While my rat’s still in the freezer, I got another mouse from a more local pet store to keep myself occupied since I had the weekend off. Turned out to be such a hassle, the poor mouse had a huge abscess on his back, was covered in lipomas, and stunk like disease. I worked on a deer pelt a few years back with a wound from a previous (and unsuccessful) hunter, so so so much pus. This mouse smelled just like it. It was appalling that they were selling these as feeder mice, I would never feed this to an animal. While skinning it was pretty unpleasant, and I messed up and accidentally ripped the tail off with my superhuman strength, the end result turned out pretty okay all things considered. I was able to apply what I knew now from past mistakes and I think there’s a definite improvement. Unfortunately despite my various deodorizing attempts, the smell still lingers...