Freezer shelf life of feeders

[Monty's_Mom]

I have often read about ensuring frozen feeders should not be any older than 1 month old, even in a deep freeze and not the top section of a regular fridge freezer. Nutrient value goes down etc. How valid is this? A new pet store opened in our small town and for the first 6 months, we could get frozen feeders from him, we still can by pre-ordering. The store owner has very recently brought in live adult feeder mice which is great. My BP will now take either live or F/T with few refusals but he does prefer live. It is illegal to own live rats in Alberta and this makes frozen rats harder to find and more expensive.

I hate driving in the city of Edmonton. If this store goes under like the last one did, how long can frozen feeders last in an upright dedicated freezer? I want to reduce driving trips but I don't want to jeopardize Monty's health.

I used to breed mice but that was a B movie horror show. Have your only snake go on a hunger strike and you don't know anybody who needs feeders, live or frozen....

[XcelExotics]

From what I've been told up to a year, as long as the bag is sealed up good. Also don't think there is any difference in which freezer they are stored in.

[Sonny1318]

If sealed properly, six to nine months easily.

[EL-Ziggy]

I've stored feeders as long as 10 months but it's usually more like 6 months.