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Note to self

jarskie Feb 08, 2006 09:36 PM

note to self, you can defrost mice too quickly...
they will pop...
and it smells...

~Johnny

Replies (4)

bpconnection Feb 08, 2006 11:05 PM

np
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Jeremy Conrad
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Isn't it cooler that serpent's don't walk anymore?
(Genesis 3:14)

jarskie Feb 09, 2006 01:06 AM

no... this was truely one of those dumb*** moments,
i ususally pull 'em out of the freezer and let them just air defrost until that evening, and then give them a few moments under a heat lamp.

well, this time, i just stuck them straight under the heat lamp, right out of the freezer...
guess i forgot how hot those things really get
one of the mice just kinda had a blow out...
makes me wonder if snakes could go veggie, b/c that stuff was all kinds of nasty...

~Johnny

bpconnection Feb 09, 2006 09:57 AM

That's one of those pictures that I wish I could see, but I'm sure I'd change my mind once I saw it! Well, live and learn!
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Jeremy Conrad
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Isn't it cooler that serpent's don't walk anymore?
(Genesis 3:14)

toshamc Feb 09, 2006 12:00 PM

LOL

Yeah - mice don't hold up very well under the heat lamp - I was warming a batch of them up one night got distracted with the baby - came back 20 minutes later to a half dozen splattered and fried mice on the warming plate.

Rats hold up much better - LOL.

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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

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