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RE: advice on frozen rodents please

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Posted by: RioBravoReptiles at Wed Jun 15 10:52:52 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RioBravoReptiles ]  
   

.. if you have 2 snakes I don't know what you mean by stock-up.. instead of worrying over the freezer-life of the rodents, only purchase about 90 days worth at a time. ??

But I can offer this advice on the bags vs vacuum-packed; the bagged rats seem to get freezer-burned more quickly and also show signs of going 'bad' a little sooner after they reach room temps. also we have gotten bagged rats that were dumped together in all sorts of strange tangles and piles. These are then hard to seperate if you want only one or two out of the bag.. and when bagged in a haphazard way like that they take up a lot of room in the freezer.

The bags I've seen are also much less durable than the vacuum-plastic.. you end up with ripped bags and a big mess. The vacuum-packed ones I've gotten are also much neater and easier to use.

The drawback to the vacuum packing is that freezing ruptures blood vessels in the animals (mostly the nose) and when you thaw them the low-pressure in the bag can cause a lot of bleeding and make a mess. The answer is to puncture the bag before you thaw and equalise the pressure, that limits that problem.
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