Spots on mice??

[Bogertophis]

is there any lit which talks about the health effects of freezer burned prey consumption when they have not been unthawed but just received freezer burn? like obviously it would be ideal to not have burned prey but am curious now

There probably is, though more likely to be about human food, rather than snake food. I can personally vouch for having cooked & consumed meat from my own freezer that had a little freezer burn & I'm "still here", so? Sometimes if the packaging has a little air leak, the freezer burn can happen easily- the meat dries out. It doesn't mean you need to trash the food, but it's also not something you want to see on frozen food you just bought. Certainly not on feeders shipped to you.

And Ruby- if you mention this to the company you got the feeders from, they might just replace the order to keep your business, or offer you a refund, either in full or at least partial. I'd ask- and I think they should be told about it anyway. Unless you've already had them in storage for a while??? (I had the impression you recently got these?)