I originally wrote that mice are bad for pets to eat because they can pick
up tapeworms from them.
 
Todd wrote back that this is not true - he said that tapeworms come from
eating fleas - not from eating mice.  That is both a true and false
statement.  There are 2 types of tapeworms that our pets commonly get:
Taenia species and Dipylidium species.  Taenia tapeworms come from eating
rodents and rabbits.  Dipylidium tapeworms come from eating fleas.
 
So my original statement of why your cat/dog/ferret should not eat mice is
correct.
 
Kate
[Posted in FML issue 3043]