The "quality" of this item I was sold is appalling!

So I bought some rodents from a rep shop today in preparation of feeding and as the woman was counting them out I went and had a look at their yellowbelly. When it has come to defrosting for feeding later tonight I was appalled! The smell alone told me these weren't quality! Th epic doesn't show how deformed this is and this is one of the better ones. One of it's front legs is twisted around it's back!

The other rodents have limbs basically hanging off etc and I have to feed tonight! I don't have any alternatives as I bought in 9 small rat fluffs for my little ones and my others are on much larger sizes! I managed to get one which didn't look as bad, and this was the second best:

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IN COMPARISON WITH:

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Not good quality rodents at all! I will feed this once as I cannot get any more at the moment and the rest will be disposed of!

I get this all the time from Petco. Bought a medium F/T rat from them about 2 months ago and brought it home, thawed it out only to find the head had been cut from the body. And I always find them with broken legs and stuff. Hopefully it was during shipping and not pre-kill.

I just bought a big shipment from Rodent Pro yesterday so hopefully this will quit happening.

My issue is the smell! There is an awful smell even when frozen which is getting stronger while it is defrosting and it is on all of the small fuzzies I bought today. I wouldn't be too shocked if I got a refusal.

I think they order them in so it's not the shops fault but the supplier.

Will Rodent Pro deliver to you? I have heard good things bout them and they have a really good special going on right now. I know it doesn't help you for tonight but it maybe a long term way to avoid this happening again.

When I first acquired my second snake, Yue, I decided to order frozen feeders from one of the online suppliers. Only problem is they deal in such bulk, some of the feeders would have burns before the bag was consumed. Tired of throwing out money, and disturbed with inferior "sickly" frozen feeders from Petco, I decided to breed my own. I couldn't think about feeding my snakes something that might harm them! Rotting rats, anyone?

Initial setup cost about $150 including animals, bins, water bottles, 50lb food bag, and bedding for 6 months. They have paid for themselves twice and I am very happy with the superior quality of food produced. I'm no longer concerned about what my snakes eat!

Led Zep - I'm UK based so I doubt it.

I have found a guy who has offered to sell me frozen rodents that he breeds himself so I will be switching. Cairo didn't seem to mind his deformed, stinky meal though!


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Originally Posted by Naom9Anne

Led Zep - I'm UK based so I doubt it.

I have found a guy who has offered to sell me frozen rodents that he breeds himself so I will be switching. Cairo didn't seem to mind his deformed, stinky meal though!


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Is that snake eating in a cup of water?


Ive had gross feeders before.
They wee all huddled and frozen fitting together like a puzzle.
Yet, im told they get euthinized.

Looks like somehow he/she drug it into the waterbowl

Just placed an order today at micedirect.com they had free shipping on orders ocer 125 so i got 50 small rats and 30 rat pups should last me 3-4 months as of rite now. The small rats came to 1.50 each which os half of what i pay at my local pet store

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Originally Posted by bigt0006

Just placed an order today at micedirect.com they had free shipping on orders ocer 125 so i got 50 small rats and 30 rat pups should last me 3-4 months as of rite now. The small rats came to 1.50 each which os half of what i pay at my local pet store

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Yeah I just took advantage of that same deal! It's great, I saved about $60 on shipping and probably several hundred dollars on what I would have spent at the pet store!

he is eating it underwater :D playing anaconda :D

a groce smell is really bad and broken limbs also are a red flag. one raises questions if its rotten or not or what is going on, if it exceeds a faint rhodent smell and potentially a faint rhodent poop smell (like in rat racks due to be cleaned out), its quite worrying. the other issue raises questions on how the rhodents were kept and treated.

but rats do have quite a range of motion and when freshly killed there just isnt any muscle tension, so them being in rather random positions when frozen seems normal to me. its to be expected. rats can easily scratch the back of their heads with their hind legs. so frozen dead rats can easily be in weird yoga positions, even if no forces were applied and all has been done correctly, just by putting 20 into a bag and gently massaging the bag into a proper dense and stackable shape. i would not worry about that aspect. its merely about optics, not an actual problem, and the solution, if one is needed, is to arrange the dead rhodents before freezing. These 3d puzzle like rat bricks may seem kinda groce, but it says nothing about quality, its just packaging.

Good thing i have a local petshop with live and frozen feeders :) lol


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Buying rodents in small quantities will really add up if you have more than a few snakes. Petco and Petsmart would cost a ton verses what I paid through RodentPro(I always bought during sales with their coupon). Now I'm using BulkMice here in Houston and saving on doing which is really saving me money.

Like another said. Getting frozen rodents in strange positions is just part of it. If you don't like it straighten it out after it thaws. I promise you your snake could care less.

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Just placed an order today at micedirect.com they had free shipping on orders ocer 125 so i got 50 small rats and 30 rat pups should last me 3-4 months as of rite now. The small rats came to 1.50 each which os half of what i pay at my local pet store

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Ditto, got smalls, larges, and jumbos for my boa girls. Saved $45 in shipping, and unlike the OP's experience I've never had a thawed feeder from them smell like anything except mildly like a rat.

Yeah, he stayed in his water bowl for a good 15 mins like that! I kept checking to make sure he wasn't drowning himself! This is the first time he decided to do that but for a bee he has no discernible wobble and eats like a champ :)

I have never had frozen rodents which smelt like that before but it really made the bee go for it! I had to feed as I had no other rodents and 2 of them are on that size :(

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Good thing i have a local petshop with live and frozen feeders :) lol

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Sames it's easier seeing as I just have one :)