Frozen rodents defrosted inside freezer?

[Cheesenugget]

I store all of my frozen rodents at the bottom bin of my personal freezer. Some are opened, some are still sealed. These were all purchased air sealed by the supplier months ago.

Today I went to open a bag of frozen rat fuzzies when I discovered they were not frozen. They were soft and cold to the touch, some covered in blood. Then I found the same problem with my other unopened tray of small mice. All are covered in blood and soft to the touch.

Wtf happened? The opened bags are fine. Again, they were all in the bottom bin. The fridge was working fine. The opened and unopened frozen meat for people in the upper bins are fine.

Can I still use these or should I toss them out?

[Neal]

I store all of my frozen rodents at the bottom bin of my personal freezer. Some are opened, some are still sealed. These were all purchased air sealed by the supplier months ago.

Today I went to open a bag of frozen rat fuzzies when I discovered they were not frozen. They were soft and cold to the touch, some covered in blood. Then I found the same problem with my other unopened tray of small mice. All are covered in blood and soft to the touch.

Wtf happened? The opened bags are fine. Again, they were all in the bottom bin. The fridge was working fine. The opened and unopened frozen meat for people in the upper bins are fine.

Can I still use these or should I toss them out?

If they weren't frozen it's nothing to do with the mice. It's going to be something to do with the freezer. If it has blood in it then you don't know when it thawed out or for how long I rounde throw it away. You can try a smell test if you can distinguish the difference. What I do for all my freezers I put a cup of water in the freezer and I put a penny on top. This way I know if anything thawed out that j didn't catch.

[Craiga 01453]

I would follow the old adage: when in doubt, throw it out.

I do the same penny trick as mentioned above. I filled an empty Gatorade bottle half way and froze it. Then once frozen dropped a penny in. If I ever notice the penny isn't still on top I know it defrosted.