First I thaw my rabbits by placing them in moderately hot water in 5 gallon buckets. 1 to 2 rabbits per bucket, depending on the size. The hot water almost immediately cools down considerably after the frozen rabbits are placed in it, equalizing somewhat. The thaw process takes between 6 and 10 hours on average this way so I usually either bucket them very early in the day,. or late the night before. With a quick feel I can determine whether or not they are completely thawed. At this point I dump the initial thaw water and refill the bucket with very warm (not hot) water and let the rabbit warm up a bit for about 15 or 20 minutes. I don't always do this as most of my snakes don't mind the rabbit being somewhat cool, but I do have the occasional picky girl that prefers them warm.



Just for the record, I leave the rabbits wet to aid swallowing.









>>what is your method on heating up rabbits after they have thawed?
-----
Believe in yourself and your abilities and you can accomplish anything.

[ Hide Replies ]

• POLL: how do you "heat up" your F/T rabbits? - jamesk, Mon Mar 1 01:15:26 2004
• 5 Gallon buckets,.... - BrianSmith, Mon Mar 1 11:34:32 2004
• RE: 5 Gallon buckets,.... - Carmichael, Mon Mar 1 19:28:54 2004
• RE: POLL: how do you "heat up" your F/T rabbits? - jtrott, Mon Mar 1 16:44:52 2004
• 3rd for the bucket - Rottenweiler9, Mon Mar 1 21:45:48 2004
• RE: POLL: how do you "heat up" your F/T rabbits? - Larry D. Fishel, Tue Mar 2 22:08:23 2004
• Good Idea, I like that n/p - Rottenweiler9, Wed Mar 3 18:03:29 2004
• Microwaves are fun!!! LOL n/p - rmar, Fri Mar 5 00:33:02 2004