Sometimes when switching from live to frozen thawed it helps to heat the thawed rat or mouse. If you must heat them up don't put them in a microwave or oven, etc. Heat a large water bowl with about 1.5 to 2 inches of water. Usually about 2 minutes in the microwave. Place the rats, head down into a zip lock bag. Then place the bag into a second zip lock because sometimes they leak. Now put the bagged rats, head first into the bowl. After about 5-10 minutes they are warm enough to simulate live. Just dangle them in front of your ball head first and they will think its alive. No mess this way and no ingesting of substrate along with a wet rat or rat guts.

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