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 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

after 3 weeks of a super feeding response bowser finally took a frozen-thawed hopper without scenting or anything, just warmed up hopper with harid dryer, and it was all gravy.. after all the trouble, my babies on the right track
10/31/09  11:19pm

 #2090458


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   Message To: Steven11788   In reference to Message Id: 2090456


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

im no expert but a hair dryer... for the snakes health not a good idea.some hot water for 30 min in a airtight bag is probably best. you dont wanna cook thw mouse/rat. that can actualy kill your ball. next time take 30 min ant simply soak it in a hot water bath in a air tight bag. it takes the guess work out of frozen thawed.other than that high 5 on a feeding.oh by the way the other danger is thawing out the outside and feeding frozen guts. which also can be verry even life thretining to the snake itself.
10/31/09  11:39pm

 #2090460


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   Message To: Nate304   In reference to Message Id: 2090458


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

im just gonna add it’s a learning experiance. i can only tell you what i do know. from my trial and error.some of these guys on her know way more than me. i only know that cooked or frozen prey is bad and im trying to help.
10/31/09  11:47pm

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   Message To: Nate304   In reference to Message Id: 2090460


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

its all good, actually i head the hair-dryer bit from something i read on this forum. but i checked all , it was warma all the way through, put a themomitor on it , the probe read 72, and i let sit for about 5 minutes, then he took it, but i like the warm water ideal better
11/01/09  09:42am

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   Message To: Steven11788   In reference to Message Id: 2090532


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

guess me leaving it out for the minutes, was counted as pre-scenting, i didn’y even think of it. also gonna be out of town for the columbia exo thiis weekend. bowsers feeding day is on saturady and im gonna be gone till sunday, should i feed him friday or sunday
11/01/09  09:44am

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   Message To: Steven11788   In reference to Message Id: 2090456


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

You can thaw out the rodent by takign it out a day early and putting in fridge and then heating with blow dryer before feeding.

Or use the hot water and soak for 20mins depending on rodent size.

Keep rodents body temps in the high 80s. I keep the bodies about 88-92 and the head closer too 100
11/01/09  10:41am

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   Message To: Flameethrower   In reference to Message Id: 2090554


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

Quote:

I’m no expert but a hair dryer... for the snakes health not a good idea.

Why is it not a good idea? Maybe you should stick with things you KNOW about. Obviously this is not one of those things. To the OP hair driers work VERY well for warming up. Not everyone is a fan of making rat soup. As long as the rodent is thouroughly thawed and warm is all thats important, not the method. I used to use a hair drier to warm rodents before i made my "hot box" which is by far the best method i have found for thawing and warming. I even had previous live eaters start slamming rodents after making the switch.

Happy Herping
Anthony
11/01/09  01:36pm

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   Message To: AGoldReptiles   In reference to Message Id: 2090607


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

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before i made my "hot box"


What is a hot box? How does it work? How did you make it?
11/02/09  12:44am

 #2091011


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   Message To: Anouk   In reference to Message Id: 2090885


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

Think of an incubator for rats. I used a small cooler, couple pieces of flex watt, a fan and you a "hotbox". I dont have any pics on hand at the moment, but I will try and get some if a visual would be helpful.

Thanks
Anthony
11/02/09  11:49am

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   Message To: AGoldReptiles   In reference to Message Id: 2091011


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

Thank you, I might have to try it.
11/02/09  12:31pm

 #2091025


Steven11788
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   Message To: Anouk   In reference to Message Id: 2091020


 Bowser finally ate a frozen mouse

cool thanx for all the help,



11/02/09  12:48pm


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