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Keeping Frozen

Chris Steele
08-12-2005, 05:24 PM
How long will mice keep in a freezer? I keep mine in the basement in the freezer thats lid is on top, whatever those are called. Anyone have some estimates?
Quigs
08-12-2005, 05:49 PM
"Deep freeze"

If they mice are vacuum sealed, I have heard several years. If they are open, a few months.

Q
Chris Steele
08-12-2005, 06:53 PM
What does deep freeze mean? Is that freezing them vacuum silled? Anyway, thanks for the info, its much appreciated.
TandJ
08-12-2005, 09:09 PM
Your kidding right???


Regards...
Chris Steele
08-12-2005, 09:49 PM
Nope not kidding, what does deep freeze mean? Thanks for making me feel stupid.
Quigs
08-12-2005, 11:21 PM
the freezer thats lid is on top, whatever those are called.

"Deep freeze"
:sidestep:
cornsnakekid92
08-12-2005, 11:22 PM
glad to know you feel stupid, i believe deep fereze just means really cold
Chris Steele
08-12-2005, 11:23 PM
Oh lol, well I am stupid then...
BeckyG
08-13-2005, 09:17 AM
Deep Freeze is what those chest type freezers with the lid on top are called. Normally they are kept colder than the regular freezer you have in your house--0 F as opposed to 28-30 F.
TandJ
08-13-2005, 11:56 AM
You were serious... Am I getting that old??? *lol*

Regards..
Chris Steele
08-13-2005, 02:38 PM
Nope, I'm just too young haha.
cornsnakekid92
08-13-2005, 06:22 PM
not really cus i am only 13
coyote
08-21-2005, 03:41 PM
One of the reasons that a separate "deep freeze" freezer stores food longer is because it isn't being opened several times a day by people looking for something to snack on. They are also usually kept at a colder temperature. They can be turned down farther than an attached freezer because it doesn't result in the food in the fridge part freezing as consequence.
graffixcs
08-21-2005, 03:52 PM
Just to clarify, the freezer you are referring to is called a "Chest Freezer". It is a name that comes from the original freezers that were the shape of a chest as most still are today. (and no, I am not going to look up a date)

Deep freeze is a term given to (as mentioned before) a much lower (deeper) temperature then a domestic refrigerator.

Now, to answer the question, mice can safely be kept in a chest freezer for 6 months (assuming normal operation of the freezer). Some people will argue this info and have/will keep mice longer in a freezer, they will start to deteriorate to some degree. Any feeders can have a prolonged "freeze life" if they are vacuum sealed. To avoid any misconceptions, vacuum seal means removal of all air, thus removing all oxygen that will sustain bacterial growth.
princess
08-21-2005, 04:17 PM
I have about 10 snakes eating adult sized mice and recently bought a 200 count of the right sized mice for them. The males only get fed once a fortnight but the females get fed once a week so I estimate it should last me around 6 months...the thing is, I'm planning a 3 week cooldown and a 2 month brumation starting in about 2 months, so I will have mice in the freezer all through the winter and will probably only get through them by next february or march. I don't have them vacuum sealed or anything as freezerburn affects foods texture, flavour and palatability rather than it's nutritional content ---and in my experience, the plastic bagged lots of 50 that I have them packed in don't get very freezerburnt at all.