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Invisible Snake
08-01-2012, 10:47 AM
I regularly purchase mouse pinks from rodentpro for my garters and just today I read on another forum that they have or recently had a zoonotics outbreak in their facility. Does anyone know if this is true?

I found this link but it doesn't mention the business..

http://www.farmworldonline.com/news/NewsArticle.asp?newsid=14991
Steveo
08-01-2012, 11:03 AM
I hadn't heard anything but I don't order from them. Did they stop taking orders around the given dates?
EasternGirl
08-01-2012, 11:21 AM
Hmm...I usually order from Mice Direct. However, the last shipment of pinkies, I ordered from Rodent Pro...I wanted to try them. I liked the way they packaged the mice better than the way Mice Direct does it, however, I wasn't impressed with the mice. I prefer Mice Direct's mice. I planned on ordering from them next time. Mice Direct had a samonella outbreak years ago...but they now take measures to prevent it. I guess all of these places have bacterial outbreaks from time to time. The important thing is that they take preventative measures to ensure it doesn't happen. At least I know that Mice Direct does that now...so I guess I will stick with them.
EasternGirl
08-01-2012, 11:22 AM
Btw...what the heck is zoonotics? Being a nursing student, I thought I had studied all of the possible bacterias and viruses that can be transmitted. I have never even heard of zoonotics.
kibakiba
08-01-2012, 11:24 AM
It totally makes you like animals a little more. I mean, most animals are soft and fuzzy... And usually cute when they're babies.
guidofatherof5
08-01-2012, 11:25 AM
Zoonotic Disease Program (http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ehs/zoonotics.aspx)
EasternGirl
08-01-2012, 11:29 AM
Okay...I looked at the link. Like I said...we studied every known bacteria and virus that can be transmitted from animal to human. I have never heard of LCM...of course I am not a zoologist or vet...but we studied all of the diseases that can be transmitted to humans. Weird. My microbiology teacher used to work for the Ag department for the University of DE. She never mentioned that disease either. Must be extremely rare.
Stefan-A
08-01-2012, 11:38 AM
Okay...I looked at the link. Like I said...we studied every known bacteria and virus that can be transmitted from animal to human. I have never heard of LCM...of course I am not a zoologist or vet...but we studied all of the diseases that can be transmitted to humans. Weird. My microbiology teacher used to work for the Ag department for the University of DE. She never mentioned that disease either. Must be extremely rare.
Wikipedia has heard of it.
ConcinusMan
08-01-2012, 12:56 PM
Mice Direct had a samonella outbreak years ago.

... which is a zoonotic. I wonder what this rodent pro zoonotic is? I mean, there's a lot of diffferent zoonotic diseases so why be so general?

Oh, nevermind. I see that the article says it's Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis known as LCM or LCMV.

And BTW, they really didn't need to mention the business name being how Rodent pro is the only rodent production facility in Indiana that fits the description.:cool:
katach
08-01-2012, 01:56 PM
Sounds scary. I order from Layne Labs out of CA. They have never had an outbreak of anything (that they have disclosed any way)
guidofatherof5
08-01-2012, 02:00 PM
Sounds scary. I order from Layne Labs out of CA. They have never had an outbreak of anything (that they have disclosed any way)

Good disclosure there Kat.:D
Steveo
08-02-2012, 04:21 PM
Official statement from Rodent Pro, found via kingsnake.com: http://www.kingsnake.com/rodentpro.jpg
Invisible Snake
08-02-2012, 07:10 PM
Yeah they sent me that in an e-mail earlier today :l
snakeman
08-02-2012, 07:46 PM
I was going to order today.their prices are through the roof! I'll wait until they have a sale again.
Sonya610
08-06-2012, 01:48 PM
Sounds scary. I order from Layne Labs out of CA. They have never had an outbreak of anything (that they have disclosed any way)

I use MiceDirect, the upside of their disease breakout years ago is that now they irradiate all of the mice before selling them.
infernalis
08-06-2012, 06:39 PM
I was going to order today.their prices are through the roof! I'll wait until they have a sale again.

pinks were 12 cents, now 20 cents.

