Rat Life Expectancy Survey

[Poppyseed]

Petey- male siamese rescue. 23 months respiratory and a horrible reaction to dexamethasone creating internal blood loss from bleeding ulcers. Euthanized.

[Anesthesia]

  Peaches, 3+ years, died from chronic respiratory and/or poss cancer

  Onyx, 2 years, died peacefully in his sleep of old age

  Creamy, 3 years, complications after surgery to repair injury

[Ratlovingkippy06]

  Apollo 

 Petsmart rat not even a year old. Unknown cause of death. possiable blood clot or stroke but still unknown.

12 months old ?

[ratified]

Wren and Rex, sisters, Aug 2005-Jan 2008. 29 months.  Wren died of a stroke and may have had cancer.  Rex died of a stroke.

[redgingerkisses]

Jonga - F - Died at 2 1/2 years old (unknown cause)
Hydee-F- Died at 4 years & 3 months (old age)
Rochelle-F- Died at 3 years & 7 months (cancer)
Sylvester-M-brother to Rochelle- Died at 2 years & 9 months (cancer)
Peta-F and 4 babies- bought from petsmart pregnant- stillborn babies and mother died shortly after birthing

[mboquet]

Sebastien - 1 - died unexpectedly in his sleep 26 days before his 2nd birthday
Rene - ~2.5 - died from complications of a second stroke

[Juno the rat]

I had 2 rats one died unexpctadly of course she did climp pside down on the cieling of the cage

Potatoe: F age when dead:1/2 year old Cause of death: Unkown exactly I suspect Broken neck as she fell, I think...
Surviving sister: Juno   

[Juno the rat]

oops my U kye is broken a little

[caleppert]

Is there any sort of average (maybe a male/female breakdown) that some one can compile via the data?  It would be interesting to see breakdowns based on male/female, type of illness, petstore vs breeder vs rescue, etc.

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[Nekojin]

I have had one rat die - Squiggle. She was a gray/brown hooded rat, who died at between five and six weeks old, of unknown causes. We have two of her littermates still with us, who are both fine. She was bred by us from two petshop rats.

[mboquet]

Olivier--dumbo PEW--2 yrs 7 mos--old age

[darkkrystyl]

Mr. nibbles (4 years old age) black hooded petstore

To be put down due to a tumor sometime this month

[Leonakitty]

Sigh.

Another one.
A really sad one.

Sully, adopted from an oops litter from petstore mom. Rats bred on site at independent pet shop.
16 months, pneumonia induced by CHF.

Family history is showing CHF... mother died at 18 months, one day before Sully, heart issues.
Two other siblings so far have died of probable heart related illness. Of his litter of 8, only four have made it to 17 months. Other siblings are showing signs of possible CHF.

His brother, Jonesy, lost at 10 months during a surgery due to bad response to anethestic may have also had heart issues that affected his reaction to the iso.

Bad business, all around.

[Dethklok]

Skwisgaar, Male, 23 months old - Euthenized due to constant life struggle with respiritory issues compounded with severe weightloss, a new found mammary tumor, and an ulceration of his right eye.  Would have easily lived another 3-4 months but would have definitely been in severe pain says the vet.

[zelle]

It's hard to even write this but-

Asuka. Female beige hooded.  17 months/URI turned to pneumonia.

[caleppert]

Euthanized my female rat at 23 months due to deterioration from suspected pituitary tumor.

She was unaltered and originally from a small local pet shop where one of the owner's rats had babies.

[Notomys mordax]

The Corinthian - F (spayed) - 28 months - Petco - died in her sleep a few days before her scheduled euthanasia date. At the age of 9 months she had a tumor mammary tumor removed.

Josephine - F (intact) - 32 months - local breeder - died a few hours after suffering from what appeared to be a stroke or a seizure.

Goku - F (intact) - 18 months - Petco - euthanized after one of her tumors went necrotic

[RatAttack59]

update to my crew:
Blaggutt: PEW male about 18 months - unknown cause, possibly related too (not necessarily caused by) tumor removal

second update (both this week)
Puppy: also PEW male - 4 years or older - old age (natural causes?)

[rat_in_a_hoodie]

keda - 34 months (?) old age, euthanized
sammy - 30 months (?) numerous tumours in lifespan (some w/surgeries) euthanized
Ewok - 15 months, internal tumor rupture, euthanized