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RE: rat freezer went out

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Posted by: pitoon at Mon Aug 2 02:53:32 2010   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pitoon ]  
   

rats can be thawed and refrozen (even with a hint of smell) with no issues or ill affects as many as two times before they need to be tossed.

the only main issue that could arise is from decomposing. the stomach lining starts to decay and the tissue around this area will become softer thus allowing the stomachs to burst... "sometimes".

if you can handle the smell if there is any, i wouldn't get rid of them and reuse them at least one more thawed time.....after that i would tossed them as they have been thawed out previously for a considerable amount of time.

Pitoon



>>Well, today I noticed the rat freezer was out. This is the second time in 12 months! The first time a power outage caused me to empty the freezer, now a breaker tripped a few days ago and I did not notice since the freezer is in the garage. Now for my question...can the snakes be fed the refrozen rats? The rats don't smell good but they don't smell anywhere near as bad as they did the first time it happened. Normally, I would toss them but I just made a purchase from rodent pro and only got one feeding in...this would be over 500 bucks down the drain again if I had to toss them.
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>>Thanks,
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>>W. Smith
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