How do you store your frozen feeders?

[spaceturtle]

I just received a package today from Big Cheese with 50 Large Adults and 50 fuzzies. They are all frozen together into blocks and I'm not sure how to safely separate them and prepare for storage. I was thinking of defrosting them enough to break apart from the clump and then packaging them individually into little ziplocks. Would that work or do I need to individually vacuum seal? This is a 6 month supply in a normal household freezer.

[BigS06]

Mine come individually sealed from here;

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=18461

I do not get as many mice for the money, but I don't know how long Im going to have my lil guy so I'd prefer to not stock up.

But for freezing that many mice I would think one of these products would be handy;

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...9X-_-100482993

http://www.fingerhut.com/ProductGrou...ategoryxid=922

http://www.asseenontvguys.com/index....ROD&ProdID=383

[cassandra]

In a freezer?



I keed, I keed!

I breed my own, but culled rodents that I freeze just go into zip locks baggies.

[Argentra]

I have a normal apartment freezer, so not much space.

Your best investment for FT is a Vacuum sealer. A good one.
When you get the package, you can then break it up however you wish (and you really don't have to thaw them, they aren't Siamese twins and they'll usually just 'break' apart with some pushing around.) and rebag. Seal up the bags and there you go.

Some people use ziplock bags, and that works...but for a fraction of the time. If you're using them quickly, it's ok. But for large amounts and long term use/storage, you NEED a good vac sealer.

[cassandra]

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...9X-_-100482993

LOL! Read the second review for this on the Home Depot page...

[cassandra]

ISome people use ziplock bags, and that works...but for a fraction of the time. If you're using them quickly, it's ok. But for large amounts and long term use/storage, you NEED a good vac sealer.

But but but...the reason for the vac sealer then, one would presume, would be to protect against freezer burn...but the Barker's said freezer burn didn't matter, didn't they?

I's so cornfused!

[Argentra]

Not freezer burn so much as oxygenation. Any O2 in a container speeds up the decomposition process. Remove that air via vacuum sealing and the time the item can last without going bad is greatly increased.

And that was the cutest review I've ever seen.

[Spaniard]

I order from Big Cheese as well, sometimes it takes a little creativity to get the first couple of rats free from the tray they come in. I like to think of it like F/T Jenga, takes some wiggling around but they come free.

The tray of 15 small rats usually lasts me about 2 weeks to finish; I store them in a ziploc freezer bag. The "storage" sized bag is big enough so that I can trim a little bit of the stryrofoam off the rodent tray and then fit the whole thing in the bag.

[Pythonian]

i don't store them, the pet store does. lol i buy 2 every week and they're half thawed by the time i get home, warm em up and let er rip.