Yes, I went through this years ago before I relied on what I breed as my stock. I was getting other people's rats and many times they would just get sickly and die. If I got ANY of the lab stock that was a FAIL for sure. It just goes to show you that these animals are used to certain ambient pathogens and when they get introduced to a new set you can kill them.

Like the common cold killing people in a South American rain forest.



It does not pay to keep getting rodents from many sources and best to find a source and stick with it! Otherwise we get those "snivelie" rodents that just sit there and suffer.....



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>>sounds feasable...I know it happens with mice for me all the time...I cannot get mice anywhere but house bred dirty people....LOL...you know what I mean...I have a guy that puts out thousands and thousands a week...noone in the building, air supply, cleans everything , every week.....large heaters , industrial air conditioners.....and his mice are beautiful....bring them here in my celler....and in 4 weeks it starts.....bam....thin and dying....I buy them and feed them...I don't breed them into mine at all anymore....can't...

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>>so it can be the same with rats as Kevin said.....

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