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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