Yeah, same here, I only refreeze if I thawed under running water and if I never got around to warming the rodent under the heat lamp. I've had several snakes turn up their noses at refrozen mice, and I trust their judgment---I get enough blood and gore in my life from the over-warmed ones "popping" when the snakes constrict. So mostly I just pitch the unwanted rats.
(Disposing of them is actually pretty epic, too: they'll stink up your garbage, I swear I can smell them a day later when I flush them, and the dogs dig them up if I bury them in the back yard. So I bury them in the front garden, with a big rock on top to discourage cats. Or wrap them in a plastic bag if garbage pick up is only a day or two away.)
EDIT: Now I'm curious. Any big breeders in the audience who feed f/t? What do you do with the "leftovers"?
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