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Matt427



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:21 pm    Post subject: possible mites from rats? Reply with quote


can u get mites from rats/mice?
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PlayBall



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hasn't happened to me (I mostly feed f/t) but I'm very positive you could. That's one of the first things that goes through my head when I feed live.
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deborahbroadus
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The ticks that live on mice/rats can't live on snakes..they are host specific. HOWEVER..this doesn't mean that a snake mite can't get a ride on one of the rats purchased from a pet store that has snakes.
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Matt427



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks
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PlayBall



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

deborahbroadus wrote:
The ticks that live on mice/rats can't live on snakes..they are host specific. HOWEVER..this doesn't mean that a snake mite can't get a ride on one of the rats purchased from a pet store that has snakes.

Thats good to know. Thanks Deb
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Matt427



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

was that an opinion or fact?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Matt427 wrote:
was that an opinion or fact?


In researching, I came across this link first...further research lead me to other links. http://www.perfectpet.net/faqs.html You are welcome to do your own research. Smile
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arlynos



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

deborahbroadus wrote:
Matt427 wrote:
was that an opinion or fact?


In researching, I came across this link first...further research lead me to other links. http://www.perfectpet.net/faqs.html You are welcome to do your own research. Smile


thanks for that information Deb, kinda scary about the hantavirus or whatever.
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hhmoore



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Snake mites usually do not infest mammal species, yet they have been known occasionally to parasitize rodents and humans, taking a blood meal and then moving on (Mader, 1996). Snakes are not known to be parasitized by any of the mite species that commonly parasitize rodents.

excerpted from The Life History of Snake Mites http://vpi.com/publications/the_life_history_of_snake_mites
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