Freezer failure. Rats still 90% frozen. Safe to use?

[Stingray74]

Hey all,
So my garage freezer died (yesterday, I think) and when I checked on my frozen feeders this morning they were still almost totally frozen....almost. The skin seemed a tad soft, but they are still all very hard to the touch and frozen through, aside from the skin starting to soften a bit. I immediately put them in kitchen freezer (wifey loved that). I'm not sure if they're safe to use after being even slightly thawed. Your thoughts?

[Reinz]

They should be ok. I have received rats in that condition before and had no issues.

[Stingray74]

They should be ok. I have received rats in that condition before and had no issues.

Thanks, Reinz. I just wanted to be sure.

[Sonny1318]

I don't know if this helps, but one of my last rodent orders got held up a day. When they got to me the dry ice was completely gone. They were far from defrosted, but I was not amused. I think you should be fine though. If they are in the condition you describe. Mine turned out fine. Hope you got to them in time.

[Reinz]

I don't know if this helps, but one of my last rodent orders got held up a day. When they got to me the dry ice was completely gone. They were far from defrosted, but I was not amused. I think you should be fine though. If they are in the condition you describe. Mine turned out fine. Hope you got to them in time.

Same thing happened to me, as well as positive results.

[Sonny1318]

Same thing happened to me, as well as positive results.

Good to hear it worked out for you too Reinz, it's an awful feeling when that happens.