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if left in the shipping container and bundled up,i didnt want to have to get another freezer

It is completely safe to be in with your food, I keep mine in between the cold packs and a frozen banana lol.

the guy who breeds my rats called me last week in a panic...his wife had discovered his vacuum packed rats in the garage freezer...He begged me to come clear them out immediately. Apparantly, either he could stay or the rats, but not both!

Now the rats on in my freezer, on top of the chicken, under the corn dogs!
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Jeremy Conrad
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YA ha ha just be careful on those late night munchie scrambles for corn dogs!!!

>>YA ha ha just be careful on those late night munchie scrambles for corn dogs!!!

Well, after reading Jeff's post below, maybe I don't have to worry! He's saying "Dem's gud eatin'!"
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Jeremy Conrad
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...Can't...stop...must...get...more...balls...

...dey be good eats too..........

...at least I never got drunk and ate pinks (live)....or bugs.....like alot of people I know......

I don't drink......never did like beer.......
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are they really?.....wow

some people get wierded out by it......so don't tell them...

just be clean about it.keep them in bags in other bags if needed..wash hands alot....don't cross contaminate.....

use them in a timely fashion.....

........you can eat the mice /rats yourself actually so yes it is ok............

.....mice are good actually.....(field mice/the largest species of them)....is good fried or boiled up actually.......nicknamed "marsh hare" or "marsh rabbit".the muskrat is good dark meat..........that reminds me...I got a few in the freezer from last week...........LOL (along with some "coon" legs.......(coon and 'kraut"......mmmmmmm)
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are they really?.....wow

>>.....mice are good actually.....(field mice/the largest species of them)....is good fried or boiled up actually.......nicknamed "marsh hare" or "marsh rabbit".the muskrat is good dark meat

You're scaring me, Jeff!
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Jeremy Conrad
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...Can't...stop...must...get...more...balls...

I also keep cow, pig and fowl in mine......
meats is meats!!!!

Hubby really dislikes the idea of rodents next to his ice cream LOL, so I did get a second freezer, need it too between the rodents couple hundred usually at a time and the dog food I can easily fill my second freezer without anything but pet food!
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
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compartmentalize~ (SP?)

Any way~ I keep all the food for human consumption on the top three shelves of the freezer~ and the bottom shelf is for snake food. That way no one worries if something doesn't get bagged up properly (though I am very carefull to vacuum pack them) there is no issue of gravity dropping the reptile food onto the people food. Though I did find some chicken nuggets in the reptile food recently~ one of the kids must not have closed THAT bag properly and gravity brought the people food to contaminate my reptile food!!
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Cheryl Marchek
AKA JM
The Red Dragons Den

...you feed what to the dog ....that requires freezing.....?

had friends that had singing dogs and wolves and dingos and they fed raw chopped beef......so they had freezers full of meat.....

......just wondered if you feed raw beef cubes.......?
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are they really?.....wow

Not in cubes though, I buy Mountain Dog Food and it is ground up bone and all beef, chicken or turkey. We use the beef and veg mix and chicken with bone in mix for our girl. She loves it and less poop to clean, nicer coat and gorgeous teeth. Plus she hates kibble They couldn't get her to eat at the rescue shelter cause that is what they fed. She also get things like raw eggs, cheese and yogurt occasionally, kelp essential oils mixed in daily and stuff to balance everything out but. My dog probably eats a more balanced healthy diet than I do LOL, that goes for all my animals. But then they don't mind eating the same thing all the time.
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
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my fat dog eats what I eat plus Pedigree canned.........

........a couple double cheese burgers from the local McD's does nothing for the coat and shine of a dog.......trust me.....

he is 45 pounds overweight I bet......

then again......so am I.........

hahahahaaaasux really
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are they really?.....wow

LOL, but I bet he is happy
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
ballpythonworld.com

"Bagged, frozen mice. But, if it helps you, I can call them 'chicken' instead."

BB
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"Have you hugged your drummer today?" --- Me

ROTFLMAO!!!!

some people get wierded out......by all kinds of stuff.....

.........yet I eat cooked meat...not wierd stuff.....coons and BBQ sauce.....coon soup.......soons and 'kraut.........beaver roasted..tastes like beef...I like beaver......muskrats......

shake -n bake bunny?.......one hour at 350......me and the dog eat 2 bunnies.......(domestic)......

you would eat deer meat?......

what about bear?........well....coons are cousin to bear......so.....you know......

squirrel is cousin to muskrat.......

rabbit is not a rodent actually.....they are the best...wild rabbit.........

beaver liver is too much even for me.......too strong.......and deer splean..not doing that again......the dog likes it........

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NO I would NOT go on Fear Factor.......I do not eat rotten stuff or raw guts or other choice body parts that weren't really meant to eat.......
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are they really?.....wow

I love rabbit Hubby would never eat it, very healthy though. Hospitals used to use rabbit for patients with digestive problems. We like horsemeat though, mmmmmmmm smoked on a sandwich with Gouda cheese is the best, had bear didn't like it. Deer I like but I have to marinate the steaks, too wild tasting otherwise. Love deer sausage but that is cause it is usually cut with ground pork. No hunters in the family though so we don't get it much
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
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horse meat....or smoked horse meat?.............never saw it aorund here.....but then again there is alot I want that I cannot find......and alot of stuff people love that I have tried and do not like or will not waste money on again,,,,,,,

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are they really?.....wow

Look for a dutch deli store. A little place called Bens Meat and Deli here carries it. It is a delicacy for the dutch.
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
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I live in Pennsylvania "Dutch" country.....yet I don't think there is a "Dutch" deli like you are talking about.....I have never heard of or seen horse meat around here at all........I have a Viet Namese store and a good Greek store for odd stuff.......and like a million spanish people in the area.....but never saw horse........hhhmmmm........LOL......

.......so i guess it's a neigh for me........?.......

......anyways........have fun...good luck........baking sweet potatoes as I type....LOL
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are they really?.....wow

My grandparents always went to this place. They have all the dutch candies and treats, real Gouda and all the traditional meats, not to mention the best beef jerky in the world LOL, you ever come up to Edmonton and you'll have to stop in.
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
ballpythonworld.com

As long as you're eating rodents, you need to come to Louisiana for some nutria. Nutria look something like beavers but have a tail more like that of a possum than a beaver. They were brought to this country in the 20's or 30's to be raised for their fur. The folks who had them were the same ones who make Tabasco sauce.

In 1934, we had a hurricane, and the cage where they were keeping the nutria flooded. Nutria are great swimmers, and as the water rose, they just kept swimming. When the water rose over the top of the cage, they swam away. They've been in Louisiana ever since. The Cajuns say that nutria make pretty good eating, but I've not had the pleasure of eating one yet.

They are actually something of a problem here. They eat plants to the root and will kill off large areas of swamps. They dig in the levees and cause the levees to weaken. I'm sure that the alligators get some of them, but they don't get enough. Some old-time Cajuns trap them for food, but there isn't a market for their fur anymore. Without that market, they aren't hunted enough to keep the populations down or wipe them out. There's a bounty on them or at least there's been a bounty in the past, but no one makes that big an effort to kill and collect.

I've seen them a bit when I've been out kayaking. Supposedly, they are aggressive, but they've never bothered me. I think it's neat to see them, but knowing that they are an invasive species and a pest takes some of the joy. I've never tried hitting one with a paddle and am probably not fast enough to do so. I guess I could take a .22 and try to kill some, but I just can't get into carrying another piece of equipment when I paddle.

Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

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