HELP ?!?!? ASAP ....Can I feed this ??

Okay so im in kind of a bind and do not know what to do but basically I bought a frozen rat on saturday and my girlfriend put the frozen rat in my not so much kind of freezer it doesn't work all the way to make it frozen so basically it is now monday which is feeding day and I went to go grab the rat and felt it and it was still really cold to the touch but was a little mushy in the stomach area and head ..... Can I still offer this to my snake or should I wait until tomorrow to go buy a new one that is completely frozen and thaw it out and feed it from there ??

I would like to know what I should do asap

thanks

Was there any blood coming from the rat?

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Originally Posted by DZ Reptiles

Was there any blood coming from the rat?

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no blood at all just really cold on the urge of almost frozen but still mushy to the touch ....looks like its frozen but its not really .....no blood what so ever

You should be fine to go ahead and feed it

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Originally Posted by DZ Reptiles

You should be fine to go ahead and feed it

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Awesome thanks a lot for the quick help ..... Its not like its decaying or blood or anything .... basically like it was in the fridge but a little colder

Ill feed it

thanks again

Even if it had decayed a bit I still would feed it. BP's will occasionally eat carrion, shouldn't harm them one bit.

Cheers,
Fatal

I thought some blood on the mouth was a good enticer???

Is there a problem if their's blood on the rat/mouse?

It's not a problem, just after being frozen and thawed then frozen the skin tends to rip and expose the rats inside. If it just blood on the nose it's no big deal.

I personally wouldn't have fed it, but I'm really picky about that kind of stuff.

Yeah, you should be alright to feed it. As was stated, BP's will occasionally eat carrion, so it wouldn't harm your snake if it was already a little thawed for a while. The blood on the nose question was more to ascertain how thoroughly thawed it was, I'd believe, because mine always bleed from the nose/mouth when I thaw them out slowly.