F/T after a nonfeeding

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.

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.

Just throw it away it only cost $.35 lol

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.

Pitch it.

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

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by f4n70m

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.

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

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.:D

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 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.:D

---

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