I always place the rodents in a yellow grocery bag. My grandma asked once "what's in the yellow bag?" I said "You don't want to know what's in the yellow bag." She responded "I don't want to know what's in the yellow bag." XD
My mom got ice out of my freezer once and asked what was in the bag. When I told her she replied, "Ew, right next to your food? Gross!" I was laughing and reminded her everything was wrapped. lol
When thawing out my Snook's food, I just use a dedicated plastic container with about an inch of "as hot as I can get it" water from the faucet. I just toss the mouse in, put on the lid, and let it sit for about 5-10 minutes. After thawing, I just pat it dry with a paper towel and Viola! One warm mouse for one happy little sand sausage! The only thing that worries me about this method is the fact that tap water can be harmful to snakes, unless you use reptisafe or some other method to nullify its harmful effects. Also, I just wanted to add that I love your channel. I've learned quite a bit from you and your videos! Can't wait to see more! lol
That's what I do except is there a formula for calculating how long it will take to get to temp by rodent size? I saw things saying "just see how it feels" and NO NO NOPE NO NUH-UH I AM NOT MANHANDLING A DEAD RAT NO WAY.
I don’t own a snake (or any reptile of the sort), I don’t want a snake but I still watch your vids as I find them super interesting! *boops noodle’s nose*
Roxie Whitmire Don't get me wrong, there is little in this world I enjoy more than good food. MAKING food however, no clue. I heat all my meals on highest settings because it will go faster and have no other effect, right?
Novice tips for thawing rodents if a family member is a germaphobe: 1. Put rodent in a plastic bag, then place it in a disposable cup. 2. Thaw in fridge to reduce bacteria growth. Do NOT thaw it at room temp. 3. When thawed, remove from fridge. Heat water in the microwave and pour it into the cup. 4. When warm, feed to snake using tongs. Afterwards, throw used cup and bag away 5. Thoroughly clean tongs and hands. Disinfect sink if you have to. This is honestly what I have to do because my mom is afraid of cross contamination. As much as I’d like to designate an old plastic container for thawing rats (thus saving myself from throwing an insane amount of solo cups in the trash) she won’t let me. Even though I’ll happily clean it out like I do with the tongs. Oh well. The fact that she’ll let me keep a snake and frozen rats in the house at all is more than I could have asked for.
Thank you actually this helps me figure out that aspect. I don't have a snake yet but the cleanliness aspect concerns me. I don't mind designating and thoroughly sanitizing a cup every time but the idea of having a rodent uncontained in the fridge eeks me out. Also the heating of water in a separate container is brilliant, that probably was my biggest gross out factor. I don't want to throw out a bunch of plastic so I will probably figure out reusable non poris containers that are easy to sanitize.
I clean my snake things in my bathroom sink so my husband doesn’t have to look at a mouse in a mug in the kitchen where we prepare food. So after I thaw it I warm it in the bathroom out of the bag for 2-3 mins until they eat.
Timestamps for the different methods in case you need a refresher on a specific method (would it be too selfish to ask to get this pinned?) 1. Thawing in the fridge 0:35 2. Thawing in cold water 1:18 3. Thawing in microwave 3:07 (Don't do this for rodents......) Begin Warming-up your rodent section: 3:45 Method - Placing your rodent in warm water: 4:47 Method - Placing rodent under a heat lamp/hairdryer or leave sitting at room temp 5:12 Tip on holding and feeding the rodent to your snake: 6:25 Storing and longevity of rodents in one's freezer: 8:05
That's crazy, USARK should try and advocate for Hawaii. I get that it's in the middle of nowhere, but if you can import snakes from Indonesia across the world you can definitely fly some captives in overnight.
That was my reaction! My first thought was "NOT in your 'good' microwave!" If she was going to show us my first thought was that she should buy a cheap/used microwave so she can through it away afterward.
Fed my ball python frozen/thawed for the first time yesterday. She was severely confused at first, but it might have been because the has never seen a BLACK mouse before. I put it outside her cave, she came to out and just started tonguing at it for a few minutes. I thought it might be too cold for her to recognize as food, but when I bumped it just a little bit with the tweezers she immediatly grabbed it and dragged it into her cave. She didn't try to wrap or choke it like she's used to with live food, so she must've realized on some level that it wasn't alive anymore. Still gobbled it right up though. Anyways, keeping snakes is fun.
For ball pythons in general, warming up the rodent after it is thawed will yield good success. A ball python that refuses a room temperature thawed rodent will usually take a warm thawed rodent no problem. Some jiggling helps too.
You've got to be my favorite pet youtuber. Thank you for showing me how to take care of reptiles, I even got a ball python after watching you. Love the channel and keep up the good work
Do I have a snake? No. Am I ever going to get a snake? No. Do I watch a whole video about how to get rodents ready for a pet snake? Yes! Edit: OMG I have never gotten so many likes! Thank you and I will be liking every reply!
I was thinking the same thing. I’m more of a warm fuzzy creature (aka owned by dog) person. I do enjoy Emily’s snakes and the well researched information she shares.
I love you Emily! You have such a wonderful personality and I love to hear you teach about your pets. Your love and passion for what you do is so obvious and heart warming!
I am so glad you mentioned the warm water method. personally I put the rodent in a ziplock bag and put them in a dedicated bowl with warm water and another dedicated bowl on top with warm water in it to hold down the bag.
These video's are great and SO helpful! I've been trying to convince my parents to let me adopt a snake and your video's help me so much by giving me the right knowledge I need to know to try and convince my parents so thank you!!
yeah i've always just thawed them right in warm water cause it makes thawing super quick and easy, i was so afraid this video was gonna call me out for doing that lmao! i'm glad it's what you guys do too
7:40 My California Kingsnake does just that when I wiggle the mouse from the tail. He quickly strikes and coils up, so he doesn't care about the mouse's position. Great video as always
Thank you for this video, Emily! My Ball Python is 3 years old and for her whole live she only ate live. The reptile shop could not get her to eat thawed mice. I have only had her for a year, I failed once when I first got her. After watching this video and taking the tips, I decided to try again. I thawed it out correctly and instead of holding the mouse by the tail, I held it by the back end. Sure enough, she took it! I wanted to get her to switch, since she almost lost her eye from a live feed, but I didn't know how. I'm so happy I can now feed her thawed without worry anymore. I'm sorry this is drawn out, but seriously, thank you for the amazing education!
