How long will rats keep

I'm sure it's here somewhere but can't find. My wife picked up a couple small frozen rats today and left them in her purse. She put them in the refrigerator later. My question is how long will they keep, and can I referee them. Thanks

Putting them in the fridge will not keep them frozen.. In the freezer they will last about a year. I would not recommend refreezing. It can get messy and snakes might refuse refrozen rats. If they thawed out before you put them in the fridge, they might not be very good. Buy them and as soon as possible put them in the freezer

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Originally Posted by Flikky

Putting them in the fridge will not keep them frozen.. In the freezer they will last about a year. I would not recommend refreezing. It can get messy and snakes might refuse refrozen rats. If they thawed out before you put them in the fridge, they might not be very good. Buy them and as soon as possible put them in the freezer

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Yeah, I know that putting them in the fridge will not keep them frozen. I do put them in the freezer after buying them, but my wife left them in her purse and they thawed some so she put them in the fridge. I was just wondering how long they would stay in the fridge.

I know people who place their rats out at room temp to thaw out before feeding.

I wouldn't worry about it.

So you're saying I can keep them out for 3-4 days and not worry about it? I'm asking how long will they last in the fridge? I've got 3 in there, feeding her one tonight and still have the other two which she will not be able to take for a while?

toss them in the freezer and call it a day. you will be fine. many people re freeze after a single thaw.

Freeze the ones she is not eating tonight

Sorry, I didn't read the question very well.
I thought you were talking about one rat, that would soon be fed off soon.
I agree with the above comments, freeze and call it a night.

Definitly do NOT re freeze them after they have been thawed. You could feed one today, feed another tomorrow and just cut your losses with the third. Thats what I recommend.

Rule number 1 when dealing with frozen food is you do not re freeze after its initially been thawed. No different when dealing with your snakes food


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Originally Posted by BCBallPythons

Definitly do NOT re freeze them after they have been thawed. You could feed one today, feed another tomorrow and just cut your losses with the third. Thats what I recommend.

Rule number 1 when dealing with frozen food is you do not re freeze after its initially been thawed. No different when dealing with your snakes food


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Never heard that called rule number 1 and I'd have no problem doing it with anything that I would eat.

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