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GrotesqueBurgess
at Sat Nov 17 18:11:28 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by GrotesqueBurgess ]
I base all of my views on nutritional value breakdown of frozen feeders on the studies done on human food as well. We must be looking at different studies. There is one key component to freezing properly though... a lack of air in the freezing bag/container is a must.
I envy you for having a supplier of lab-bedding. I'm not as lucky. I now use cell-sorb plus for all of my rats. I don't have mites or lice at the present, and I hope that I don't get a bad batch of the bedding in the future. My mite problem was horrendeous when I was using wood shavings.
I personally believe that if someone is unable to follow instructions and build a proper CO2 chamber and operate it correctly, then they have no buisness building one at all. Just like dislocation, if done incorrectly, it can be very cruel.
I think that when you say that rats die faster when they are constricted, you are literally meaning "die". I am meaning suffer. Rats pass out very quickly with CO2 and when it is done correctly, they don't appear to suffer at all. It may take a little longer for them to technically die, but they aren't feeling it. When they are constricted, they suffer immensely, regardless of how long it takes them to die.
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RE: Getting a burm, Need some tips! - GrotesqueBurgess, Sat Nov 17 18:11:28 2007