Consider hunters; they "field dress" [completely gut] whatever they kill immediately because the innards start to rot as soon as the animal dies and that will contaminate the rest of the meat.
I've had to throw out costly rats because of a feeding refusal and subsequent time lapse.
Better safe than sorry.
i like how you made tht out as an example, a very good one at tht, my dad got a deer once, he almost didnt get it out in time before the good meat was gone, deer meat forever <3
Reptiles
0.0.1 - Rhacodactylus Ciliatus, Cheerio
Mammals
1.1 - Canis Lupus Familiaris, Little Man & Molly