with the other method.
 
I think putting a pinkie in the fridge over night is kinda over kill for a pinkie.
Just put the frozen pink in a cup of warm water a few minutes before feeding. You can pick the pinkie up and feel for any cool or frozen spots before feeding.
 
I think you mean defrosting, to thaw out. Dethawing would be the opposite of thaw, which would be freezing ;)

I have put mice in the fridge overnight and then warmed in water the next day.

Usually I put the mouse in a baggie, set it on the counter and set a timer for 30 mins. Check to see if the mouse if defrosted and if so plunk the baggie in hot tapwater for about 10-15mins to warm it up.
 
Oh right.. I keep forgetting how small pinkies are..

So I know when I get there, for feeding adult mice, would the overnight fridge be overkill?
 
Alicia P said:
I think you mean defrosting, to thaw out. Dethawing would be the opposite of thaw, which would be freezing ;)

I have put mice in the fridge overnight and then warmed in water the next day.

Usually I put the mouse in a baggie, set it on the counter and set a timer for 30 mins. Check to see if the mouse if defrosted and if so plunk the baggie in hot tapwater for about 10-15mins to warm it up.
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Haha, yeah sorry, I mean thawing or defrosting. Whops!
 
Sometimes I'll put Dovah's rats in the fridge over night if I know I won't have time to thaw it out the next day.

I hit it with the blow dryer for a few mins and it's warm enough to give to him :)
 
I did the overnight in the fridge thing once before and forgot that I didn't need such hot water the next day. When I put the mice in the hot water they popped open and half cooked. It was nasty!

So, just a warning. If the mouse is already thawed you don't need very hot water to warm it up. :D
 
WingedSweetheart said:
I did the overnight in the fridge thing once before and forgot that I didn't need such hot water the next day. When I put the mice in the hot water they popped open and half cooked. It was nasty!

So, just a warning. If the mouse is already thawed you don't need very hot water to warm it up. :D
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Disgusting! Thank you so very much for the warning, if that happened to me I would probably be tramatized, hahahahaha!
 
Thank you for pointing out dethawing Alicia. I was going to say stick them in the freezer. Lol

I stick my mice in hot hot water no matter size. I don't put them in a baggy either I just squeeze them with a paper towel and toss them to the snake. They don't care if they are a little wet.
 
Same here. I just fill up 5 gallon buckets with hot water, and dump the (pre-sorted by size) mice into them & stir. In about 20 minutes, I feel the belly to see if they are thoroughly thawed. If so, I lay 12 at a time on towels, rub them dry, and feed. For pinks, I don't bother drying them, since the cages they are going into have paper towels for substrate anyway.
 
Yes, thank you for pointing out dethawing and defrosting! I am guilty of mixing them up, lmao!

I actually prefer to leave mine just little wet, like dunk them in once before feeding...I've seen a lot of snakes who like to have their meals even sopping!
 
Since I only have two snakes to feed (currently, we can all dream about more!) I have both of their meals in one zip-lock baggie, I prepare many meals ahead of time and then roll the baggie up and zip it and freeze them all in one pile. I used to put one baggie in the fridge the night before to thaw, but I just learned this week that even the mice thaw pretty quickly in room temp, so on feeding day I toss one of the zipped baggies in the sink for about half an hour. Then I run very hot water over the bag for a few minutes, plugging the sink and weighting the baggie down with a rock.

I empty the baggie onto separate plastic lids for each snake (they are on different sizes now) and put them by the vivs. I take each snake out, handle them and weigh them, then put them in the viv with dinner, when they see that white lid they get excited!

I don't get them hot enough to be "cooked" or to explode, 10 minutes warms them up to where the snakes can sense their body heat.

Chip, thinking about you stirring a big bucket o' mice in hot water made me laugh!
 
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