A local pet store is investigating claims one of its rats made a customer sick. Jessica Qualls is in the hospital and being treated for rat bite fever. Qualls said she bought "Salt" from Petco in ...

The mother of a baby found covered in rat bites in 2023 has pleaded guilty to her role in creating the home’s “deplorable living conditions,” Indiana officials said. McClatchy News is not naming the ...

A civil trial against Petco is underway in San Diego, where a 10-year-old boy died in 2013 after playing with a rat that his grandmother bought him at the pet store chain. Aiden Pankey died hours ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (TNND) — The mother of a 6-month-old baby who was seriously hurt after he was repeatedly bitten by rats pleaded guilty to multiple neglect charges, according to prosecutors in Indiana ...

Dear Doctor: What is rat bite fever? Just how contagious or dangerous is it? I read that a 10-year-old boy died from it after being bitten by his pet rat. Dear Reader: Yes, that was a tragic story. A ...

The parents of a 6-month-old baby girl in South Carolina were arrested after the infant was found with multiple bite marks from a field rat. The baby is currently recovering in the hospital, and bite ...

Prosecutors said while mother was not living in the home when her son was found with rat bites, she contributed to the home’s dangerous living conditions. Getty Images/iStockphoto The mother of a baby ...