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How do YOU thaw?

How do YOU thaw your frozen rodents?

  • Throw them directly into a bowl of hot water... my snakes dont mind em' soggy

    Votes: 40 35.4%

  • I put them in a baggie first then in hot water... I don't want soggy rodents

    Votes: 55 48.7%

  • Other... allow me to explain...

    Votes: 19 16.8%
  • Total voters
    113
I just throw mine in water and give a pat dry when time to feed. Mine dont seem to mind, but now I am thinking of inside a bag after reading this thread. The whole nutrients loss thing makes sense to me so maybe I will try that next feeding.
 
vitamin ascorbic acid
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That last thing I want Roxanne to get is scurvy :)

toyah,

Can you please cite where you read this at? It's not that I don't believe you, but I am interested in reading the entire article.

Regards,
Steve
 
ssmith_1187 said:
Can you please cite where you read this at? It's not that I don't believe you, but I am interested in reading the entire article.
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I'm afraid it won't be of much use - it's an article entitled "Prey - their life, death, and thawing" on the ratsnake foundation website (www.ratsnakefoundation.org), but it's only available to paying members of the site.
 
I put mine in an empty (no water) plastic container, and then place them in the center of an empty rack drawer for an hour or so. Time required is obviously is relative to size of the feeders and likewise, quantity.

Thawing to room temp seems to work just fine as well.
 
alright, noob here:

a) how come some of you cut slits into the frozen rodents? and

b) is it necessary for the snake to have a "feeding tub?" is this just so that the snake doesn't accidentally ingest substrate as they are ingesting the rodent?
 
a) Slitting makes digestion easier. Some do it as standard practice for all feeds, some only do it when there's been a problem like a regurge. Just seems to help the process along.

b) Feeding tub - Yep, the main advantage is that they don't accidentally take on substrate with food. It also has the added advantage of allowing you free access to all of the viv and fittings, so that you can have a thorough spot-clean. Some have found that it prevents their hands being mistaken for food, when they're just going in to spot-clean while snakes are "at home".


As to the OP question of defrosting techniques, I either:
- Rest the mouse on paper on top of a radiator (winter months).
- Fire up a spare heatmat and pop the mouse on top for a few hours.
 
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