paranoid about ecto-parasites

[spookie.cookie]

hey everyone!

i have been paranoid about lice, mites, or any parasites that live on rats. spookie and her babies do not scratch a lot and no scabs found. however, i am just worried because i have a phobia of bugs who live on mammals as hosts.

today i picked up a piece of paper and i saw a white crawling bug which either a termite or a lice. i am a clean freak and these things drive me crazy (and my housemates are extremely dirty- urgh :redhot: )

my question is, how do you know if your rats have parasites? she has no excessive scratching and scabs. i tried to look for crawling bugs, but can't find any.

am i being paranoid? :mrgreen:

 

[SQ]

You would be able to see lice or fleas on her.

You can not see mites and skin scrapings are painful and do not give reliable results.
If you had a problem with mites, at least one rat with be scratching excessively so all would be treated with revolution. Babies need to be a certain age before being treated with revolution.

It does not sound like your rats have ecto-parasites.
:thumbup:

 

[MumsyRat]

You could always treat them with Revolution as a preventative measure. Dosed properly it certainly would do no harm. I'm sure that a treatment every 60 days would be more than adequate and it would put your mind at ease.

 

[spookie.cookie]

thanks for the reassurance!

where do i get revolution? i live in k-w, ON.

thanks!

 

[Moon]

The vet