This my be a daft question but how long can you keep Frozen Rats and mice for before thay need to be chucked.

Im looking into buying 50 rats for my royals, that will last them 25 weeks (nearly 6 months). I know you can only keep frozen meat for a certain length of time but what about rats and mice....

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6 months will be fine as long as they keep frozen, if they are from a reputable source they will be treated with raditation and should last years in the freezer.

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I'm the first mammal to wear pants, yeah.....I'll do what I want but irresponsibly!!!

I would of thought it would b fine ive kept some for ages and not had ne probs cus i allways buy in bulk

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Chris

same here i bye in bolk all the time had no prob at the mo

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When any type of food is frozen it suffers from protein denaturation.

After 15 weeks of being frozen this reaches a baseline where no further denaturation occurs.
Ideally you should be feeding your snakes on food that has been frozen for as little time as possible to ensure only the best quality you can manage is given to the animals in your care.

This isn't to say that after 15 weeks it is no good though. Just bare in mind that something frozen for 6 months will have the same amount of protein denaturation as something that has been frozen for 15 weeks.

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i breed my own and freeze for about a month before feeding. what that about radiation? not heard of that before.

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