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Originally Posted by Stefan-A
As long as it's thawed, bacteria etc. will reproduce and it will continue to decompose.
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once you refreeze, it doesn't continue to decompose, but just the process changes the cell structure
what I do if the rodent is still in reasonably good shape (it didn't get dropped onto crud), I refrigerate it and try again later
I limit refrigeration of a thawed rodent to about 8 hrs - not sure why