I catch fish, frogs, crayfish and so on for my snappers and Ally snappers. I have heard that it is best to freeze wild caught prey items with the possibility of carrying internal parasites for no less then three months? This seems like a long time.

Does anyone else have any ideas on this in regards to how long a parasitic animal must be frozen to kill the hosts and also if there is any documentation etc online to back it up. I feed my herps frozen rats as well but never really give it any thought when ordering and recieving my mice/rats in regards to how long they have been frozen before i recieved them etc. I have been in the game for a while and would be interested in seeing some scientific evidence online along with the opinions of board users.

Thanks in advance,
Dallas

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• How long to freeze wild caught prey items to kill parasites? - dqreps, Thu Aug 25 17:50:49 2005
• RE: How long to freeze wild caught prey items to kill parasites? - tattoojimmy, Sat Aug 27 10:46:00 2005
• RE: How long to freeze wild caught prey items to kill parasites? - tattoojimmy, Sat Aug 27 10:49:42 2005
• You brought up some interesting discussion - joeysgreen, Sat Aug 27 11:42:57 2005
• RE: You brought up some interesting discussion - dqreps, Mon Aug 29 18:59:16 2005
• RE: You brought up some interesting discussion - joeysgreen, Wed Aug 31 07:41:48 2005
• RE: You brought up some interesting discussion - dqreps, Fri Sep 2 12:08:44 2005