Do you keep frozen feeders in the same freezer as your frozen foods?

i have them in the back of my freezer in a ziplock bag and in a brown lunch bag so it doesnt freak people out

I keep mine in the same as food, although I am careful to double bag and to not touch the outside of the bag with rat on my hands. I also keep the food bagged.

There are umpteen billions of types of pathogens that can live well below freezing point, so the freezer can not be regarded as an autoclave in my opinion.

JonV

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Originally Posted by Jombolo

Just don't microwave them...boy... is that a clean-up and a half.

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*snort!* literaly lol. Yeah don't do that! Unlike marshmallows the gooey explosion is NOT a yummy suprise. :O

Why the **** were you microwaving rodents anyway? Just for the people who don't know... NEVER use a microwave to heat your snakes food, they tend to cook the meat and cooked meat is very BAD for snakes. Heat in a bowl of hot water, or defrost in the fridge and warm under a lamp instead... or do like me and do both, defrost in fridge overnight then use hot water to raise to body heat.

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Originally Posted by Neal

actually even healthy feeder mice and rats can contain stuff, its not common, but its possible.

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True, but nothing that's could hurt you... at least in my experience. I don't mean to exclude possibilities. But the chances of infecting yourself or your food with a frozen feeder is so close to zero...it's not worth scaring people with.

Keep double bagged next to my vegetarian bacon and chicken fingers! :gj:

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If it was going to kill me, it would've happened by now.

Yes when I stated they can contain stuff I was referring to them with reptiles. I know nothing they could possibly have, IF they were to have would be anything that could harm us. I just meant like even feeder mice can contain things that could cause a snake issue.

I keep them in the freezer/fridge(when I'm thawing to feed), with my food. Mostly in clear ziploc baggies.
Once I did have a guest reach to get a frozen pizza out, and when he lifted it, there was a bag of mice underneath. He was horrified, and I was delighted. "Oh!! I thought I was OUT of mice!! Cool!"

He suddenly wasn't hungry, and I don't believe he's been back. I did enjoy the whole pizza by myself, so it's not bad.
I've told people "They're dead.. they won't eat much of the frozen food in there." Or called them "ratcicles" and referred to the built in handle....
I seriously doubt there is anything that can jump from a frozen rat to other food to bother us humans.

I have a small 5 cu ft freezer in my basement. I keep frozen feeders in their packing trays inside a garbage bag underneath all the food. This is not a known fact to anyone but me.

I keep them in the same freezer as with my food also. One shelf dedicated to them pretty much, but I've always thought it was funny to see lean cuisines and rats when I open it. Tasty...:)

We have a shelf dedicated to rats in my freezer. Although we are running out of space so we are looking into buying a deep freezer just for rats! :rofl:

You could always just buy a solid colored plastic container from the dollar store, clearly mark it "snake food" and just keep your frozen rodents in their freezer bags inside that. If a germ can manage to be frozen solid and yet get through a freezer bag and a solid plastic closed container to infect your dinnertime frozen pork chop - well we are all in deep doo doo from that super germ LOL.