Thawed How?

[chris-uk]

No eggs for garters... I have never had eggs small enough for them to eat! they are for all of the other snakes in my collection.

Thanks. On reflection I'm thinking that even quails eggs would be too large. Do the bigger snakes take the eggs whole, shell and all? I know some garters are quite opportunistic so they'd eat the right sized eggs if they came across them in the wild, right?

[ProXimuS]

I defrost pinkies and fish in about room temp water for my ribbon. And for Tallie I just cut hers up and drip water on it and let it sit for a few minutes, and it thaws out pretty quick.


Funny this was posted. I was talkin with my friend yesterday and we some how got on the subject of frozen pinkies. He says "Those little frozen baby mice are nasty. I used to feed them to my snake and they smell horrible when you dethaw them." I told him that's what I feed my snakes and they don't smell like anything.....Then I realized, and asked "How did you dethaw yours?" "Microwave..." NO WONDER! ICK! I don't even want to know what that smells like...

[-MARWOLAETH-]

LoL that reminds me of when someone posted on another forum,complaining that his snake's rats kept exploding when he was thawing them out in a bucket with water from the kettle...silly billy ;D

[Eddie]

I thaw all of my feeders directly in hot tap water for 2 reasons. 1 its fast and 2 when the snakes eat them warm they can start digestion faster.

[ConcinusMan]

I thaw my pinkies out in warm water. I like to give my snakes a warm meal and I think the thawed pinky absorbs some of the water it is thawed in. This helps to hydrate my snakes in a roundabout way. I also think the scent is greater on a wet mouse then a dry one which might help in a more aggressive feeding response.
Just my opinion.

How do you thaw your mice and why?

I put them in a bag and submerge that in warm water. But before I put them in the bag, I make a few small inscisions in the skin. This makes them leak some blood so the pinkies are wet when I offer them, but not wet from water. The blood sure seems to illicit a downright violent feeding response. I don't seem to get the same reaction if I soak them directly in water. In fact, if I do that, some of my snakes just ignore them. They like 'em bloody.

[Steveo]

I'm currently thawing some pinkies in a Ziploc bag with some silversides thrown in. After a few weeks without feeding rodents they need to be scented.

[Selkielass]

Warm water from the faucet, directly on the rodents and silversides.
my snakes seldom need scenting to encourage eating, but if they do I just drain off the warm water, drop a couple night crawlers in and swirl them around until everything is slimy. Worm sauce seems to be their favorite seasoning.

[Timsreptiles]

I heat up water in a kettle until hot but not boiling.

Fill an empty 2 litre used ice cream tub with the warm water and add the rodents.

Pinkies defrost in a few minutes max

Frozen fish get defrosted in a small plastic tub filled with warm water from the tap. They defrost in a few minutes.