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RE: Rats busting open!

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Posted by: DrPepper at Mon Nov 17 14:26:52 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DrPepper ]  
   

>>I am feeding right now. Just got a new order of rats and mice. Almost everyone of them busted open when the snake hit them...yuck! What causes this??


You thawed them badly. The best method I have found is to put them in the refrigerator overnight to thaw. The next day set them out on the counter to warm up to room temp for an hour or so before feeding. If you need to warm them up faster than that, then put them in a ziplock and put that into a bowl of LUKEWARM water... never hot water.
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