I just wanted to say thank you for your videos. I only recently discovered you guys and I'm so happy that I did. I have 2 corn snakes who are around 14 years old, I have had them from a few months old, and you have helped me realise I can make their homes more exciting and interesting for them. More importantly though feeding time is now lovely and calm and I don't feel like they are completely unreadable mysteries thanks to your body language video! I've also realised that the female (I think) is becoming underweight, so I'm starting to increase her feeds slightly, she's always been bigger and I was feeding them both the same. I just didn't realise until I saw your video about snake weights. So thank you!!
These videos are so helpful! My fiance and I are planning on getting a noodle soon. Probably after Christmas. So I've been doing loads of research on care. This channel has been a wealth of information. ❤️
Great video. I actually discovered recently that getting a three month supply through my local reptile expo is cheaper than ordering online anywhere. Online my bulk order would have been over 300 before shipping but at my expo i got all that i needed for less that 220. So totally planning to go the expo again in 3 months to get my next order!
Unrelated completely. But my dog started wagging when you said "hey everybody" and is now currently staring at my phone from his bed 😍😍😍 hes as obsessed with SD as i am clearly lol
Tuesdays and fridays are now my favorite days! Often times i will sit infront of my computer in the morning just waiting for your video! I am in the process of making one of the snake skin necklaces! I love snakes but my mom dosent so i dont have one but i am using a shed of a snake around my house!
For those of us in Canada, but specifically Alberta, First Strike Snakes is fantastic! And if you live near Edmonton you can do pick up and skip the whole shipping cost. I just got my first snake a few weeks ago and one of the people at one of those 'big chain pet stores' recommended them as the place they go for mice, and they have been extremely helpful and have decently priced mice.
Happy to hear I’m thawing my rodents correctly! Good tip on how to hold the mouse/rat for feeding. Mine have eaten tail first a time or two! Very fortunate in where I get my rodents. We have a local aquarium store that used to sell snakes. They don’t any longer, but they still sell the food. We’ve dealt with them for over 40 years, so I can go in and pick each individual rat/mouse I want. Very close to home, too!
soon i’m getting a piebald ball python male and this is really helpful! my relatives really hate it’s feeding processes as they’re put in the microwave but the fact u can heat them up in boiling water really relieved them! thank you so much !
Oh mah godness, you have alot of snakes! :o I love snakes so much! Can you do a video showing all of your albinos by the way? I just love albinos so much! :)
Thanks so much for the videos. I bought my teen daughter an African black house snake for Christmas and was shocked at the cost of frozen feeder mice. The website you talked about was 1/3rd the cost of the online store I used initially. I also watched a half a dozen of your other videos for tips on heat/humidity care, when/where/how to feed your snake etc. and all of your videos are packed with wonderful information that seem to cover a wide range of reptile care tips from a neutral stand point. Terrific work.
@@TrueBeelzebub well I am a stay at home mum who is also pregnant, who unfortualy doesn't work anymore, which means we only have 1 income coming in. Don't want to get reptiles as of now untill we are at a good income to take well care of our kids aswell as pets. Don't want to get them for the sake of it, I want to learn everything to know about the reptile, so in 2-3 years I'll get a job when both of my kids are in school save up and get my dream hognose and gecko😊 I'll convince my husband in 2-3 years getting the reptiles and bribe him by adopting whatever dog he wants to have as I'd love to have a dog also😊
I absolutely love these videos, I mean they’re what got me hooked on Snake Discovery to start with. But I am so glad the new videos are mixed with education and personality! Ed and Emily are two of the funniest humans, I just love them. I’ve had a really rough day and I’m sitting in my car at almost midnight rewatching old SD videos to make sure I’m doing the right thing for my BP and enjoying the progression of Ed and a Emily’s personalities in current videos 🥰🥹
I love the way you say bag. My friend from Minnesota pronounces bag the same way and it always brings me joy (as someone with a heavy accent from a different area)
Oh my goodness, I needed this video in my life. I was just telling my son yesterday to please not put the pinky in the microwave!! (He was warming up a snack while waiting for the mouse to thaw, it's ok now.) Thank you so much for your videos!! I've learned so much from you, and our Noodle says thank you! (Male hatchling western hognose)
I'm lucky to live 5 minutes' walk from my local exotics shop and so I only buy about 8-10 mice at a time, which last me about 2-3 months with my 2 corn snakes
Hey guys! Love the content- always! I was wondering if you guys would consider making a video on heat tape and how to work it? I have a few snakes and am trying to implement a diy snake rack of sorts (kinda like the ones you have in your main snake room. Thank you for all the videos! I know that it must be a lot of work on top of your already busy schedule!
Hello Emily, yet another very helpful and informative video. Thanks. I only have 5 snakes so I order from LLI or Layne Laboratories Inc. Because I have fewer snakes they allow you to order smaller amounts whereas some places smallest amount you can order is like 100 of an item. I don't need that many at a time, they will go bad before I can use them. Also they come in colored Ziplock bags so you're not seeing Frozen rodents through a clear plastic bag in your freezer.
Do I own a snake or any reptile whatsoever? No, I don’t. Do I watch every video multiple times and play them as ambient noise? Yes, yes I do 🤷🏻♀️ I’m hooked on Emily and Ed x)
I do feed my snake a bit differently and thaw it out differently but that’s because like you said, snakes are different, and mine does perfectly fine the way I do it. But I’m glad I came across this video because as a beginner when it comes to these things, I am always glad to learn as much as I can about how to feed and take good care of my sneks.
The rate for shipping frozen rodents is a standardized rate by UPS. I have bought frozen meat for human consumption, and it's shipped the same way. (Fancy chocolates are also shipped that way as well.)
I've been delightedly bingeing Snake Discovery vids over the past few weeks, mostly in random order, and it's so weird being "introduced" to a snek that I already know has since passed from old age. Be at peace, Popeye. What a very good noodle you were.
