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Well~ I can see there being upset if they didn't realize they had mites~ would be pretty embarrassing to have to have a customer find something like that for you!



If the ones your seeing are big enough to see with the naked eye, and from the description you gave of them being red in color~ all the breeder has to do is go to his rat area and inspect a white rat to see the evidence. Hopefully some Ivermectin will take care of the problem (my colony came down with mites you could not see with the naked eye after I purchased some supplemental rats from someone else, but Ivermectin took care of it).



If I were you I would call a vet to be sure~ but I suspect those rats are probably still fine for you to use. The mites are dead~ and I *Think* most pathogens die in freezing. If your worried that their freezing may not have gotten low enough to kill everything~ purchase some dry ice and pack it around the rats for a couple hours~ that should bring the temp down far enough to kill anything left!
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