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Originally Posted by salana  We all know that animals from pet stores are often pregnant, usually infected with a URI, always covered in mites and/or lice... |
Thats actually not true that pet store animals are always covered in mites and/or lice. I have purchased many, many pet store animals over the past several years, including birds, mice, rats, and different breeds of hamsters. I have never once received an animal that had mice or lice. Only one rat with a respiratory infection, and only one syrian hamster with wetail. Oh, and only one pregnant mouse. (Although I know at some certain stores where they don't seperate the sexes (which is where I got my pregnant one) its pretty much a given).
I do shudder to think about the internal parasites, but hopefully a good worming would take care of it.