Dry Ice

In a few weeks I'll have to off some of the older babies. I was wondering where I could buy dry ice from? Most of the places I tried looking for online were bulk dry ice manufacturers. Does anyone know where I could get some in small amounts? Thanks!

Hmm that's a tough nut to froogle.

But this might help http://www.dryiceinfo.com/where.htm

I remember as a kid in No. Va. we always bought it at a local Carvell's

Also might want to call a local beverage or ice distributor or two as it turns out that's where folks around here get it for halloween.

WalMart. You can get a pretty good-sized chunk for $10. You may want to check local ice cream shops.

And speaking of dry ice...if I may interject a couple more questions: How long would a "$10 chunk" last? (A better way to phrase that would be, "About how many CO2 chambers can you make with it?") And how do you store it between uses?

You would have to use it all the same day. It offgasses pretty fast and storing it in the freezer doesn't work, LoL. I tried that, and it was gone the next morning.

I get dry ice from my local grocery stores. I buy between 0.5 and 1lb of ice ($0.50 - 1.00 cost). As long as I have everything ready to go I can do up to 20 small/medium at a time (dropping them in sets of 3 30 seconds apart). Ive never been able to keep dry ice even over night.


Bryan

Hehe...yeah, that's why I was asking. I got some in a shipment of frozen mice once, and I put it in the freezer to show the kids when they got home from school. They never got to see it....just an empty brown wrapper. LOL

so you will be gassing your rodents using dry ice- could you explain the process? or is the same as the other CO2s?

Dry ice turns into CO2 gas. (isn't that called sublimation?) So same basics. ;)