Re: refreezing prey items
If I fed f/t, I don't think that I would re-freeze it, I'd just toss it. I don't re-freeze meat that we eat (uncooked) - from worry about bacteria, so I don't think I'd do it for my snakes either.
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Originally Posted by rabernet
If I fed f/t, I don't think that I would re-freeze it, I'd just toss it. I don't re-freeze meat that we eat (uncooked) - from worry about bacteria, so I don't think I'd do it for my snakes either.
I wouldn't think bacteria would be a huge concern. Snakes in the wild are known to eat carrion. I could be wrong (I normally am) :)
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I read somewhere once a long time ago that snakes are opportunistic feeders and will occasionally eat something that's long dead. I don't know about refreezing, I've never tried it myself and yes i've wasted many mice over the years, but I wouldn't think bacteria would be an issue. If I know that I have a snake that likes to miss a meal and waste a mouse then I just offer food less often for that snake. They don't have to eat weekly so I will usually offer food every other week or every third week for the wasters. That way I waste less mice over the course of a year. Also, I have so many snakes that I feed the wasters first then give leftovers to the ones I know are pigs.
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I could be wrong (I normally am) :)
That makes two of us! ;)
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I thought I had read somewhere here or maybe in one of my books that frozen rodents break down the rodent at the cellular level, which makes the prey easier to digest. Refreezing would continue to do that - perhaps that's why they explode.
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Originally Posted by jglass38
You are correct!!
I'm stunned...
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Originally Posted by cassandra
I'm stunned...
That you got something right? :)
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That you got something right? :)
No...that you finally admitted it.
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Originally Posted by cassandra
No...that you finally admitted it.
Don't get too used to it! :D
