I'm so glad you took him home. I wish I could take them all home.
I hope you enjoy these babies for a long time!
Laura

--- In MenloParkRescue@yahoogroups.com, chi2cam2@a... wrote:
>
> Thanks so much for the info! I will do some reading. I always use
ivermectin
> topically. I went back to the pet shop today and talked with the
owner. She
> had a lot of rats this time including some more tiny babies. She
said that
> the rats come from different sources and you could easily see the
difference
> between them. Fat and healthy appropriate aged ones versus thin,
scraggly tiny
> ones. She said that a young boy raises some and sells them to her
and that
> his mother works for a vet. I am assuming she meant the tiny ones.
I told her
> she needs to speak to him and to contact a vet to get rid of the
lice. When
> she asked me to show her the lice she put a sweet healthy one in
my hands.
> While I was checking him he was bruxing and started cleaning me,
then he peed in
> my hand. He never made it back in with the rest of the ratties. He
came home
> with me..........Oh well. Nancy
>