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

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?

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

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Originally Posted by Reinz

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

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Thanks, Reinz. I just wanted to be sure.

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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Originally Posted by Reinz

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

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