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i went to the petstore yesterday to pick up a fish for the garter and a mouse for the picky ball.

one of the tanks full of mice almost all were missing a clump of fur of thier rump, they wouldnt sell them (not even as food).

so i got one from another cage when i fed him to the ball i noticed it looked like he had a very small spot of fur missing.

anybody know what it could be?

think the petshop is just paranoid and they would make great feeders? i offered to "get rid of them" for cheap but they didnt want to get my snake sick.
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jake

my addiction:
0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
0.1 amelenistic corn snake (maizy)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
1.0 albino cal king (zeus)
0.0.1 wc garter (zim)
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ringworm

I've seen this before in mice.What I witnessed personally was that,there was alot of adult males kept together and only a couple of females.All of the males had been chewed on by the dominant males.They were chasing each other around and biting each other on the rear. jeff