BrandiR pretty much answered everything.

I just want to add in case you want to try to feed freshly killed. You can always get the live rat and euthanize it via dry ice.

I usully put the rats in a closed plastic box then put a cup of hot water, then, I carefully add a small amount of dry ice and it will euthanize the rats within a couple of minutes.

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