I went back to this video before getting my ball python to learn more about feeding F/T. I ended up getting a baby that had been fed live rodents for his whole life, which I was not willing or able to do. Thankfully, I was able to immediately get him to eat F/T thanks to your videos! I really appreciate them and I’m sure they’ve helped many other people too. :D
Hey! So I am really looking foreward to have a petsnake. I fell in love with the mexican Black Kingsnake but the problem is that I live in Germany... It is really hard to find anyone who sells those Snakes and (very important as well) the food! It is not as common to keep snakes as a pet here as it is in America. But America does not ship to germany (snakes/food) (wich ich totally understandable) If you should not have any more Videoideas some time: Would you like to make a Video about how to find breeders (in general) and food etc in other countries? Maybe simple tipps? Shoutout to everyone loving Snake discovery who is not living in America❤ I really love your Videos and they really made me wanting to know EVERYTHING about how to keep a Snake🥰Thank you Snake Discovery❤
I have the same problem, and I live in a smaller country than yours. However, I managed to find a breeder through morph market (website) who is really helpful and even does TH-cam, and I ask him questions about how he manages it in our country
You can try searching in animal shelters, the bigger ones usually have a wide selection on snakes. Mostly cornsnakes but if you search long enough you can find anything there. I just looked and the bigger ones sadly don't have mexican blacks right now, though if you are fine with a californian kingsnake, there are plenty of those If you are set in mexican blacks however, I can give you this link www.striped-colubrids.ch/zuchtplanung-status/ You are right, they are hard to find here in Germany, it took me more than an hour! I usually find snakes I'm looking for in less than 10 minutes! It doesn' seem like they have any available right now and the site is not very structured, but you can try to get on the waitlist. Good Luck!
I have the same issue, I'm in Australia and while there are native snakes to Australia, I've never met anyone with a pet snake. It's illegal to own any non native species here, but regardless I've never heard of a place that sells or breeds captive bred snakes and such
Recently got myself an mbk(mexican black kingsnake) would recommend kingsnakes in general. Reptile communties seems abit hidden at times but look out for reptile expos and I promise you'll find some. My kingsnake was actually bred and incubated in Germany so it exists.
@@Acedrawz For American Rodent Supply shipping to Zone 3 is $99 dollars a box. When I saw that I thought "uh...I better check the other options to see if there's one closer to me so the shipping price won't hurt as badly."
The feeding tray thing is really smart! I've been working on figuring out a way that I would be able to feed my ball python without substrate getting stuck to it once he's off paper towels (out of quarantine). Thanks for the tip!!
I don't own snakes or other reptiles But I love your channel and watch all your videos I have learned a lot about snakes and I enjoy watching all the baby snakes hatch
my boyfriend was talking about trying to capture a wild snake or buy a large enough one and feed it live. i tried to talk to him about this channel and how frozen thawed is best for snakes and other animals and he told me it builds character in the snake to feed it live....in an avid fan of this channel and it made me want to slap him saying feeding live is best.
I definitely wouldn’t say it “builds character” however, feeding live isn’t as bad for the snake as some people make it. Snakes don’t need live and it tends to be more efficient for the owner to feed frozen thawed. However, there are some snakes that will only eat live, so keep that in mind. Also health wise there is no difference, the issue with feeding live is that it can bite your snake and some people don’t want to see a live animal die.
13:17 - “if you have any other snake owners or *snake friends*” Ah yes....my local garter snake friend from my backyard, I should ask him if he wants to go halfsies on an order of rodents!
I want a snake so badly. My spouse said not yet...because my health is always so bad. I also just had to put my 16 year old cat down. But I’ve loved snakes for years. My mum is terrified of them, so when I was at home it was an emphatic NO! I love your channel!
When my cane toad gets bigger I will definitely be getting her some rodents every once in a GREAT while to feed her with! Good to know they only last a few months; it wouldn't be worth it to get a whole big pack if she's only going to be eating one every other month.
ah, this video is a blessing. whenever I tried to thaw the rats they always became bloated, thank god this helped me find out what I was doing wrong. lets hope I don't mess up again
Seriously awesome video. I have re-done the way I feed my snake recently, and it's SO much better. I used to use warm water, and it's not a great smell, and your fingers are wet ad out of action, and the scent of the rat gets washed away, and you need to pat dry it a bit if you don't want water everywhere, or for bedding to stick to it. Uses a cup, and paper towels. It's just annoying. Plus I don't like using really hot water, so I needed to add more hot water over time, which is tedious (I just used a kettle and add a tiny bit). Now I just take it from the freezer t night time and put it in the fridge (in a little plastic bag). Then the next day I sit it in front of a ceramic human-heater for 3-5 minutes, then I feed her. So easy. Human-heater is quieter and easier than a blowdryer. It's also good because the rat doesn't get wet at all. Which means feeding her in the enclosure is now a thing I can do easily. Which simplifies things. Alternatively you could put it in the fridge in the morning, then feed the snake at night time. But either way, it's good in the fridge for like, 2 days to be safe. So there's plenty of leeway with the method too, which is great for flexibility if something comes up. Or, you could leave it out at room temperature for like, 3 hours, or more if it's cold. Which is quicker. But then you gotta have it on your mind, and it fluctuates with the daily temps, and you don't have leeway with it. You have to use it. BUT, my snake is fine with room temp. So that's a plus. If you really need to go quick at the last moment, then yea the water in a cup method. You can use a plastic bag to prevent it getting wet, but generally the bags aren't a perfect seal, and the rat gets wet anyway. Which is annoying.
I had to write a step by step essay for my English class, and I chose to do one on how to keep a snake, and because I don't actually have one, I used a lot of your videos I've watched in the past to write most of it, and I wish this could've come out earlier so I could've added it to the essay.
So glad I'm doing it right. Was very confused when you said to put a frozen rat in cold water. That seems like it would take for ever. I do the same as you. Put the frozen rodent directly in hot water to warm it up a fast as possible so I can feed my snakes as soon as possible.
When ever I’m defrosting my rats , they always float. I know that it’ll be fine and it’ll thaw the same way but I always prod it to try and keep it down 😂😂 they’re strangely boyent
kirsty wells I actually weigh my rats down with a rock so they heat evenly in warm water. Works great as far as I can tell-my boy hasn’t refused a meal since I started doing this.
Just a rando person's method of thawing here; Place frozen rodent in baggie (I label these with weights so I know how heavy they are, and what snake can eat them). Add RO water to baggie, just enough to 'encase' the rodent. Add baggie with rodent and water to a gallon ice-cream tub of warm/hot water (I add multiple at a time) Allow 30-60 mins for thaw. Replace water with hot water (not scalding) Allow 10 mins to warm up. Remove rodent, and pat dry with paper toweling Feed. The RO water on the rodent will 'absorb' the scents of the rodent and basically broth it. This has been more successful to me than other methods.
Tge first time I fed my Ball Python, I tried dangling the rat by its tail, and its tail popped off. Needless to say, I've held it by its midsection ever since.
Getting my first snake soon- this was great and informative! I’ll be getting a Chinese king rat snake so it’s a little tricky gauging exactly how much she is going to eat per month.
I live in a different city than my parents because I'm going to university, and I recently got a ball python. Last Saturday I came home for the first time in three months, and today, my brother got his own ball python. Snake fever is contagious!
@@reptilerant173 mine is an Axanthic Pastel, born July 27th. My brother's is a 'normal' ball python, but he's got some interesting genes according to the breeder: pastel, spider and fire. I haven't really been informed much about that, my brother knows more XD
I do the running water method, however i use warm water at about 50 degrees celcius. This thaws and warms it in about 10 minutes. I then move the bowl of water and then take it out, shaking it slightly. It is the right temperature by the time it gets to the snake.
When she put the mouse in a mug, all I could think of was "oh look, a nice cup of lukewarm mouse tea" - and then I went and made me a cup of tea 😂
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Hahaa! I write MiceCream on my paper bags when I buy frozen critters
Gross lol
Lukewarm?
now I have to go make a cup of tea smh
Mental note to self: _don't help yourself to cups while at a snake owners house._
You may just end up with the "mouse mug". :-D
You'll find a lot will have a specific mug for it haha we use an old ice cream tub for ours 😂
Lol I never help myself to cups. Too shy
:-D
so ominous: _"the mouse mug"_
My friend Emily (fake name) used to have a snake, and she had that very mouse mug. She labelled it with a permanent marker lol
Emily: don't use the microwave it's terrible.
*watches her reaction*
Me: you've done it haven't you
I wanna see a mouse explode in the microwave now 💀
@@AllanRoberto2711 x)
Allan Roberto why in gods name would I do that
Kami Sama I’m confused because she hasn’t done it yet and I’m really comfused
Her reaction at 3:20 to 3:23 made me suggest it
Step 1 get out of freezer
Step 2 put in microwave on 1 minute 30 seconds
Step 3 buy new microwave
I've been tempted to get a cheap one at a second hand store and try this. Followed by an old blank CD
@@Kariahel Do the CD first.
Has anyone ever gone to your rodent freezer by accident and gone “aaaaaaaah?!”
Nice job modeling the freezer at 9:05
I always place the rodents in a yellow grocery bag. My grandma asked once "what's in the yellow bag?" I said "You don't want to know what's in the yellow bag." She responded "I don't want to know what's in the yellow bag." XD
My mom got ice out of my freezer once and asked what was in the bag. When I told her she replied, "Ew, right next to your food? Gross!" I was laughing and reminded her everything was wrapped. lol
@@blazertundra have you considered a carreer as a jedi? XD
Mouse sickles 😳
When thawing out my Snook's food, I just use a dedicated plastic container with about an inch of "as hot as I can get it" water from the faucet. I just toss the mouse in, put on the lid, and let it sit for about 5-10 minutes. After thawing, I just pat it dry with a paper towel and Viola! One warm mouse for one happy little sand sausage!
The only thing that worries me about this method is the fact that tap water can be harmful to snakes, unless you use reptisafe or some other method to nullify its harmful effects.
Also, I just wanted to add that I love your channel. I've learned quite a bit from you and your videos! Can't wait to see more! lol
I do the same thing except I put the rodent in a plastic bag.
@@shiruvuiaanimak1485 same here
I would recommend putting the mice in a bag because hot tap water is pretty dirty
I do this exact same thing!
That's what I do except is there a formula for calculating how long it will take to get to temp by rodent size? I saw things saying "just see how it feels" and NO NO NOPE NO NUH-UH I AM NOT MANHANDLING A DEAD RAT NO WAY.
I'm just imagining the first time she put a mouse or rat in a microwave and hearing this loud popping noise
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Iv done it and I had to throw the microwave away
Cursed Popcorn.
🤦♀️ 😷 and the blood everywhere 🤢🤢🤢🤢 i really dont know why I imagined this
I would just abandon the house
I don’t even have a snake but I’m watching this anyway
Same
Same, love her topics
Same
Same
Same here
I don’t own a snake (or any reptile of the sort), I don’t want a snake but I still watch your vids as I find them super interesting!
*boops noodle’s nose*
Is that a not headshy noodle I see lol
Les idées de Candy I want a snake but don’t have one
Good! Keep researching ahead of time (I've learned this the hard way).
Grace Ankerson been researching for 2 months and my parents are deciding yes or no as I comment this
(I was responding to the original commenter, I wasn't saying it was good you don't have a snake yet, sorry if it sounded that way lol). Good luck!
I adored how after Popcorn was introduced, he just decided "*smooch* A'ight, Imma be a sash now. Imma be the prettiest sash for mom!"
and he was the prettiest. He is the best boy. All of them are actually.
Da best sash 😂
Normal human: ah ok so this makes them thaw quickest
Culinary Student Me: ah don't let it get it ThE dAnGeR zOnE
*danger zone*
*works in a bakery * DaNGEr ZZZoNEee!!!!
I took two culinary classes in high school and all I could think about was this 😩 my teacher couldnt have traumatized me more with one thing
Somebody please elaborate. As a culinary atheist, I have no idea what's going on, but I am intrigued.
Roxie Whitmire Don't get me wrong, there is little in this world I enjoy more than good food. MAKING food however, no clue. I heat all my meals on highest settings because it will go faster and have no other effect, right?
I use Perfect Prey for frozen feeders; they’re located in Florida. They’ve been awesome! Would recommend.
Kate Lillo I use Perfect Prey also. They always include a nice thank you note in the box.
Same. 10/10 will use again.
Novice tips for thawing rodents if a family member is a germaphobe:
1. Put rodent in a plastic bag, then place it in a disposable cup.
2. Thaw in fridge to reduce bacteria growth. Do NOT thaw it at room temp.
3. When thawed, remove from fridge. Heat water in the microwave and pour it into the cup.
4. When warm, feed to snake using tongs. Afterwards, throw used cup and bag away
5. Thoroughly clean tongs and hands. Disinfect sink if you have to.
This is honestly what I have to do because my mom is afraid of cross contamination. As much as I’d like to designate an old plastic container for thawing rats (thus saving myself from throwing an insane amount of solo cups in the trash) she won’t let me. Even though I’ll happily clean it out like I do with the tongs. Oh well. The fact that she’ll let me keep a snake and frozen rats in the house at all is more than I could have asked for.
Thank you actually this helps me figure out that aspect. I don't have a snake yet but the cleanliness aspect concerns me. I don't mind designating and thoroughly sanitizing a cup every time but the idea of having a rodent uncontained in the fridge eeks me out. Also the heating of water in a separate container is brilliant, that probably was my biggest gross out factor. I don't want to throw out a bunch of plastic so I will probably figure out reusable non poris containers that are easy to sanitize.
I clean my snake things in my bathroom sink so my husband doesn’t have to look at a mouse in a mug in the kitchen where we prepare food. So after I thaw it I warm it in the bathroom out of the bag for 2-3 mins until they eat.
@@Hi_Im_Akward try a large mason jar! I snag mine from the thrift shop for .50 and boil them to sanitize before using for snakes.
Emily: giving useful information
Me: S N E K
XD🐍
Same
Timestamps for the different methods in case you need a refresher on a specific method (would it be too selfish to ask to get this pinned?)
1. Thawing in the fridge 0:35
2. Thawing in cold water 1:18
3. Thawing in microwave 3:07 (Don't do this for rodents......)
Begin Warming-up your rodent section: 3:45
Method - Placing your rodent in warm water: 4:47
Method - Placing rodent under a heat lamp/hairdryer or leave sitting at room temp 5:12
Tip on holding and feeding the rodent to your snake: 6:25
Storing and longevity of rodents in one's freezer: 8:05
Very late- but this deserves a pin 😂
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Pin this please!
I just got my first pet snake. Its a ball python I named her “Nagini”.
Thank you for this video! :D
Ah yes a person of culture
Btw good luck taking care of your first snake!
Angelia Henry I love your comment.
Thony 1993 Same his called Sydney
A person of culture :D
snakes are illegal here in Hawaii, but Emily's such an awesome teacher, it's fun to learn anything she puts down!
That's crazy, USARK should try and advocate for Hawaii.
I get that it's in the middle of nowhere, but if you can import snakes from Indonesia across the world you can definitely fly some captives in overnight.
Hawaii has the right idea 😮
@@Czermet666 I think it's to try to prevent a problem like the one in Florida
Since theyre such escape artists i understand
Bro I got scared😱
I thought you were actually gonna turn on the microwave and show us what happens.....
( ﾟдﾟ )
*ImPugly * LOL д Russian letters aka d
That was my reaction! My first thought was "NOT in your 'good' microwave!" If she was going to show us my first thought was that she should buy a cheap/used microwave so she can through it away afterward.
I was intrigued thinking she would...lol
Same bro
Fed my ball python frozen/thawed for the first time yesterday. She was severely confused at first, but it might have been because the has never seen a BLACK mouse before. I put it outside her cave, she came to out and just started tonguing at it for a few minutes. I thought it might be too cold for her to recognize as food, but when I bumped it just a little bit with the tweezers she immediatly grabbed it and dragged it into her cave. She didn't try to wrap or choke it like she's used to with live food, so she must've realized on some level that it wasn't alive anymore. Still gobbled it right up though. Anyways, keeping snakes is fun.
@Mr. No Reply thank you
For ball pythons in general, warming up the rodent after it is thawed will yield good success. A ball python that refuses a room temperature thawed rodent will usually take a warm thawed rodent no problem. Some jiggling helps too.
It's that a ball python? Which morph (the one she have on his hands)
Your midwestern way of saying “bag” sounds weird to my mid eastern ears.
Baig
My Friend Aj as a Canadian, I can’t imagine it being said any other way lol
I'm midwestern and don't pronounce it that way. I think it's a wisconsin/minnesota thing.
You making fun of me
Thats what I was thinking!
im southern and i had no idea what she was saying and it took me a few secs before i realized.
You've got to be my favorite pet youtuber. Thank you for showing me how to take care of reptiles, I even got a ball python after watching you. Love the channel and keep up the good work
Do I have a snake? No.
Am I ever going to get a snake? No.
Do I watch a whole video about how to get rodents ready for a pet snake? Yes!
Edit: OMG I have never gotten so many likes! Thank you and I will be liking every reply!
Same, same. Doesn't make sense, but yet here I am.
I was thinking the same thing. I’m more of a warm fuzzy creature (aka owned by dog) person. I do enjoy Emily’s snakes and the well researched information she shares.
Cambry Everett yayyy me too 😂😂
(my answers)
1st question no
2nd yes
3rd yes
@@sharahc7855 same answers
I love you Emily! You have such a wonderful personality and I love to hear you teach about your pets. Your love and passion for what you do is so obvious and heart warming!
Guest: "so... whats that little thing at the back of your fridge?"
Me: "ahh... don't mind the dead rodents... the chocolate you wanted is next to it."
oh nooo ;-;
I dont even have a snake and i watch each video faithfully.
I just love Emily and Ed. So knowledgeable and such fun to watch.
I WAS LITERALLY LOOKING THIS UP WHEN YOU POSTED I LOVE YOU EMILY
I knew it... She is psychic... That's why snakes love her so much. ShE cAn ReAd MiNdS
Nutmeg The hamster me too 😂 I just got a new snake and was wondering lol
Lexi Clement 😂
Nutmeg The hamster lies
Caitlyn J ?
2:03 Emily’s friend is watching this and says
“Wait heyy I just ate popcorn out of that bowl a little while ago!!! 😭😭😭😭”
I am so glad you mentioned the warm water method. personally I put the rodent in a ziplock bag and put them in a dedicated bowl with warm water and another dedicated bowl on top with warm water in it to hold down the bag.
These video's are great and SO helpful! I've been trying to convince my parents to let me adopt a snake and your video's help me so much by giving me the right knowledge I need to know to try and convince my parents so thank you!!
