My Rat Defrosting Invention

[dickyknee]

Originally Posted by JasonL

as long as it takes for me to finish washing myself.

[gruntbox69]

fantastic

[Joshua VW]

Well my way is even more water conservative. I just put the rats on a saucer at lunch time and then put glad wrap over them and let them thaw the afternoon away.

[Chris.j]

Originally Posted by cris

nothing beats a microwave on high for a few minutes.

Nothing beats it until the pinkies explode in the microwave.

[The Devil]

People who defrost rats by putting them on the bench for the day should be aware of the following.

Within minutes of death bacterial decomposition starts and accelerates rapidly as the hours go on.
Have you ever wondered why if you kill a rat and leave it outside, within an hour the flies have found it and are laying eggs.
Reason , they can smell the start of decomposition, and yes I know that snakes will eat road kill ect and yes I also know people who have been defrosting that way for years without a problem. But after seeing a list of bacteria involved in even the early decomposition process it's not a risk I would even consider..................

[baxtor]

Originally Posted by The Devil

People who defrost rats by putting them on the bench for the day should be aware of the following.

Within minutes of death bacterial decomposition starts and accelerates rapidly as the hours go on.
Have you ever wondered why if you kill a rat and leave it outside, within an hour the flies have found it and are laying eggs.
Reason , they can smell the start of decomposition, and yes I know that snakes will eat road kill ect and yes I also know people who have been defrosting that way for years without a problem. But after seeing a list of bacteria involved in even the early decomposition process it's not a risk I would even consider..................

A list of the bacteria naturally occuring in a healthy, living body might surprise you. I do not however defrost on the bench myself.

[tooninoz]

Shame people seem to want to argue and bitch about someones idea and throw their two cents in to rubbish it. No wonder so many people keep their ideas to themselves.
Good work mate, and thanks for posting it and the pics Your efforts arent entirely unappreciated.

[888lowndes888]

If i didnt defrost by floating the rodents in warm water id make my own defrostinator2000 lol. Im half considering defrosting my mice in bags just so i can make a defrostinator2000 and use it lol.

[Aslan]

Originally Posted by tooninoz

Shame people seem to want to argue and bitch about someones idea and throw their two cents in to rubbish it. No wonder so many people keep their ideas to themselves.
Good work mate, and thanks for posting it and the pics Your efforts arent entirely unappreciated.

...did I not read a heap of posts? - I have yet to hear anyone 'argue and bitch' - even those who don't use the same technique have not argued or bitched...merely commented...

[Magpie]

Originally Posted by tooninoz

Shame people seem to want to argue and bitch about someones idea and throw their two cents in to rubbish it. No wonder so many people keep their ideas to themselves.
Good work mate, and thanks for posting it and the pics Your efforts arent entirely unappreciated.

Errm, the only person that has argued and bitched in this thread is you.
Yes, with people like you around, no wonder people keep to themselves.

[slim6y]

Wow dude, I love your invention... you know how people always wanna modify things - well, i am one of those people haha.

So well done on the reuse part... You can continually use the one ice cream container - that's great... But what about making it even or efficient?

Turning it into a much more efficient heater by trapping the heat inside - you could achieve this by further insulating your ice cream container. Suggestions include polystyrene, woolie blankies (haha) or anything that will keep the heat in.

As heat rises, make sure the hole is recovered again as well, so even less of the heat escapes...

It's a great idea - well done!

[Armand]

that looks like a very tasty ice cream.. mmmmm.. oh and good idea to mate..

[sarah_m]

How long would it take to defrost this way? Being new at this i just assumed the way to defrost was to leave it out until soft (forgive the ignorance) This is a great thread for people new at this. Yes you can research, but they dont include things like this in the 'How to' books
Well done on a great idea and thanks for sharing

[slim6y]

A rat has a core temperature of around 37'C - similar to that of humans. I guess a freshly constricted rat would have a similar temperature so maybe we should be trying to mimic that with warming the rat?

Personally, I just let them warm up with hot water and the snakes eat them. I am very conscious to not let them get too hot!

[hydro noun15]

great idea i might give it a go