get a load of this!!!!

[alexrls]

i went to my local petco to grab a feeder rat and when i went up to the guy to ask him for one he said no

so i was kinda curious why not and he said that some had got bitten by a hamster and died so all of there animals from that supplier arent allowed to be sold!!!

[ddbjdealer]

When was this? I went to petco on Sunday (or maybe Mon, I forget), and all of the mice/rats were gone that they just had bunches of only a few days before. All they said was that they were "out". Being that you're in NY tho... this HAS to be a coincidence.... doesn't it???

Very odd....

[alexrls]

not neccisarily cause i went to another petco today in lynbrook and they were just fine (but hey happened not to have any juvie rats )

[dudeman67420]

wtf a couple of days i went to my pet store and they didnt have any rodents they always have rodents i meen feeders lol

[Jeanne]

We went to Petsmart this weekend, all thier rodents, were taken out of thier displays and notes put up on the cages b/c thier rodents were sick. Interestingly, other pet shops in my area also had the same issue..animals pulled and not for sale.

[tigerlily]

Strange. Here too, a lot of rodents were pulled or marked not for sale. Very strange.

[BallPythonBabe448]

Very weird..

Petsmart (or was it petco..) once refused to sell me a rodent. It was like last year, it was petsmart ya. They didn't have anything labeled "feeder" mice.. So I asked the employee he said they didn't carry feeder mice. I was like, hmm... ok. So I went and asked him if I could have the white rat and he refused to sell it to me. I asked him why he says, "We don't carry snakes and we sell mice as pets so it would be hypocritical to sell them as feeders"....... :/

I haven't been in petsmart lately as they don't really carry what I need and their sorta overpriced, But I was going to go sometime tomorrow so I'll seee... thats odd.

My mom heard about this disease that rats get.. I forgot wat it was called but something where they had this disease and if they bite, you can die. I dont know what it was called but my grandma read up on it a few months ago because she saw something about it and new we kept some feeder mice and told us.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...................... I wonder if those could be related, the disease and the reason the rodents are gone..

[mlededee]

i wondered why there were absolutely no rodents in my petsmart today. it seemed odd, even for a monday when they are usually short on everything. veeeeeery interesting...

[wendyhoo9]

Here in MD Petco AND Petsmart were not selling rodents as of last friday...seems to be an epidemic!

[Lady Python]

The disease you're talking about is called Wiels (sp pronounced Weals) disease and is transmitted through contact with the rat's urine and yes, it is usually fatal to humans if not diagnosed in time and even then the mortality rate is high