Rodent Pro BOI Thread

[dave partington]

I just sent RP an email asking what's going on. Figured that was easier than waiting for he said she said trickle down. I've used Rp for years and never had any issues of any sort.

 

[dave partington]

I got the same blanket letter.

 

[jessicashallperish]

their quarentine was up on the 11th after they killed off all their stock. they're repopulating and have the all clear. honestly, i dont see how theres anything to worry about unless you bought live mice from them.

 

[BloodyBaroness]

their quarentine was up on the 11th after they killed off all their stock. they're repopulating and have the all clear. honestly, i dont see how theres anything to worry about unless you bought live mice from them.

Yes it matters. No it's not over.

They sell live mice to other sources. The KY Reptile Zoo has just started euthanizing rodents today. They had contaminated animals from Rodent Pro stock.

How many of the secondary sellers have sold live mice to other places? No one is sure. This is not isolated to the Rodent Pro facility alone.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1491743&postcount=205

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Update from us here at KY Reptile Zoo:
Yesterday I received a call back from the state. I talked to the state vet, Dr. Poe, as well.
It seems that we did receive diseased rodents. I had some in several shipments in the spring where the mice were very small, hunchbacked, and would not drink on their own. I had thought maybe they were weaned too early, but Dr. Poe confirmed that those are symptoms of the disease in mice.
Today I am depopulating our rodent colony. I do not see any sick animals, but the fact that some of our breeder rats were in the same building as the sick mice means that transmission was possible. I have to euthanize roughly 200 rodents today, sterilize all the cages, bleach the bedding before discarding it, and bleach and scrub out the building. Obviously this is not something I can delegate to any employees.
I was told in the phone conversation with the state that the original sick rodents did come from an outside source in Western KY. There were sick people in Southern IN. The first sick people were in FEBRUARY. I am not sure how quickly things were figured out, but this contradicts the May timeline to some degree.
If RP had contacted us in MAY, several things would be different now:
1. If this had been handled responsibly, I very likely would have believed that there were only 14 people affected and would not have made a BOI post about it.
2. I would not have increased my rodent colony to try and make up for RP's shortfall BEFORE getting rid of any diseased animals. I could have started over then, instead of now when my colony is just starting to take off.
3. I would not have unknowingly exposed employees to a potentially dangerous disease.
4. Discarded bedding in our compost pile would have been sterilized from the beginning-- now we have possibly exposed our wild rodents here.

MAKE NO MISTAKE- RODENT PRO COMPLETELY FAILED IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. If there were only 14 people affected, how hard is it to make 14 phone calls????

I also maintain that their 'Official statement' only occurred because I started this thread. I doubt they would have made any statement if they were not called out on the situation.

 

[Nanci]

their quarentine was up on the 11th after they killed off all their stock. they're repopulating and have the all clear. honestly, i dont see how theres anything to worry about unless you bought live mice from them.

Freezing doesn't kill viruses. There is no way to trace where all the frozen infected mice are. Right, you _probably_ won't get ill from them. Probably.