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| speedy231278 |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 16:48:49
My new aquisition will shortly require her first meal, so I'm after a bit of advice on defrosting as I don't want to make her ill, or put her off eating. I'm used to feeding our corns mice, which don't take a great deal of defrosting, as usually a few hours or so at room temperature will result in a nicely thawed meal. However, my royal is up to medium rats, which to someone used to mice look gigantic!
Obviously they need to be fully defrosted, and other posts suggest actually warmed up as well. However, not having defrosted such a large meal before I've got no idea how long it will take. I don't want to leave it out too long in case it goes nasty, but obviously I don't want to end up being fooled into thinking it's nicely defrosted when in fact the middle is still possibly very cold or even solid. Some people seem to advocate using warm water to help, others think it's a bad idea.
What methods do you guys use? To me, it looks like at this size the very least would be to get them out the morning before, or perhaps even the night before? |
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| reptiledanny |
Posted - 22/12/2010 : 14:49:28
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Originally posted by Welly
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Originally posted by Blackecho
I get mine out in the morning to feed in the evening.
Same here, i have an ice cream tub that i just leave on top of the viv's and allow them heat up from the vivs and also makes them get the smell so they are ready for food.
that is a good idea, but if u feed outside the viv, that maybe not lol, as i would end up with a corn on my hand lol |
| Welly |
Posted - 22/12/2010 : 14:42:20
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Originally posted by Blackecho
I get mine out in the morning to feed in the evening.
Same here, i have an ice cream tub that i just leave on top of the viv's and allow them heat up from the vivs and also makes them get the smell so they are ready for food. |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 22/12/2010 : 13:35:57
i just get mine out at about 2-3 oclock, and then feed ate 9-10 and they are always fully deforsted, i heat them up with a hair dryer |
| drchino |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 22:57:37
I tried taking a fuzzie out in the morning and leaving out while I was at work but it smelt a bit funny when I got home. I prefer the warm water method, it's how I defrost my dinner too! |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 20:33:19
I get mine out in the morning to feed in the evening. |
| n/a |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 20:19:42
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Originally posted by GMac
I do same as BATS
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Originally posted by BurnedAtTheStake
(And don't do what I once did, defrost in boiling to save time ...well done mouse! The snake was NOT amused ... )
tasty, mouse explosion then was it?
LOL - no, it was al dente - or al rubbery! |
| Royalbob |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 19:39:03
Not as organized as bats n con. i'd forget to take out night before and there's no way the misses would have a rat in the fridge lol.
i just put rat in freezer bag and pop it in some warm water. once it's all soft n floppy either add some hot water or heat over with hair dryer. but yeh i always make sure
the rats nice n warm especially the head. bingo. |
| GMac |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 19:35:06
I do same as BATS
quote:
Originally posted by BurnedAtTheStake
(And don't do what I once did, defrost in boiling to save time ...well done mouse! The snake was NOT amused ...)
tasty, mouse explosion then was it? |
| n/a |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 19:26:52
Umm... not that long - about 3 minutes or less ...at this time of the year the water's going to cool after that?
(And don't do what I once did, defrost in boiling to save time ...well done mouse! The snake was NOT amused ...) |
| speedy231278 |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 18:46:53
I was thinking about the fridge routine, so I'm not quite a daft as I thought. How long would you warm them in the water for, presumably until they feel about body temperature? |
| CoN |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 17:34:43
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Originally posted by BurnedAtTheStake
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NB warn any member of the family who might have the midnight munchies ... (By heck, that samosa was a bit tough!)
LOL.
Im also doing it like BATS. |
| n/a |
Posted - 21/12/2010 : 17:08:16
Right, good point. I have corns on smaller mice, but the large mice (I have two mouse junkies) and rats I feed my royals, I put in the fridge overnight in a plastic bag so that they are fully defrosted the next day, when they can have an hour or two at room temps and then a warm in the bag in a jug of of hottest tap water, under hairdryer or whatever.
NB warn any member of the family who might have the midnight munchies ... (By heck, that samosa was a bit tough!) |
