5 cubic foot chest freezer

Time to order a ton of rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, you name it! And I can finally stock the kitchen freezer decent amounts of my own food again haha
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I need to grab me one of those. I've been scouring Craigslist, etc...but might just have to buy one new.
I had to eat a bunch of food from the freezer after I stocked up on prey the other weekend. Now when I'm at the grocery store I have to plan accordingly.

very nice! i like that it's cool and black and match the AP enclosures. my white chest freezer looks like a... an appliance.

Yeah, I did this. Made the wife much happier.

Same size that I have, you won’t regret it. Love the black. Nice move indeed.

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If you have a power outage and the door stays closed what's the maximum amount of time feeders will be ok in a freezer?

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If you have a power outage and the door stays closed what's the maximum amount of time feeders will be ok in a freezer?

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I think that would depend on the ambient temps in the room as well as how heavily stocked the freezer is. A dozen small mice will defrost faster than a freezer full of larger prey.

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

I need to grab me one of those. I've been scouring Craigslist, etc...but might just have to buy one new.
I had to eat a bunch of food from the freezer after I stocked up on prey the other weekend. Now when I'm at the grocery store I have to plan accordingly.

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Same here. Everything I found on Craigslist was barely cheaper than a brand new warrantied freezer and looked gross so I ordered one, free shipping, and $15 for a two year repair plan. And it matches the cages too!


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Same here. Everything I found on Craigslist was barely cheaper than a brand new warrantied freezer and looked gross so I ordered one, free shipping, and $15 for a two year repair plan. And it matches the cages too!


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Yup, I think you just convinced me to just buy new.

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Looks awesome [emoji1476]

If you have a power outage and the door stays closed what's the maximum amount of time feeders will be ok in a freezer?

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I went 24 hours with a fully stocked freezer (mostly small and med rats) with no power during the last hurricane without loss. I made sure that any open spots had frozen water bottles in them. Obviously if the power is out, don't open the freezer. If you have frequent power outages I would keep any empty space filled with "ice packs" at all times.

The bigger issue for me when there is no power is keeping the house cool.

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Time to order a ton of rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, you name it! And I can finally stock the kitchen freezer decent amounts of my own food again haha
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I bought the same size (in white) when I moved in with Katie. Everyone now is on different sized rodents, and will be for the most part.

Don't like the white, but it's in a basement storage room, so I can hardly complain. Works great and is the perfect size.

At least when Solana (9g baby Corn snake) is full grown, she will eat the same size mice as Figment (adult corn snake).

Shayna (BP) will forever be on medium rats and Behira (2 year old BCI female) will be done with medium rats sooner than later and on to larges and XL.

They are pretty energy efficient these days and it's way better keeping rodents in there than the main freezer in the house!

I have a whole home generator, but if you don't, and lose power, get the rodents out quickly! When moving from my old house to Katie's house, my soon to be father-in-law unplugged the (old) freezer to move it to get to something and didn't plug it back in!

We realized it a week later! Needless to say, the freezer, along with it's contents, got thrown out immediately upon realizing the mistake. I will never forget that smell!

I got a 3 cubic foot freezer back when i got Sonny, best investment hands down.

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I bought the same size (in white) when I moved in with Katie. Everyone now is on different sized rodents, and will be for the most part.

Don't like the white, but it's in a basement storage room, so I can hardly complain. Works great and is the perfect size.

At least when Solana (9g baby Corn snake) is full grown, she will eat the same size mice as Figment (adult corn snake).

Shayna (BP) will forever be on medium rats and Behira (2 year old BCI female) will be done with medium rats sooner than later and on to larges and XL.

They are pretty energy efficient these days and it's way better keeping rodents in there than the main freezer in the house!

I have a whole home generator, but if you don't, and lose power, get the rodents out quickly! When moving from my old house to Katie's house, my soon to be father-in-law unplugged the (old) freezer to move it to get to something and didn't plug it back in!

We realized it a week later! Needless to say, the freezer, along with it's contents, got thrown out immediately upon realizing the mistake. I will never forget that smell!

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They’re fine for a bit if you don’t open the freezer when the power is out. Obviously not for a week though


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I got a 3 cubic foot freezer back when i got Sonny, best investment hands down.

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I almost went for a 3 cubic foot model but it was hardly any cheaper than this one. This is probably more space than I need but I’d rather have it and not need it than the other way around hah


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Great investment. I bought one a few years back too.

My wife is letting my expand my snake collection but one of the conditions is that I need to move my feeders out of the kitchen freezer.

Luckily we already have an extra refrigerator in the basement next door to where I'll be setting up my rack, we had our fridge from the old house and the new house came with one too.

Good tip on the ice packs too.

I have this one, it fills up fast when you buy frozen 5-6 pound chickens and rabbits:
http://products.geappliances.com/app...pecs/FCM22DLWW

Got it used on CL for $250. The seller had two and I only had enough money for one at the time. I should have sold plasma or pawned some jewelry to get the other one.

I picked one up at Home Depot on sale and it fills up fast LOL

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I have this one, it fills up fast when you buy frozen 5-6 pound chickens and rabbits:
http://products.geappliances.com/app...pecs/FCM22DLWW

Got it used on CL for $250. The seller had two and I only had enough money for one at the time. I should have sold plasma or pawned some jewelry to get the other one.

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Now THAT’S a freezer! I’ve only got the two super dwarves, a ball python and a baby bcc so 5 cubic feet will serve me well


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I have this one, it fills up fast when you buy frozen 5-6 pound chickens and rabbits:
http://products.geappliances.com/app...pecs/FCM22DLWW

Got it used on CL for $250. The seller had two and I only had enough money for one at the time. I should have sold plasma or pawned some jewelry to get the other one.

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Dang!!! That's a deal!!! Did it come out of a failed restaurant or something? That freezer at that price makes me think so.

Good job getting a freezer and one that matches the AP's too!

I'd recommend finding a battery powered alarm. It will let you know if the inside of the freezer gets above a certain temperature. A freezer can lose power for many reasons like the plug gets bumped or unplugged to vacuum, tripped breakers, power outage, the door doesn't shut all the way. It's just an added piece of security and piece of mind to have an alarm.

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Dang!!! That's a deal!!! Did it come out of a failed restaurant or something? That freezer at that price makes me think so.

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Oh lots of people wanted it - for $100. Or if the seller would deliver it and put it in the buyer's basement...

We showed up with a pickup and full payment, no haggling. Still kicking myself on the other.

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Good job getting a freezer and one that matches the AP's too!

I'd recommend finding a battery powered alarm. It will let you know if the inside of the freezer gets above a certain temperature. A freezer can lose power for many reasons like the plug gets bumped or unplugged to vacuum, tripped breakers, power outage, the door doesn't shut all the way. It's just an added piece of security and piece of mind to have an alarm.

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Do you have a link to such a device?


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Do you have a link to such a device?


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Basic amazon search for "freezer alarm". Some freezers even have them already installed from the factory.

https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-00986...5%3A2470955011

https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Read-Ref...5%3A2470955011

https://www.amazon.com/Glisteny-Refr...70955011&psc=1