Packerfan4
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I usualy just let them sit out overnight works fine.
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colinmcc
McSnake owner
I don't like fast defrosting, full stop. Microwave or hot water, it's still hard to tell if the internals are all fully defrosted - or cooked.
I don't like microwaved food myself, it never tastes right, so I'd never feed my snakes microwaved stuff. Was warned off it from day 1 by the place I bought my first ever snake from anyway ....
I let mine thaw out in the fridge overnight (on a plate - which only gets used for mice I hasten to add! - and bagged). Next day I take the plate out of the bag and sit it in the airing cupboard (with our hot water tank in it) to warm them up and then feed.
Never have any bother ....
Only used the hot water technique to raise the body temp of pinkies to try and get problem feeder hatchlings started. Can't say it ever seemed to help much. When something is that small, it's not going to hold any additional heat you give artificially for very long.
I don't like microwaved food myself, it never tastes right, so I'd never feed my snakes microwaved stuff. Was warned off it from day 1 by the place I bought my first ever snake from anyway ....
I let mine thaw out in the fridge overnight (on a plate - which only gets used for mice I hasten to add! - and bagged). Next day I take the plate out of the bag and sit it in the airing cupboard (with our hot water tank in it) to warm them up and then feed.
Never have any bother ....
Only used the hot water technique to raise the body temp of pinkies to try and get problem feeder hatchlings started. Can't say it ever seemed to help much. When something is that small, it's not going to hold any additional heat you give artificially for very long.
I have one of those FoodSaver thingamaboodles and I vacuum pack each mouse individually when I get an shipment in. Then when I'm ready to feed one I just toss the little mouse package into a bowl of water hot out of the tap. Let it sit for about ten minutes (the water is usually tempid by then) and then I just cut the bag open and dump the mouse into the feeding container. I never even have to touch the little bugger! :bounce:
*edit* forgot to add that my hot water temp is set really low because I have a young child. You can hold your hand in the hot water and not even be uncomfortable, no chance of me cooking my mice with it.
*edit* forgot to add that my hot water temp is set really low because I have a young child. You can hold your hand in the hot water and not even be uncomfortable, no chance of me cooking my mice with it.
I too exploded a mouse in the microwave once. I was running late, forgot to feed, and thought it would be a quick solution. Needless to say, it took forever to get the smell completely out of the microwave. I'm a veggie, and every time I steamed some vegetable in the micro, I swear it smelled like mouse :sidestep:
.........talk about scarred for life! :eek1:
.........talk about scarred for life! :eek1: