Be aware of where you get your frozen rodents. Cheap is not always good. I used to get frozen rats and mice from an unamed herp organization when I lived in N.Y. One time while thawing some out a rats skin came apart and we noticed the rat had a stomach staple. We (me & my wife) asked ourselves the obvious question of "why does this rat have a stomach staple?". Of course we concluded that since this unamed organizatio was based near an un-named university we a medical school, these must have been lab-surplus rodents. As if stomach staples aren't bad enough we wondered what other experiments they may have been subjected to. The un-named organisation represented these rodents as being raised by resdents of a home for men with severe brain injuries as a method of rehabilitation. I have raised my own rodents because of this and for other various reasons ever since. I am not saying obviously that all frozen rodents are bad as there are many reputable breeders out there. I am just saying to beware of the lowest common denominator. If I had not seen this for myself I would have never thought of such a thing btw.

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