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The four of you are retarded. Especially>>182066and>>182073. Washing them daily will make them sick, putting oil in their water will make them sick and fuck up the bottle, and burning their toys will create horrible fume and also destroy their toys. Seriously, what the fuck?
Your rats do not have mites. They have lice. There is a big difference. Lice appear as little red things (and silver flecks on their fur), while mites appear more like an infection or rash with a lot of scabs and are harder for domestic rats to catch. You cannot catch either of these from your rats, so don't worry about that.
Washing them with the flick and tea shampoo was a good idea, and is the proper/usual course of treatment. Give them weekly baths with puppy shampoo: Fill the tub with about two inches of water, put on your bathing suit, and sit down. Let the rats climb across your lap and legs, and use a cup to pour water gently on them. Scrub the shampoo in just like you would normally "scritch" them, as if there was nothing at all different. They may poop in the water because they're scared, but just shower really well after you get them washed and rinsed off. After the bath, cuddle them a ton and give them treats (I would suggest something they have never had, like hotdogs or something else really smelly but delicious).
Take them off of the carefresh. Carefresh is notorious for having lice! Most bedding can carry it, but the paper-pulp bedding is the worst. Wash all of their toys extremely well, wash their cage out with hot water and bleach (but do be certain to get all of the bleach residue out afterwards). The best way to be certain their substrate is not giving them parasites is to purchase only bedding that comes wrapped WITHOUT holes in the plastic, and to be extra certain, freeze it. Seriously, just get a pack of carefresh and shove it in your freezer for a week. In the mean time, shred some paper towels or newspaper and use that as bedding.
Pic: Nima, my runty boy
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