Like Mike, I always put my frozen critters in sealed ziplock bags in a container filled with hot tap water. It doesn't take long to thaw them---and you can hide the container wherever you want (out of your wife's sight---or in my case, my husband's); plus there's no smell, and the mice stay dry vs. saturated with chlorinated water.



If the water loses too much heat as the mice thaw, I'll dump out the old water and add fresh hot water about half way through the thawing process. I can easily thaw adult mice in about half an hour this way (check'em to make sure they're fully thawed). I put something on top of the container to make sure the mice submerge in the water and don't just float on top in their sealed baggies. The mice are nice and warm when you're finished, and the snakes are always eager to bite!



Good luck!
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Renee



2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)

1.0 BRB (Loki)

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• Frozen/ Thawed Mice - saltydog99, Sun Apr 6 21:05:00 2008
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• I second the motion! - ReneeValois, Tue Apr 8 12:42:14 2008
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