Quick perfectprey question

Okay so I received my shipment of rodents from perfectprey today and it's great, everything is completely frozen and the packing was, well, perfect! haha
But I'm not exactly sure how to go about getting the rodents out of the bags? Since they're vacuum packed it seems they've all been frozen together in a sheet. Could anyone who's ordered from them before tell me how you take them apart and store them afterwards? Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Ditto

Okay so I received my shipment of rodents from perfectprey today and it's great, everything is completely frozen and the packing was, well, perfect! haha
But I'm not exactly sure how to go about getting the rodents out of the bags? Since they're vacuum packed it seems they've all been frozen together in a sheet. Could anyone who's ordered from them before tell me how you take them apart and store them afterwards? Thanks!

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Is it packed with dry ice? I saw a video where a guy took the dry ice they pack it with and threw it in a sink full of water. It looked pretty cool but obviously CO2 isn't good to breathe in.

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cut open one end of the bag. you should hear a WOOSH and the crinkle of the plastic as the air fills up the bag.

take a plastic bag (like a plastic sandwich bag) and turn it inside-out; stick your hand inside the bag. make-shift glove; this is how you will pick up/take out the rodent.

with a little wiggle, the rodent should easily come away from the others. now with the rodent in bag in your hand, use your other hand to pull the plastic bag around the feeder, which will give you a nicely bagged feeder without needing to wash your hands directly touching the feeder. :)

I do that too but still think it's good to wash your hands.

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Originally Posted by Valyrian

I do that too but still think it's good to wash your hands.

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i should have phrased that better; more along the lines of "without touching the feeder." that's what i was trying to imply. always wash up when handling feeders!

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Originally Posted by Ditto

Okay so I received my shipment of rodents from perfectprey today and it's great, everything is completely frozen and the packing was, well, perfect! haha
But I'm not exactly sure how to go about getting the rodents out of the bags? Since they're vacuum packed it seems they've all been frozen together in a sheet. Could anyone who's ordered from them before tell me how you take them apart and store them afterwards? Thanks!

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I cut the bag open on top of a sheet of newspaper, or paper towels. I gently work then apart, they usually come a part without much difficulty. Once they’re apart, I rebag them into ziplock freezer bags (double bagged). If I’m opening a bag of twenty five, I place 12 or so per bag. This way it limits how much they’re reopened after freezer storage. Hope this helps.

I usually open the rat pack and then individually baggie them up in "snack bags", I weigh each one and put 3-4 of similar weight in quart bag so that they are all essentially double bagged. I further store them packed rats in a freezer container to prevent freezer burn.

At this point keeping tracks of prey weight is unnecessary but I still record it and feed smallest to largest. Since he topped 1000g he has refused every single rat over 70g, he seems to prefer the 50-60g size. So when I weigh the rats, I set the largest aside and when he refuses them they go out to the crows, I still offer them but to date he's never taken one that size.

I personally don't wear gloves or anything, I've been chopping up and processing rats / mice and other prey for years, so whole frozen rats are no big deal. (I still wash my hands thoroughly after)