Good luck!! 🙂
Me too!! I’m trying to find where to get one, all the info. Ik this is late but GL!!!
yeah i've always just thawed them right in warm water cause it makes thawing super quick and easy, i was so afraid this video was gonna call me out for doing that lmao! i'm glad it's what you guys do too
Thanks to channels like yours and Clint I felt educated enough to get a snake..... I'm a very proud hognose owner as of this week.
7:40
My California Kingsnake does just that when I wiggle the mouse from the tail. He quickly strikes and coils up, so he doesn't care about the mouse's position.
Great video as always
Thank you for this video, Emily! My Ball Python is 3 years old and for her whole live she only ate live. The reptile shop could not get her to eat thawed mice. I have only had her for a year, I failed once when I first got her. After watching this video and taking the tips, I decided to try again. I thawed it out correctly and instead of holding the mouse by the tail, I held it by the back end. Sure enough, she took it!
I wanted to get her to switch, since she almost lost her eye from a live feed, but I didn't know how. I'm so happy I can now feed her thawed without worry anymore. I'm sorry this is drawn out, but seriously, thank you for the amazing education!
I just wanted to say thank you for your videos. I only recently discovered you guys and I'm so happy that I did. I have 2 corn snakes who are around 14 years old, I have had them from a few months old, and you have helped me realise I can make their homes more exciting and interesting for them. More importantly though feeding time is now lovely and calm and I don't feel like they are completely unreadable mysteries thanks to your body language video! I've also realised that the female (I think) is becoming underweight, so I'm starting to increase her feeds slightly, she's always been bigger and I was feeding them both the same. I just didn't realise until I saw your video about snake weights. So thank you!!
Thank you for making this video! I am just starting to search for good deals for supplies online. Thanks for the info about each rodent supplier.
These videos are so helpful! My fiance and I are planning on getting a noodle soon. Probably after Christmas. So I've been doing loads of research on care. This channel has been a wealth of information. ❤️
Great video. I actually discovered recently that getting a three month supply through my local reptile expo is cheaper than ordering online anywhere. Online my bulk order would have been over 300 before shipping but at my expo i got all that i needed for less that 220. So totally planning to go the expo again in 3 months to get my next order!
Unrelated completely. But my dog started wagging when you said "hey everybody" and is now currently staring at my phone from his bed 😍😍😍 hes as obsessed with SD as i am clearly lol
Tuesdays and fridays are now my favorite days! Often times i will sit infront of my computer in the morning just waiting for your video! I am in the process of making one of the snake skin necklaces! I love snakes but my mom dosent so i dont have one but i am using a shed of a snake around my house!
For those of us in Canada, but specifically Alberta, First Strike Snakes is fantastic! And if you live near Edmonton you can do pick up and skip the whole shipping cost. I just got my first snake a few weeks ago and one of the people at one of those 'big chain pet stores' recommended them as the place they go for mice, and they have been extremely helpful and have decently priced mice.
Do I own a snake? No.
Will my partner let me have a snake? No
Did I click this video as fast as i could? Yes.
Happy to hear I’m thawing my rodents correctly! Good tip on how to hold the mouse/rat for feeding. Mine have eaten tail first a time or two!
Very fortunate in where I get my rodents. We have a local aquarium store that used to sell snakes. They don’t any longer, but they still sell the food. We’ve dealt with them for over 40 years, so I can go in and pick each individual rat/mouse I want. Very close to home, too!
soon i’m getting a piebald ball python male and this is really helpful! my relatives really hate it’s feeding processes as they’re put in the microwave but the fact u can heat them up in boiling water really relieved them! thank you so much !
Oh mah godness, you have alot of snakes! :o I love snakes so much! Can you do a video showing all of your albinos by the way? I just love albinos so much! :)
_AyyxMelida I’d love to see that to but I would wanna see all rare/cool morphs
Wolfe 123 exactly! 💗😍
Thanks so much for the videos. I bought my teen daughter an African black house snake for Christmas and was shocked at the cost of frozen feeder mice. The website you talked about was 1/3rd the cost of the online store I used initially. I also watched a half a dozen of your other videos for tips on heat/humidity care, when/where/how to feed your snake etc. and all of your videos are packed with wonderful information that seem to cover a wide range of reptile care tips from a neutral stand point. Terrific work.
One day I will have a western hognose....and a leopard gecko😭😭 just need to convince my husband to
K3LLYJ0 I have both! The trick is to just ask and ask until they get fed up and allow it lo.
Why does your husband make the decision?
Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission.
@@TrueBeelzebub well I am a stay at home mum who is also pregnant, who unfortualy doesn't work anymore, which means we only have 1 income coming in. Don't want to get reptiles as of now untill we are at a good income to take well care of our kids aswell as pets. Don't want to get them for the sake of it, I want to learn everything to know about the reptile, so in 2-3 years I'll get a job when both of my kids are in school save up and get my dream hognose and gecko😊 I'll convince my husband in 2-3 years getting the reptiles and bribe him by adopting whatever dog he wants to have as I'd love to have a dog also😊
happy wife happy life right?.. use that against him😂😂😂😂
I absolutely love these videos, I mean they’re what got me hooked on Snake Discovery to start with. But I am so glad the new videos are mixed with education and personality! Ed and Emily are two of the funniest humans, I just love them.
I’ve had a really rough day and I’m sitting in my car at almost midnight rewatching old SD videos to make sure I’m doing the right thing for my BP and enjoying the progression of Ed and a Emily’s personalities in current videos 🥰🥹
My salmon hypo bci prefers room temp. If it's too warm she lets go and leaves it till later when it's her ideal temp.
I love the way you say bag. My friend from Minnesota pronounces bag the same way and it always brings me joy (as someone with a heavy accent from a different area)
Oh my goodness, I needed this video in my life. I was just telling my son yesterday to please not put the pinky in the microwave!! (He was warming up a snack while waiting for the mouse to thaw, it's ok now.) Thank you so much for your videos!! I've learned so much from you, and our Noodle says thank you! (Male hatchling western hognose)
AllorynGaming Aww hognoses are so cute.
