How do you defrost your food?

[Camo]

Hey,

Just wanting to know how everyone defrosts there rodents. Do you leave them out to thaw naturally or put them in water?

Cameron

 

[dickyknee]

Put them in warm water .

 

[nightowl]

I place mine in freezer bags and submerse the bags into warm water. Keeps the rodents dry in the bag and defrosts from the heat of the water.

 

[cris]

straight into warm water, i will put them in a feezer bag if i want them to be dry for whatever reason.

 

[hsana]

defrost

same as nightowl

 

[Jungletrans]

I use one of those bean bags [ shaped like a big rat ] that you heat in microwave then place on sore muscles . They dont get hot enough to cook but thaw out quick and dry . Just rest on top of frozen rodent .

 

[Mayo]

Same as Dicky Knee, my snakes don't care if they are wet, just helps lubricate.

 

[snakes4me2]

warm water for me too

 

[ex1dic]

i just throw mine in warm water to defrost mine.. helps the calcium powder to stick to the rodent lol,
although it can get a bit messy.. might try the next lot in a freezer bag to keep in dry.

 

[Aussie Python Lover]

i defrost mine in a small bucket of hot water then out in the sun to dry and get a lil warm then i give to my coastal

 

[tracym666]

My snakes don't tend to like the warm water routine. I tend to put them in a sealed container and, at the most, an hour later they are ready, with the weather we have been having here in Brissie over the last few days it's only been taking no more than 1/2 an hour, having said that I am only onto fuzzies and weaner mice, not too sure when I have to advance beyond that

 

[OuZo]

ex1dic I don't know if you were joking but you don't need to supplement your snakes food with anything

 

[Magpie]

I used to use warm water, now I just get them out around lunch time and feed them off when they are thawed through. None of my current snakes insist on the rodent being warmed.

 

[Aussie Python Lover]

my coastal is very picky about what she eats sometimes she will go through a fase of not eating rats but adult mice then she wont touch the mice and go a rat......shes lucky i have another python who just dont care what he gets lol :d

 

[junglepython2]

I just leave mine out to defrost only if I'm in a hurry do I use the warm water.

 

[Earthling]

I leave them out to defrost too.
With the little rats I tend to put them above the light which defrosts them quicker.

 

[Camo]

Thanks all for the feedback.

Cameron

 

[Lucas]

Warm water. My snakes don't mind the water. It helps get a bit of moisture into them too.

 

[PeeJay]

check out this thread i posted a little while back, its about using a microwave!

http://www.aussiepythons.com/showthread.php?t=41430

 

[junglecarpet]

i defrost mine in a small bucket of hot water then out in the sun to dry and get a lil warm then i give to my coastal

Hmmm thats a good idea, I might try that when I feed mine for the first time