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08-May-08, 09:08 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 30  | | |  My Rat Defrosting Invention
This works well all you need is one large ice cream container and a stanley knife. Cut one round hole for the water to enter from the tap and one long slit for the sealy bag to slip though.
I thought of this idea because i wanted to completely submerge my rats in warm water I hated that they would float and the rat would be warm on one side and cold on the other.
hope you like. I've nick named it the defrostinator2000. I have attached some pics to show you how i do it and as you can see its also sucks the air out around the rats.  |
08-May-08, 09:16 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Melbourne Gender: | | | | wow thats great idea |
08-May-08, 09:17 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: In the ironically named sunshine coast, surrounded by nerds and nurses | | | | the best ideas are ones where you think "now why didn't I think of that"
now why didn't I think of that |
08-May-08, 09:19 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 18 | | | | very clever
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08-May-08, 09:25 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Central Victoria Age/Gender: 31 | | | | Fantastic, I'm forever fighing with the bags to get them submerged. Better go eat a tub of icecream and get to work.
Great idea!!
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08-May-08, 09:26 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-08 Location: Portland, South West Victoria Gender: | | | | so simple, yet so practical, now you need to patent it. |
08-May-08, 09:33 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Gympie Age/Gender: 18  | | | | Cool, I just poke holes in the lid of a small plastic container and put the mouse in a freezer bag and fill it with hot water then put the lid on.
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08-May-08, 09:44 PM
| | | | I just put a weight on top of the rats & mice to submerge them.
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08-May-08, 09:46 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Alice Springs | | | Great idea - I use my tongs to hold the rats under water but if you had a small number of snakes your invention would work a treat. Pity you have to throw out 4 liters of icecream everytime you want to defrost a rat
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08-May-08, 09:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | thats one of the most practical, simple and useful things iv seen, well done mate. its a problem i think we all have. thanks. |
08-May-08, 10:01 PM
|  | Bonus Member Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Ballina, Northern NSW. Age/Gender: 24 | | | Bloody awesome idea mate! Thanks for sharing man, i'll be making one of them tomorrow. 
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08-May-08, 10:01 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | nothing beats a microwave on high for a few minutes. |
08-May-08, 10:05 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Gympie Age/Gender: 18 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cris nothing beats a microwave on high for a few minutes. |  
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08-May-08, 10:18 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 30 | | | | Aww schucks Thanks for the compliments guys |
08-May-08, 10:46 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Bris/Gold Coast Age/Gender: 32 | | | Good Idea.....BUT......!!!
We are on water restrictions..... Do you leave the water running???
C'mon...Do your bit and reduce your water consumption..... 
As said...I am assuming you do leave the water running...... | | |
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