I was just wondering what the F/T mice you get look like. When I was only buying pinkies and fuzzies they looked good, peaceful, and uninjured. But recently, once I started buying large ones, they have been in horrid condition! Wet-looking fur, white caps over the eyes, bleeding from the mouse and butt, just terrible. Here's a pretty graphic picture to show you. My question: should I talk to the shop? Seeing mice this way makes me sort of nauseous. The mice that I have euthanized looked like they had just fallen asleep, even with the cervical dislocation method. I just don't see any reason the mice should look like this.

I have wondered this in the past, maybe they were just put straight in the freezer, instead of killed in a humane way?

I was thinking that too. Perhaps they were drowned? I've seen someone mention drowning mice on a feeder breeder site.

It looks like freezer burn, they have dehydrated in the freezer.

Definately complain, or even better find out where they came from originally

Totaly agree.

freezer burn on the eyes an feet mice can bleed from the nose when they have been humanly killed plus when they are killed en mass like this they sweat so have a wet appearance when defrosted plus their limbbs break when being basheshed around a freezer when being sorted! What you should complain about is if they ever smell or have black or greenish stomachs which means they have been defrosted and refrozen which is deffinately a bad thing!