F/T after a nonfeeding

[journeyoftheanimals]

Well I have been thinking about this for a while now. I hope my snakes never refuse a feeding but after reading these forums for a month I am thinking it very well could happen one day. So what do you do with your F/T mouse or rats? Do you refreeze it, throw it away or what?

I ask because I would hate to throw away and waste the money and ...well...the life of the mouse too.

[Greez1986]

It would depend on if the F/T was gamey looking and smelling, if so I would throw it away but otherwise I would refreeze it.

[BuckeyeBalls]

Just throw it away it only cost $.35 lol

[Kaorte]

I toss them. It sucks but I would rather not refreeze a rat that has been sitting at 90* for 5 hours only to take it out of the freezer again and let it sit at 90* for another 5 hours.

[Nuzum1978]

Pitch it.

[Angry J]

I always throw them away. I don't want to risk any bacterial nastiness. It sucks but I still toss them.

[journeyoftheanimals]

Just throw it away it only cost $.35 lol

Boy I was told I got ripped off at pet smart. But I did not know it was that bad. I paid $10 for 6 frozen pinkies and also another $10 for 4 full grown mice.

The full grown are for my BP and the pinkies are for my corn. Do you buy locally or online. Because I do not have the storage room to buy like 100 mice at a time right now.

[Seru1]

Toss um, you risk loss of nutritional value and alot of other nastys tuff if you refreeze.

[exiled reptile]

just a guess but i thought that the mere act of freezing would kill all pathogens ie bacteria. please feel free to tell me if i'm wrong.

[Seru1]

just a guess but i thought that the mere act of freezing would kill all pathogens ie bacteria. please feel free to tell me if i'm wrong.

Freezing doesn't kill all pathogens. there are some that can survive even sub zero temperatures.