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RE: I would love to hear about these. . .

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Posted by: NCBoas at Wed Oct 17 22:52:34 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by NCBoas ]  
   

Well.. I'm not sure who's selling them but I do know these "toxic rats" are coming from laboratory surplus stock.. With the growing number of reptile enthusiasts, there becomes a growing need for rodents.. If production levels aren't meeting the demand, laboratory surplus fills the gap.. Every once in a while, someone stumbles across a "bad batch".. Some of the symptoms are loose stool, ridiculously disgusting smelling stool, stool smeared about the entire enclosure, regurgitation, dramatic loss of color in one shed and sometimes, DEATH...


   

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