Order by the thousand, and that's a huge increase.
ConcinusMan
08-10-2012, 07:42 PM
I was going to order today.their prices are through the roof! I'll wait until they have a sale again.

Going to be a while. It's going to cost a million dollars ballpark, to repopulate the losses.
infernalis
08-11-2012, 04:19 PM
Now they are sold out of most mice and taking backorders....

probably be best to order elsewhere for now.
guidofatherof5
08-11-2012, 04:24 PM
May I suggest micedirect.com out of GA.

https://micedirect.com/
infernalis
08-11-2012, 07:06 PM
May I suggest micedirect.com out of GA.

https://micedirect.com/

Yes you may Steve.. a good suggestion at that.
jitami
08-21-2012, 12:25 PM
Grrr... I usually order from rodent pro... didn't get the courtesy email... and need to order soon... blah...
Steveo
08-21-2012, 12:57 PM
Grrr... I usually order from rodent pro... didn't get the courtesy email... and need to order soon... blah...

Try laynelabs.com. They're in CA. Been pretty good to me.
guidofatherof5
08-21-2012, 02:30 PM
I think they are a good source to save some money on shipping for you west coast members.

Snake Food, Reptile Food, Feed Carnivores, Birds of Prey : Layne Labs.com (http://www.laynelabs.com/)
ConcinusMan
08-21-2012, 03:02 PM
Grrr... I usually order from rodent pro... didn't get the courtesy email..

Probably because the problem only affected one of their facilities. They have more than one.
jitami
08-22-2012, 09:30 AM
Thanks for the tip to use Layne Labs. Will have to do that.

Concinnus, that makes sense.
Steveo
04-23-2013, 11:46 AM
Has anyone ordered from Rodent Pro lately? I'm thinking about buying from them this time because they have sales on the sizes I actually need.
ConcinusMan
04-23-2013, 02:44 PM
Well good luck. There seems to be a massive shortage lately. Many producers are accepting orders ONLY from return customers and people are still having to wait due to a huge backlog.
CrazyHedgehog
04-23-2013, 03:40 PM
So not on as big a scale but I would like to have preventative measures, how do I protect from this sort of thing?
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Steveo
04-23-2013, 03:42 PM
I just placed an order and didn't see anything about delays. Supposed to ship next week/no later than 2 weeks so here's hoping. Then again, I only ordered from what's on sale this week so I know they have 'em.
Invisible Snake
04-24-2013, 03:44 PM
I just placed an order and didn't see anything about delays. Supposed to ship next week/no later than 2 weeks so here's hoping. Then again, I only ordered from what's on sale this week so I know they have 'em.

Wish I'd seen your post earlier, I've purchased from them earlier this year and was satisfied. Right now they are having a great sale on f/t rat pinkies and I also have an online coupon code for $10 off. If anyone needs the code just PM me. The sale and coupon code expire 4/25/2013
Steveo
04-24-2013, 04:15 PM
Wish I'd seen your post earlier, I've purchased from them earlier this year and was satisfied. Right now they are having a great sale on f/t rat pinkies and I also have an online coupon code for $10 off. If anyone needs the code just PM me. The sale and coupon code expire 4/25/2013

Bah! I did throw in some rat pinkies. I figure I can feed them to the garter girls. Really good deal when looking at price per gram.
Steveo
05-02-2013, 09:43 AM
I just wanted to update now that I have product in hand - very impressed with the size of the feeders when compared to their (sale) prices. The shipping materials were bulky, cheap and ugly (2 sheets of insulation in a "cross", 10kg of dry ice, product in freezer bags) when compared to Layne Labs (reuseable styrofoam cooler, less dry ice needed, product in freezer bags inside of thermal bags) but they got the job done. The rat pinkies are about the size of hopper mice and were a steal at only 29 cents each.

Bottom line: didn't like the packaging but the product looks great.