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05-19-2004, 04:34 PM
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ms. anthropomorphist
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rat has mites???
my daughter begged me to ask you guys what to do. she has a pet rat and it lives in a tank in the basement. it is 1 year old. it is filled with mites or some small bugs??? can she treat the thing the same way i did m snakes with that permanone? she is very upset and i know this is a snake forum but i dont know who to ask. |
05-19-2004, 04:44 PM
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dont know much about rats except my snake likes them lol
found this site hope it helps
http://www.rmca.org/Articles/bugs.htm |
05-19-2004, 04:52 PM
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thanks. im gonna have her use that permanone. thank god it said in that article that they dont transfer from one animal to another! my snakes are 2 floors away from the stupid little rodent. why cant my kids want pet snakes????  no they each have a pet rat and a cat!
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05-19-2004, 04:57 PM
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she called my nephew and he has stuff at the pet shop that he sprays right on his rats that he sells for pets. so she is high tailing it up there to get it.
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05-19-2004, 05:04 PM
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y/w I bought a couple rats for beeding once from a local pet store and the female started showing ear mites a very contagious type (SARCOPTIC MITES). come to find out a friend bought a iguana from there it had worms needless to say I dont go there anymore here is a site that shows the mights
http://www.xs4all.nl/~tirion/Medical.html |
05-19-2004, 05:11 PM
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wow that is horrible! thank god her rat dont have any marks on it! she would drop dead! thank you muzixman for all your help. it was greatly appreciated.
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05-20-2004, 12:32 PM
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well louise atleast you can rest assured if times get tough you always have some extra snake food around with all the fuzzy creatures!
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05-20-2004, 01:03 PM
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There is a spray I used to get for rodent mites at the local pet store, safe enough to use on pinkies also, but I can't recall the name of it or the manufacturer... | |
