I have frozen mice from about a year or so ago that are stuck in the freezer and are just the right size for the neo's I have now. Could I use them or do
they go bad in any way?
                        
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Do frozen mice go bad?
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Posts: 165 (07/20/08 20:50:09)
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Colorado Riverboy |
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Posts: 668 (07/20/08 20:55:12)
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As a former kitchen manager, unprocessed meats are good for a year. Processed meats such as hamburger and sausage are good for 6 months. But that's for
human consumption. That being said, I've eaten venison steaks from my freezer that were two years old.
Do you have any monitor or colubrid trashcans?
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Auston Horst |
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Posts: 221 (07/20/08 22:20:35)
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Also, are we talking a deep-freeze freezer that resides in the garage or the typical freezer under the fridge type deal. The kitchen ones do temp cycles to
prevent too much ice from forming while I think that the deep freeze ones dont... so should last longer in the deep freeze than your kitchen one. Just a
thought.
-Killer Morelia Keeper-
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Posts: 766 (07/21/08 05:12:59)
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I think you could use them, but I would re-hydrate them. Depending on how they are stored, pinks, fuzzies, and hoppers may dry out after a while in the freezer
(because they have a much higher "surface area to volume" ratio than, say, an adult rat). Little hoppers sometimes come out looking like little
freeze-dried pieces of hairy beef jerky.
Many neo's have hydration issues already, and I try to make sure their food doesn't make that worse. So I always reheat in water directly (no bag, just plop them in the water) and then use a syringe to inject .1-.3 mL's of water into the mouse tummy. Disclaimer: I have no data on this and it's just the type of husbandry idea that is based on observation and speculation. The well-known herp vet Elliot Jacobson gave me the original idea. But I figure, even if it doesn't do much, a little more water can't hurt.
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07/21/08 05:15:28.
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aaron florian |
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Posts: 2782 (07/21/08 05:19:30)
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Wait, who is that cleve guy again?
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cleve360 |
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Posts: 767 (07/21/08 05:24:24)
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hah ok ok I'll call you
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PeterErickson |
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Posts: 168 (07/26/08 10:22:56)
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Thanks for the responses,
I have about 30 hoppers in the kitchen freezer in one of the drawers. I checked them out and they all look fine like they did when I first bought them. I did thaw them in the hot water with no bag just to add some moisture to the meal. |
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Sony Raju |
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Posts: 1406 (07/26/08 17:01:24)
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i usually buy 6 months to a years worth of rodents at a time. on several occasions i have not had to buy rodents for well over a year and a half with no
problems. i do the same thing as cleve and give them a good soak in water before offering them to the chondros though. ive seen this topic come up around once
a year and everyone always seems to have their own opinions.
Sony Raju
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