That doesn't sound like a good set of feeders, either. A little blood leakage is common (and I'll squeeze them sometimes to get a drop or two out to help get a snake's attention), but it shouldn't be a lot, they shouldn't be falling apart, and shouldn't smell much at all - a little animal smell if you sniff them, but that's it. At a guess, yours had started to rot.

We thaw ours uncovered in the refrigerator, and there's no smell. Occasionally the tail or paw on a mouse pink or fuzzy will break, but that happens when they're frozen/brittle. Definitely try different/better feeders! Even the Arctic Mice I've gotten from PetSmart have been better than what you got, and I'm not enthused with them (mostly due to price).


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