Frozen thawed question

[craigafrechette]

Originally Posted by Andy_G

I'm willing to bet that most of the frozen feeders most of us order have been previously thawed. If they're still at least cold, I wouldn't personally have an issue with feeding them.

I have to disagree. It just doesn't make sense to freeze them, defrost them, re-freeze them and ship them.

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.

[Andy_G]

Originally Posted by craigafrechette

I have to disagree. It just doesn't make sense to freeze them, defrost them, re-freeze them and ship them.

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.

I think you may be. I don't mean that they would be purposefully thawed out to feed something and then refrozen to sell, but instead something is thawed in transit and then resold, especially with companies that source and resell, which many do. It certainly happens.

[scales.jp]

Originally Posted by Andy_G

I don't mean that they would be purposefully thawed out to feed something and then refrozen to sell, but instead something is thawed in transit and then resold, especially with companies that source and resell, which many do.

When I contacted the supplier to find out what had happened, he asked me to repackage and return the thawed rodents. He wasn't at all apologetic, and it did cross my mind that he might want to resell them. It wasn't until later that he emailed and told me to dispose of them.

Originally Posted by Andy_G

You have to keep in mind that snakes will on occasion eat carrion in the wild with no issue, but that's normally a last resort for a wild snake. Unless the snakes in your collection have an underlying health issue, it shouldn't cause any problem to do what you are asking about...

Thanks! I was wondering whether or not snakes ever scavenged for food, as I'm pretty sure my most recently acquired python would eat whatever I put in front of her!