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Methods for thawing feeders

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Most of my critters are now on rats and the heat lamp method of thawing takes alot longer then the days of working with mice. I had a person mention baby bottle warmer to me yesterday which I thought was outside of the box.

What varying methods does anyone here use?
 
I just drop mine into a sinkful of hot water, and let them soak while I'm doing other things.....I guess I've never timed it, but I would guess within 20 minutes they would be ready, of course depending on how many you are thawing....if it's a bunch, they will cool the water more quickly, and then you may have to add more hot water. You can put them into Ziplock type baggies if you want, but I just fish them out and rub them fairly dry with paper towels before dropping them in with the snakes.

When my kids were babies, I used the old fashioned way to warm bottles, so I really don't know how a bottle warmer works, lol.
 
I too use the hot water method. I have a sink in my snake room so I just fill it with hot water and drop the feeders in a ziplock. It usually takes about 20 - 30 minutes for around 40 assorted size feeders to thaw.
 
Cat_72 said:
I just drop mine into a sinkful of hot water, and let them soak while I'm doing other things.....I guess I've never timed it, but I would guess within 20 minutes they would be ready, of course depending on how many you are thawing....if it's a bunch, they will cool the water more quickly, and then you may have to add more hot water. You can put them into Ziplock type baggies if you want, but I just fish them out and rub them fairly dry with paper towels before dropping them in with the snakes.
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Thats what I do also. Rats in the water and change the water if it cools too much. I also do not bother with the zip-lock bags. My Boas and BPs don't care if the rat is wet.
 
A bucket of hot water.
This lets me drag them from rack to rack, or room to room, without them cooling too quickly. A quick shake as they come out of the water and they're good to go...the only time I bother with any more drying is if the snakes are on a particulate substrate
 
Yep, most of my critters that eat f/t are on aspen, that would be why I dry them with paper towels, to avoid the substrate sticking to the wet rodents and getting ingested.
 
I would just drop them in the sink but the wifey doesnt like that much.... even though the sink is in MY SNAKE ROOM! So, to avoid fights, I use the ziplocks. And I use apsen substrate also....
 
yep, i just fill my bathtub with a bit of really hot water and let them sit till i go check on them again. Usually its about 20 minutes and theyre done.
 
Same as most

Hot water in the bucket. I too have a few snakes on aspen and for those I blot dry with paper towel.
 
i gradually thaw mine out, cool water and then change to warmer and then hot water for the last few seconds before feeding, ive had too many blow outs if i warm mine too fast, besides im not in a hurry and leave several hours for this thawing to occur for the larger food
 
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