I'm lucky to live 5 minutes' walk from my local exotics shop and so I only buy about 8-10 mice at a time, which last me about 2-3 months with my 2 corn snakes
Hey guys! Love the content- always! I was wondering if you guys would consider making a video on heat tape and how to work it? I have a few snakes and am trying to implement a diy snake rack of sorts (kinda like the ones you have in your main snake room. Thank you for all the videos! I know that it must be a lot of work on top of your already busy schedule!
Robin Kim I can help you out with any questions you have.
Hello Emily, yet another very helpful and informative video. Thanks. I only have 5 snakes so I order from LLI or Layne Laboratories Inc. Because I have fewer snakes they allow you to order smaller amounts whereas some places smallest amount you can order is like 100 of an item. I don't need that many at a time, they will go bad before I can use them. Also they come in colored Ziplock bags so you're not seeing Frozen rodents through a clear plastic bag in your freezer.
Do I own a snake or any reptile whatsoever?
No, I don’t.
Do I watch every video multiple times and play them as ambient noise?
Yes, yes I do 🤷🏻♀️ I’m hooked on Emily and Ed x)
Honestly this is useful. I've been looking into getting a corn snake so I've been doing a lot of research
Having both a python and a corn, this is insanely helpful. Thanks, Em!
JD Holmquist What morph is your BP?
ReptileRant A normal! Idk why I am in love with the normal patterning, but our little guy is wonderful!
JD Holmquist That is awesome! I have 4 BPs and one of them is a normal, I totally agree their pattern is so pure and gorgeous.
I do feed my snake a bit differently and thaw it out differently but that’s because like you said, snakes are different, and mine does perfectly fine the way I do it. But I’m glad I came across this video because as a beginner when it comes to these things, I am always glad to learn as much as I can about how to feed and take good care of my sneks.
The rate for shipping frozen rodents is a standardized rate by UPS. I have bought frozen meat for human consumption, and it's shipped the same way. (Fancy chocolates are also shipped that way as well.)
I've been delightedly bingeing Snake Discovery vids over the past few weeks, mostly in random order, and it's so weird being "introduced" to a snek that I already know has since passed from old age. Be at peace, Popeye. What a very good noodle you were.
I watch this channel so I can imagine if my grandma was alive then I would prob have a snook
And I really REALLY wanna get a snook when I’m older
I went back to this video before getting my ball python to learn more about feeding F/T. I ended up getting a baby that had been fed live rodents for his whole life, which I was not willing or able to do. Thankfully, I was able to immediately get him to eat F/T thanks to your videos! I really appreciate them and I’m sure they’ve helped many other people too. :D
Hey!
So I am really looking foreward to have a petsnake. I fell in love with the mexican Black Kingsnake but the problem is that I live in Germany... It is really hard to find anyone who sells those Snakes and (very important as well) the food! It is not as common to keep snakes as a pet here as it is in America. But America does not ship to germany (snakes/food) (wich ich totally understandable)
If you should not have any more Videoideas some time: Would you like to make a Video about how to find breeders (in general)
and food etc in other countries? Maybe simple tipps?
Shoutout to everyone loving Snake discovery who is not living in America❤
I really love your Videos and they really made me wanting to know EVERYTHING about how to keep a Snake🥰Thank you Snake Discovery❤
I have the same problem, and I live in a smaller country than yours.
However, I managed to find a breeder through morph market (website) who is really helpful and even does TH-cam, and I ask him questions about how he manages it in our country
@@TheGreatWolfYT Thank you so much!
You can try searching in animal shelters, the bigger ones usually have a wide selection on snakes. Mostly cornsnakes but if you search long enough you can find anything there. I just looked and the bigger ones sadly don't have mexican blacks right now, though if you are fine with a californian kingsnake, there are plenty of those
If you are set in mexican blacks however, I can give you this link www.striped-colubrids.ch/zuchtplanung-status/
You are right, they are hard to find here in Germany, it took me more than an hour! I usually find snakes I'm looking for in less than 10 minutes!
It doesn' seem like they have any available right now and the site is not very structured, but you can try to get on the waitlist. Good Luck!
I have the same issue, I'm in Australia and while there are native snakes to Australia, I've never met anyone with a pet snake. It's illegal to own any non native species here, but regardless I've never heard of a place that sells or breeds captive bred snakes and such
Recently got myself an mbk(mexican black kingsnake) would recommend kingsnakes in general. Reptile communties seems abit hidden at times but look out for reptile expos and I promise you'll find some. My kingsnake was actually bred and incubated in Germany so it exists.
Yes! I've been waiting for this sort of video for a long time, thank you!
"99 dollars"
Ow. I'll uh, check the other two.
Wdym
@@Acedrawz For American Rodent Supply shipping to Zone 3 is $99 dollars a box. When I saw that I thought "uh...I better check the other options to see if there's one closer to me so the shipping price won't hurt as badly."
The feeding tray thing is really smart! I've been working on figuring out a way that I would be able to feed my ball python without substrate getting stuck to it once he's off paper towels (out of quarantine). Thanks for the tip!!
Imagine friends coming over and seeing a bowl of mouse in your fridge 😂
We're having mouse soup for dinner obv 😂😂
Always relevant and informative. Thank you for the educational content.
Referring to a python as "a liiiiitle bit special" made me laugh, and made my night. Sorry, Butter, it was funny. 😂 I'm a little special too.
I don't own snakes or other reptiles
But I love your channel and watch all your videos I have learned a lot about snakes and I enjoy watching all the baby snakes hatch
Splitting the cost with friends/people is genius!
my boyfriend was talking about trying to capture a wild snake or buy a large enough one and feed it live. i tried to talk to him about this channel and how frozen thawed is best for snakes and other animals and he told me it builds character in the snake to feed it live....in an avid fan of this channel and it made me want to slap him saying feeding live is best.
I definitely wouldn’t say it “builds character” however, feeding live isn’t as bad for the snake as some people make it. Snakes don’t need live and it tends to be more efficient for the owner to feed frozen thawed. However, there are some snakes that will only eat live, so keep that in mind. Also health wise there is no difference, the issue with feeding live is that it can bite your snake and some people don’t want to see a live animal die.
13:17 - “if you have any other snake owners or *snake friends*”
Ah yes....my local garter snake friend from my backyard, I should ask him if he wants to go halfsies on an order of rodents!
