Sorry I haven't been on in forever but I had a nine page paper on successful aging and a mid term to tend to (in case you were wondering )... But now that I am back, I have a question... I went to the reptile store and asked for the smallest pinkie possible and when he came back, it was alive and moving! I was under the impression from reading other threads that pinkies were frozen and dead! I made sure I wasn't seeing things and he said nope, it definitely was a living creature... I still took it home and scented it and fed it to my angel boy but I felt terrible but I knew my baby needed to eat and that mice were healthier but I also know that it's the flash freezing that kills the parasites... Did I go to a bad store or is it normal to get live pinkies? And if its normal to be served live one's, what are the chances of them having parasites? Thanks for the advice!!