Reminded why I breed feeders

[BulkMice]

and then dumped them into hot water

This could also be bad news even for the freshest kept frozen feeders. if the water is hot enough it could easily degrade the skin and outside of the feeder.

[MrLang]

This could also be bad news even for the freshest kept frozen feeders. if the water is hot enough it could easily degrade the skin and outside of the feeder.

This. I would say your thawing practices are at fault here and not the rat you bought. Plenty of threads go over the 'proper' way to thaw, but I think in general you will find you are going to have a bad time if you thaw directly in the water whether from this or from the body exploding on strike.

[patientz3ro]

This could also be bad news even for the freshest kept frozen feeders. if the water is hot enough it could easily degrade the skin and outside of the feeder.

I don't think there's a container in the world capable of withstanding the heat required to degrade skin and fur to this extent in the timeframe described by the OP. I also don't think it's possible to even get water hot enough to do it without it flashing to steam LONG before reaching that kind of temperature.

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