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Can you defrost a mouse befor it becomes unuseable and you must throw it out? Like when you feed all your snakes and you end up with a left over. Can you refreez once ? Or do you toss after first defrosting?
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2.1.0 ball python (aragorn, frodo, arwen)
2.0.0 columbian boa (wiggles and squiggles)
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
0.1.0 corn snake (baby)
3.3.0 cats (rockie, bs, brownie, lerrado, kole, camie)
1.3.0 kids (dilyen, dakota, chyanne, sierra)
Brian n Chrissy

Some refreeze once. I do not. Normally, if I have leftovers in the morning, I put the thawed rodent in the refer and then give it to other animals that evening. As long as it hasn't started stinking, I'll "reuse" it once.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

i have heard that you can refreeze once, cant remember the source though, as long as there is no smell there is nothing to worry about.

Why hang on to a $1.00 toss it - if not one more freeze and defrost shouldn't be too bad - afterall balls are designed to be able to eat carrion (roadkill) in the wild - but I'd toss it or feed it to another snake - stay fresh.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

10.35.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.1.0 Bredls Python
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.1 Lizard rescued from feline
0.0.0 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

>>afterall balls are designed to be able to eat carrion (roadkill) in the wild - but I'd toss it or feed it to another snake - stay fresh.

Has this been documented anywhere? You would think if carrion was a common food source, WC balls would be easy to convert to FT?
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

I guess they got this way from all the cars speeding through the african savannah
Jeremy
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Isn't it cooler that serpent's don't walk anymore?
(Genesis 3:14)

We dont like to refreeze them because of the way they look after you defrost them for the second time. they dont smell bad or anything but they just dont look right. But we do it because we dont like wasting the money. but if it is a health issue we will start tossing the extras. our snakes health is more important than saving a buck.
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2.1.0 ball python (aragorn, frodo, arwen)
2.0.0 columbian boa (wiggles and squiggles)
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
0.1.0 corn snake (baby)
3.3.0 cats (rockie, bs, brownie, lerrado, kole, camie)
1.3.0 kids (dilyen, dakota, chyanne, sierra)
Brian n Chrissy