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we looked at piglets -stillborn but they are very expensive.
We too were going to do half class rat dissection the others would watch a video on rat dissections.

We use Southern biological for Rats too.
Does anyone know of a good supplier of kidney, hearts & plucks in Sydney that deliver?

We have to use places that our animal ethic committee( Catholic Edu) have ticked off as good to use in the ACT . So we get our frozen rats from the Reptile Zoo, they are fantastic specimens plus much cheaper than Southern Biological. A pack of 5 large rats is $40 , there breed for food.

We use the piglet also,and the students are more engaged than with the rats.
Previously we purchased from Westmead Research but thy use mice now.

me too - piglets -except you have to cover their faces because they are so sweet

Where do you get your rats from these days? I got some frozen ones from raticoolreptile@hotmail.com a couple of years ago but haven't had a response to my email this year. Does anyone know if they are still in business?

Piglets from Dissection Connection. We've never used rats.
Just done as a class demo.

We get our rats from the pet store. Snake food, already dead and frozen, don't stress.

We've also used Cane toads from Dissection Connection