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LdyPayne
at Sun Dec 24 18:42:19 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by LdyPayne ]
Rats can carry several types of external parasites. The common one, if if I remember correctly are rat lice. These pose no threat to your snakes or yourself but can be annoying or harmful to the rat. If in a huge population, they can drain alot of blood from the rat which may lower their nutritional value some, but I really don't think it would be an issue in the long run.
For more info, try doing a google search on rat parasites or rat lice
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