Well, lets start at the beginning:
I went to an expo to buy frozen rats. Our normal feeder business was not to be seen, and so I went to another. (First mistake, should have searched harder) They didn't look very professional, or at least less so than I'm used to, and their service was very slow. Now, I was tired, so I ignored these facts. (Another mistake).

We used these rats last week, and they seemed fine. This week I noticed something off. There were little brown ovals on the rat. Upon inspection, they were bugs. Dead of course. Me and my boyfriend looked them over and decided they're not mites, but are cat/dog fleas.

I'm never going back to them again. I don't care if they are dead, I think that is an unclean specimen and should not be sold as a feeder.


Now, I will also explain that I cannot breed my own rats. I'm allergic, both to the rats and the bedding. They would need to be in a separate room, and I just don't have that space.... yet.

Has anyone else ever had this problem? I've never had to deal with this, and although I doubt dead fleas would affect my BPs, I want to make sure.