Hantavirus is an often fatal respiratory disease. At present, their is no cure for hantavirus. It kills some people, others survive after serious illness. This may sound like we're using fear tactics to sell our mice, but that is not our intent in providing this information. Second, there is the issue of rodent mites.
Mites are common ectoparasites of many animals, including humans, mice, and herps.
However, they are host specific. Mouse mites will not infest herps. Similarly, snake mites don't infest rodents. Mouse mites could, however, leave their hosts to snack on humans or their dogs and cats for awhile. The presence of rodent mites in humans can be detected by the appearance of small itchy bumps around the beltline, ankles, or underarms.