If he had the cash I'm sure he'd be down for that lmao
Lol I agree man
I want a snake so badly. My spouse said not yet...because my health is always so bad. I also just had to put my 16 year old cat down. But I’ve loved snakes for years. My mum is terrified of them, so when I was at home it was an emphatic NO! I love your channel!
When my cane toad gets bigger I will definitely be getting her some rodents every once in a GREAT while to feed her with! Good to know they only last a few months; it wouldn't be worth it to get a whole big pack if she's only going to be eating one every other month.
I’ll finish watching after work!! Love ur vids guys!! ❤️❤️🐍❤️❤️
I feel like im watching animal planet when i watch these 😂
Vi Jo | I feel like I'm watching an educational Netflix show 😂
ah, this video is a blessing. whenever I tried to thaw the rats they always became bloated, thank god this helped me find out what I was doing wrong. lets hope I don't mess up again
I just put my rats in really hot water. Not boiling, just to where I can’t put my finger under
I'm convincing my mum to buy one,this have been so much help
Lol my ball python is such a good eater she strikes and coils right away 🥰
I don't even have a snake but i love your enthusiasm !!
I just got a ball python. He didn’t eat the first time we tried, so we’re just going to wait a few days. Good idea? (His name is scary btw)
Is he eating now?
Seriously awesome video. I have re-done the way I feed my snake recently, and it's SO much better.
I used to use warm water, and it's not a great smell, and your fingers are wet ad out of action, and the scent of the rat gets washed away, and you need to pat dry it a bit if you don't want water everywhere, or for bedding to stick to it. Uses a cup, and paper towels. It's just annoying. Plus I don't like using really hot water, so I needed to add more hot water over time, which is tedious (I just used a kettle and add a tiny bit).
Now I just take it from the freezer t night time and put it in the fridge (in a little plastic bag). Then the next day I sit it in front of a ceramic human-heater for 3-5 minutes, then I feed her. So easy.
Human-heater is quieter and easier than a blowdryer. It's also good because the rat doesn't get wet at all. Which means feeding her in the enclosure is now a thing I can do easily. Which simplifies things.
Alternatively you could put it in the fridge in the morning, then feed the snake at night time. But either way, it's good in the fridge for like, 2 days to be safe. So there's plenty of leeway with the method too, which is great for flexibility if something comes up.
Or, you could leave it out at room temperature for like, 3 hours, or more if it's cold. Which is quicker. But then you gotta have it on your mind, and it fluctuates with the daily temps, and you don't have leeway with it. You have to use it. BUT, my snake is fine with room temp. So that's a plus.
If you really need to go quick at the last moment, then yea the water in a cup method. You can use a plastic bag to prevent it getting wet, but generally the bags aren't a perfect seal, and the rat gets wet anyway. Which is annoying.
"Don't use the microwave" *puts the mug in the microwave *
Heatings up the water is okay, but not using the microwave for heating up the actual rodent...
I know what snake I am getting!!!
You help meh sooo much! Thank you!!
When you don’t have a snake but you now want one cuz of these videos
I had to write a step by step essay for my English class, and I chose to do one on how to keep a snake, and because I don't actually have one, I used a lot of your videos I've watched in the past to write most of it, and I wish this could've come out earlier so I could've added it to the essay.
microwaving rodents seems like a great way of making a mess in your microwave.
So glad I'm doing it right. Was very confused when you said to put a frozen rat in cold water. That seems like it would take for ever.
I do the same as you. Put the frozen rodent directly in hot water to warm it up a fast as possible so I can feed my snakes as soon as possible.
I love the way Emily says “bag!” Idk why!
You must not be from the midwest 😂😂
Jessica Bennett nope! Definitely from the South, so not used to that at all!
Save the turtles no plastic bags 😁😁🥰🥰🥰 I like the way she says it to lmfao!
what's crazy is i was hoping you guys would make a video on how to thaw the frozen feeders. thanks so much
When ever I’m defrosting my rats , they always float. I know that it’ll be fine and it’ll thaw the same way but I always prod it to try and keep it down 😂😂 they’re strangely boyent
kirsty wells lol, same
kirsty wells I actually weigh my rats down with a rock so they heat evenly in warm water. Works great as far as I can tell-my boy hasn’t refused a meal since I started doing this.
Try placing a saucer that just fits inside the bowl to press the rodent down.
Just a rando person's method of thawing here;
Place frozen rodent in baggie (I label these with weights so I know how heavy they are, and what snake can eat them).
Add RO water to baggie, just enough to 'encase' the rodent.
Add baggie with rodent and water to a gallon ice-cream tub of warm/hot water (I add multiple at a time)
Allow 30-60 mins for thaw.
Replace water with hot water (not scalding)
Allow 10 mins to warm up.
Remove rodent, and pat dry with paper toweling
Feed.
The RO water on the rodent will 'absorb' the scents of the rodent and basically broth it. This has been more successful to me than other methods.
Tge first time I fed my Ball Python, I tried dangling the rat by its tail, and its tail popped off. Needless to say, I've held it by its midsection ever since.
Getting my first snake soon- this was great and informative! I’ll be getting a Chinese king rat snake so it’s a little tricky gauging exactly how much she is going to eat per month.
I like how Emily causally is picking up and moving around a limp, dead rat like a kid with blocks
With as may snakes as she has, she's likely almost as used to handling snek food as she is to handling people food lol
I live in a different city than my parents because I'm going to university, and I recently got a ball python. Last Saturday I came home for the first time in three months, and today, my brother got his own ball python.
Snake fever is contagious!
Iris Wijma That is very cool. What morphs are they?
@@reptilerant173 mine is an Axanthic Pastel, born July 27th. My brother's is a 'normal' ball python, but he's got some interesting genes according to the breeder: pastel, spider and fire. I haven't really been informed much about that, my brother knows more XD
Axanthics are so pretty. Do you know what line it is?
@@reptilerant173 it's a VPI Axanthic!
Oh ok, that’s cool.
:( but the BABIES that were hatching the same day as the lizards we still haven't seen them
I do the running water method, however i use warm water at about 50 degrees celcius. This thaws and warms it in about 10 minutes. I then move the bowl of water and then take it out, shaking it slightly. It is the right temperature by the time it gets to the snake.
Sees the size of the rat
Me: what do you feed that to?!??!!!!