Treating your rats or mice for lice or mites 

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So I have seen that where one cage has one particular grandma and I kept it with the other ones for a few weeks to see if it would spread It never did. I will have them checked for rats mice or lice see if you see anything crawling. If not it may be a ringworm issue or fungus you may want to have a vet do a culture swab to see if it comes back with any kind of fungus

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Keep them warm like give them a heat pad

@@dnaslitherscritters3244 Those mice need doxy which a medicine they take their whole life and yeah give them an extra large cage bigger then normal so they can have the heating pad on a far side when they want it. The doxy after 2 weeks makes the disease act non existent. If you mouse seems weak walking, climbing can’t regulate tempature, losing weight, then it’s worse keep ‘em fatter to keep ‘em alive longer. I give mine cherios every other day so if they don’t take the cherio by hand I know they aren’t doing well and then if they don’t eat and your desperate put whip cream on your finger if they don’t lick that off they are likely going to die. The way to get them to take medicine is to gentle put the feed syringe to their mouse and slowly give them bit by bit of the 0.1. Probably organge flavored doxycycline.(get by vet) after you give them the first med, the second time put it through the bars don’t try to force feed it. Let them take it trough the bars not in your hand and not with the door open. Mice don’t like to eat when they aren’t in their cage. After you put it through bars and they take it 2-4 times you can now open the cage and point it toward them and they will come up to you and take it by themselves and you just squeeze the end to release it gently. that respiratory disease also causes necrosis,tumors which can be fatal quickly, the vet will hot iron those and you bathe them in a barely warm epsom salt bath in a small tub they can stand in, for 5 mins make sure all Epsom salt is dissolved as if they eat raw salt it’ll kill them, but melted it’s harmless and the water needs to not be hot barely even warm. It’ll cause perma burns. they have to be hand dried with a towel. And repeat only as long as they have an open wound. If your pet mouse is really bad you can hold them in your hot steamy shower for 10 minutes and it’ll clear their lungs but during this don’t get em wet. Mouse mites are orange in my exp and usually behind the neck. If your mouse starts laying out in the open they likely are suffering from something. If their eyes are poppy they are happy and not in pain. If their eyes are deep they are unhappy or in pain. If their ears are up they are okay and down they are scared. Tapping tails means they are signaling for battle. wrapping tails means they are looking for comfort. if your mouses have mites it’s worth doubling their food to keep ‘em alive while you treat them. Fat mice live longer skinny ones are closer to death. I keep a female cage in the middle of two boy cages so they can kiss each other through the bars and allow short mouse dates till they try to get furry with it. if you seperate your mice for more then a couple days it’s very hard to put them back together again. Get used to doing rub downs of your mouses, mites,lumps,tumors. never ever force feed them water even if you don’t see em drink. try giving them ice in their cage.

Stick with food grade. There are two types, that an industrial. Hope you found something by now.

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I wouldn’t think so if one has them most likely the other does. Something to look into is the possibility of ringworm it’s very common in rats are they circle sores

RickyTV no you can’t

But they can bit. “Tailing” is ok if done correctly

Mice bite if you touch their belly you actually cup them from under and sweep them with the other hand and that’s the safest way

​@Dna slithers & Critters Yeah for mice... rats are too heavy to properly do that. Rats are also easier to handle. I don't even do that to mice even though it CAN be safely done as long as you SUPPORT the body. No animal can be picked up by its tail. 🙄 You said it's safe as long as it's done correctly... even if it could (which it cant) be done with rats, you are still doing it incorrectly.

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We have been using them for long time to prevent and eliminate Mites on Reptiles. This is what the old school Reptile keepers would use is they would hang the strips in the room or break them into little half inch wide 1 inch long strips and put each of those above each rack or I’ve seen it directly inside enclosures with them directly drenched and Snake Laying right on it. Never seen any neurological issues from the people that I’ve encountered. I have had one person on Facebook say they’ve seen it but I have never heard any confirmed cases. In the Harpers I am talking to I’ve been doing this and using them for 10+ years on hundreds of Snakes

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One a week for life

@@dnaslitherscritters3244 so if they have mites treat daily for a month and then once a week for life?

RoyaltyBalls&Rodents yes I treat all my rodents we supply over 25k rats a month for over 6 months with weekly use. It’s safe for us even to eat.

We haven’t had any issues yet! Trust and believe I would not lie I take pride in our reputation

@@dnaslitherscritters3244 ok awesome thanks for the reply

Diatomaceous earth is literally just a mineral. It kills certain bugs because it is very small crystals and the bugs breath through their bodies. The crystals stick in the important parts and do damage. (Non-Sciency Version lol).

Tailing is a perfectly safe method as long is done correctly. we get complements all the time with our 2 to 3 adoptions a week.On how calm our rats are. Securely holding the base of the tail ensures the rat will not jump and run away. After all we can’t have hundreds of rats loose inside of our facility.

@@dnaslitherscritters3244 🤣🤣🤣 The good ole tailing police......I crack up every time...... every rat breeder I know tails them....

Why would they care if they are inhumane towards them they breed them to be fed to other animals it's only about profit

​@@trevorbraden5448 Then they are crappy breeders. All the proper breeders I know know better. Rats are too heavy to do this too, and even if you do hold a mouse by its tail you need to support their body.

Don’t pick them up the tails. Horrible .

Mad Bear bbq grills yes I looked into it but it’s hard to judge how much they drink it plus we use a low pressure system so it would hard to dose them

@@dnaslitherscritters3244 if you had a ( doser ? It's a in water line Dosing machine ) so it can automatically add ivermectin when they drink water. And for how much each one gets you will have to do it like me add a little at a a time for a 3 days so you wont over due it with ivermectin.

Yea luckily we aren’t dealing with them anymore

Mite infestation can cause anemia if it goes on too long and can kill the rat. I have several Siamese. They're beautiful and more common now. You might want to check out breeder groups on Facebook in your city if you want to get another. Post what you're looking for and where you live and you may find someone who breeds them near enough to do local pick-up.

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Is it bad if your snake eats a ft rat with those on it

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Sorry I wouldn’t be good at properly identifying them as I haven’t been able to examine a ton of them under the microscope

Look into hot shot no pest strips

@@dnaslitherscritters3244 i bought some but was told they aren't safe to use around the rats? It appears you have some hanging..

@@Wulfgeist yes in a 1500 sq foot space I have 4 due to ventilation I use more I’ve had them for over a year here