Storing frozen rodents

Can I store 10 small rats at a time in my personal fridge? They are in their ziplock bags, then in a box and then in another zip lock bag. Is this ok? I ask because on the websites that sell the f/t feeder it says to store them seperate from your personal freezer. This sounded a bit much, I guess they are just trying to cover themselves as much as possible? Any thoughts? Thanks!! :)

I store mine in my personal freezer in the bottom bin. Only ill effect I have gotten was the wife freaking out when she pulled out the bin the first few times.

LOL. I thought so. Thanks for confirming!

The only issue I've ever had with storing frozen rats in my regular freezer was when my Mom came for a Christmas visit and ignored the warning, "Mom, These Are Rats...Do Not Open", written in Sharpie on the ZipLock bag...:rofl:

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Originally Posted by Slim

The only issue I've ever had with storing frozen rats in my regular freezer was when my Mom came for a Christmas visit and ignored the warning, "Mom, These Are Rats...Do Not Open", written in Sharpie on the ZipLock bag...:rofl:

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My wife just hates the idea of them being in there. It doesn't matter much to me though. I mean come on... they're dead AND frozen! I don't think they are going to bother anyone. :rofl:

I've never had a problem mistaking my frozen burritos for rats, or vice versa....yet :imslow:

My wife doesn't like them in our freezer either, but that's where I put them too. Mine are in a ziplock baggie and then in a cardboard container.

frozen meat is frozen meat... rat or not, there isn't any issue putting it in the freezer. if you must put the plastic bags in a brown paper bag and try to forget what is in it lol

yeah my mom freaked out but she forgot about it for now lol .. I'm going to look into getting a small freezer but i don't know how small they make them

I have mine in my personal freezer. Almost time for it's own freezer. Too many snakes. LOL

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Originally Posted by TheWinWizard

I have mine in my personal freezer. Almost time for it's own freezer. Too many snakes. LOL

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You say that like its a bad thing lol...? The more the merrier ;)

I bought a freezer just for rats, but when I still lived an the apartment, they were in my freezer right next to my popsicles. Just creeped company out.:gj: Kept the friends from going through my fridge.:D

I also store mine in my personal deep freezer.

I tried looking for a freezer chest (just a freezer, no refrigerator) and I can't seem to find one for a reasonable price. They are all about $200 and up. Rather save the money for my animal plastics t8...

I only have one snake, and I won't even be storing 10 at at time, more like 4 or 5 at a time ... So it looks like I'll be freaking my mom and sisters out for the mean time haha

Lol, so many funny replies. People at work think I am gross/weird because I have dead rodents in my freezer. They are individualy wrapped in vacuum seal, then all inside a freezer ziploc, then inside their very own non transparent container from the $1 store. Hey, you do what you gotta do....

I know this is an old thread but have a question.....I ordered rats from online and am expecting them to come today. Can I place them in a deep freezer without any ill effects? My hubby used it to store his buck head he got a couple years ago.....and now it just has deer meat in it. How do they come packaged? Will I need extra freezer bags of my own to place them in?? Just the unknown that has me thinking here...lol. thanks for any replies.

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Originally Posted by BrandyL1193

I know this is an old thread but have a question.....I ordered rats from online and am expecting them to come today. Can I place them in a deep freezer without any ill effects? My hubby used it to store his buck head he got a couple years ago.....and now it just has deer meat in it. How do they come packaged? Will I need extra freezer bags of my own to place them in?? Just the unknown that has me thinking here...lol. thanks for any replies.

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You'll be fine. They should come individually packaged by size, and then packages will each contain a set number, depending on how many you ordered and from where and what sizes.

Pinky - Hopper mice are usually 100 per bag
Small rats - 20 per
Medium rats - 10 per
Large rats - 5 per
Jumbo - 3 per
XXXL - 2 per

Jumbo Mice - 25 per

Just open the box, check the bags, throw them in the deep freezer. I keep around 500 rats on hand and 20-50 rabbits + G pigs on hand at all time in a chest freezer.

How they come packaged will depend on who you ordered them from, but most I've seen come in plastic bags from the dealer.

You can put them in the deep freeze with no ill effects.

My mother-in-law stopped opening my refrigerator/freezer after the last time she did so and saw a pack of vacuum-sealed frozen feeders on top of the ice cream.

Come to think of it... she hasn't returned to the house since.

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^ bwahahaha!!! I just sprayed water everywhere!!


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I keep the rats in our regular freezer. My dad used to freak out, but he doesn't care anymore.

Frozen rats are actually cleaner than the meat sold in grocery stores. I wouldn't be afraid of getting sick if I ate a raw rat, but I would probably get a nasty case of food poisoning if I ate a raw steak or chicken!

I keep mine next to the chicken breast and pork chops


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My kitchen freezer is packed to capacity.....I did keep the mice in there because it was only a small box......I just dont have room for something big....and our freezer is under the fridge so it is pretty big.... thanks for all the replies and laughs ;)

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