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« Reply #210 on: July 26, 2004, 12:41:02 PM »
I know I haven't posted in a long while, but just to let ya know I'm still here, I thought I'd jump into this thread.  Blue Dumbo Smile

To the author of the original post, do you have a website link to your Rat Life Expectancy Survey? With your permission, I would like to link it to a project that I am working on for my site, Rat Biology and Anatomy.

I have one like yours of my own that is known as the  "Over 2 Club for the Dearly Departed"
http://spazrats.tripod.com/o2cdd.html
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« Reply #211 on: July 26, 2004, 12:50:25 PM »
Sully - 21mos, son of pet store rat, died from deterioration after stroke
Serena - 23mos, daughter of pet store rat, cancer
Autumn - 16+mos, shelter rescue, sudden death
Sweetie - 25mos, daughter of petstore rat - old age/sudden death

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« Reply #212 on: July 28, 2004, 09:56:01 PM »
Could we do a poll aspect to make charting the responses to this a bit more visual?  Or is there a way you can graph the information and post it for us?  I'm very interested in this topic.  My boys are still with me - three at approximately 29 months-ish (two of them pet store, one from a breeder), one at 17 months (from a breeder).

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« Reply #213 on: July 28, 2004, 10:55:12 PM »
Gah, sorry, I can never find my original posts in this thread to update them. (and really wish I never had to)

Choco - late April 2001 - 17 Feb 2004 - general old age
 
Sky - late March 2002 - 28 July 2004 - cancer and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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« Reply #214 on: July 29, 2004, 07:51:12 AM »
Nicky   19 months  Pneumonia  petstore boy

Cleo     4 wks    cagemate killed her     daughter of petstore baby
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« Reply #215 on: July 29, 2004, 08:00:54 AM »
I admit - I've been slacking on keeping up with the life expectancy thread - working 50-60 hour weeks limits my free time.  I do have a chart - somewheres on my webspace.  I'll work on updating on Sunday. 

I actually prefer if you put new posts to update, rather than update in an original thread.  I use the "new" button to get me where I last left off Smiley
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« Reply #216 on: August 03, 2004, 11:18:24 AM »
Gosh, I just realized I forgot to post several rats:

Trelly, F, over 3 years old. Pts with giant mammary tumor that could not be removed. Peninsula Humane Society
Pepper, F, 33 months, pts for general problems with old age. Couldn't use back legs. Spayed, no tumors at death. Feeder rescue.
Starsha, F, 33 months. Tumors and respiratory infection. Died in her sleep 36 hours after Pepper died. Peninsula Humane Society.

"Rat", M, At least 2 years old but possibly up to 4. PTS with growing tumor (the harder smaller type) on his jaw. Taken from my brother, originally Petco.
Scooter, M, 17 months. Neutered. PTS due to either inner ear infection or brain tumor. SFSPCA
Fred, M, 22 months. Neutered. PTS due to respiratory infection. SFSPCA.
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« Reply #217 on: August 04, 2004, 06:26:59 PM »
August 1- RATC Flash. Put to sleep. Tumor on neck and he was beginning to scratch it.
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« Reply #218 on: August 04, 2004, 06:29:22 PM »
March 30-Chocolate-PTS after vet diagnosed him with osteo... I can't remember the name of it. He had bone growths going out of control. He was about 2 months old and a sweetie.
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« Reply #219 on: August 05, 2004, 05:58:33 PM »
Adeline - approximately 16 months - liver disease
OSED Hurricane - 16 months - COD unknown
OSED Ocean - 23 months - massive malignant metastasized tumor centered in her bowels.
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« Reply #220 on: August 06, 2004, 09:00:57 PM »
I added just over 200 rats tonight - bringing up the total to 915.  Please note I do not separate out rats that died from natural causes versus those lost in accidents, etc.  AND, I did not include rats that are still living - sort of skews the data set Smiley

I'm having problems getting a clear picture to post, but here's something (if you want to see it better, save and print the image). 

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« Reply #221 on: August 18, 2004, 05:49:57 PM »
I forgot to add Bill and Margie and I'll also add Skeeter:

Bill M  24 months

Margie F  27 months

Skeeter M 27 months
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« Reply #222 on: August 19, 2004, 01:52:28 AM »
One more.

Tovi - M - 28 months old.  Nasty yucky lump on face/resp issues/fell apart basically..
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« Reply #223 on: August 22, 2004, 08:57:47 PM »
i knew a guy who had his pet rat for 6 years before it died! too bad that's not average  Sad
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« Reply #224 on: August 26, 2004, 04:42:43 AM »
our baby, Weaver approx 1 year - PTS for myco.

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« Reply #225 on: August 26, 2004, 08:41:16 PM »
Barney- pet store rat died of an absess at 36 months
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« Reply #226 on: August 27, 2004, 04:36:14 PM »
Piglet, male, pet store feeder rat, 7 years old.  Cry  Cry  Cry miss him!
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« Reply #227 on: August 27, 2004, 05:13:53 PM »
Quote from: Dreaminqpixie on August 27, 2004, 04:36:14 PM
Piglet, male, pet store feeder rat, 7 years old.  Cry  Cry  Cry miss him!
7 years!?!  holy crap!!!
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« Reply #228 on: August 30, 2004, 07:56:58 AM »
i meant:
 ratty- 1 year

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« Reply #229 on: September 03, 2004, 06:06:49 AM »
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One to add unfortunately:

Badger, died at the age of 2 years and 8 months (32 months), pts after growing very old and weak.
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« Reply #230 on: September 03, 2004, 08:40:31 AM »
Wain- 26 (approx.) months old age/tumors (?)
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« Reply #231 on: September 05, 2004, 01:31:21 AM »
Weezil -- 40 months -- PTS because of stroke, decreasing appetite, paralysis, etc.
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« Reply #232 on: September 15, 2004, 08:15:10 PM »
Ferret -- 41 months -- PTS because of congestive heart failure.
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« Reply #233 on: September 15, 2004, 10:38:30 PM »
acrobat 1 years old put down from brain tumor
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« Reply #234 on: September 20, 2004, 12:44:46 AM »
Gussy F 27 months  Huh
Gizmo M 3 months (came from bad pet store  Angry)
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« Reply #235 on: September 23, 2004, 06:25:35 PM »
chewie - 28 months - unresponsive middle ear infection
yoda - 28 months - sent with his brother
andrew - 15 months - lung scarring
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« Reply #236 on: September 25, 2004, 02:20:15 AM »
Fuzzy -- 12 months -- complications from stroke
Bonsai -- 16 months -- "old age" (poor breeding)
Trixie --  17 months -- PTS for what vet thought was complications from stroke
Peppy -- 22 months -- PTS due to rapid decline from "old age"

I hate that the ratty "old age" can be so young!  But every day we have with these sweet creatures is a blessing. . . .
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« Reply #237 on: September 26, 2004, 08:04:28 PM »
Crowbar-4 months, her cause of death was unknown, but it was like she had a heart attack. Possibly from pine shaving bedding
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« Reply #238 on: October 08, 2004, 09:35:42 PM »
Sophie (F)  28.5 months
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