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Thawing and Warming

amylucha

amylucha

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Hi again,

I thaw my pinkies in warm tap water. If you use this method, can you tell me how long you leave 'em in before feeding your snake?

Also, can you tell me how long you leave the larger mice (I'm not sure of the terms for those...fuzzies, and what else?)

Thanks!
 
Thawing...

I generally leave the pinks in the warm water for 3-5 minutes...this might be overdoing it, but i have NEVER had a snake not take one i have thawed. Hope that helps ... my bloodred is still a hatchling ... so i dont know anything about the older rats ... :)

OC
 
Usually 15 minutes tops here, for large adult mice in warm water. But obviously it depends on the temperature of water and size of the prey item. The only way to know for sure is to give em a little squeeze to make sure :)
 
It usually takes 5-10 minutes for a pinky (longer for an adult) but the proper way to tell when the mouse is thawed, is to hold it (firmly) between your fingers for 10-15 seconds and if you start to feel even the slightest bit of cold, it's not ready to feed yet.

I use hot tap water and every 5 minutes or so, I dump that and put fresh hot tap water to ensure the mouse warms to the proper temperature.

Hope that helps. :)
 
I just fill up a little dixie type cup with the hottest the water will get out of my sink, then put the pinkies in there for 15 minutes.
 
rose my adult female eats f/t rats when i run under hot water i like to firmly hold the skull and feel for some cold it takes longer for the skull to thaw then the rest of it once i don't feel the cold i feed it to her.

my 6 month okees eat live fuzzies they like to kill they're prey its cool to watch.
 
MADMAN said:
my 6 month okees eat live fuzzies they like to kill they're prey its cool to watch.
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have you ever had any issues with the live prety biting your corn? Or the corn taking the prey in BEFORE it is completely dead? I've love to watch my corn attack and naturally kill it's prey, but worry about it getting bit/infected.
 
Spirit said:
It usually takes 5-10 minutes for a pinky (longer for an adult) but the proper way to tell when the mouse is thawed, is to hold it (firmly) between your fingers for 10-15 seconds and if you start to feel even the slightest bit of cold, it's not ready to feed yet.

I use hot tap water and every 5 minutes or so, I dump that and put fresh hot tap water to ensure the mouse warms to the proper temperature.

Hope that helps. :)
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I do the exact same thing that Spirit does....

It usually takes 15 mins for my larger pinkys.
 
I do the same as Spirit and howie just to ensure the mice are warm when fed. It takes a little longer for fuzzies, sometimes 20 mins, but it's better to leave them in longer to make sure they're completely thawed.
 
JTGoff69 said:
I do the same as Spirit and howie just to ensure the mice are warm when fed. It takes a little longer for fuzzies, sometimes 20 mins, but it's better to leave them in longer to make sure they're completely thawed.
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I completely agree
 
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