My rats's lifespans, with cause of death, and I've tried to note where rats were related, as well as breeds and where they were acquired. I've also noted my still-living rats, with medical conditions.
Samantha - female, standard coat, privately owned pet store(ships rats in), sister to Hannah - 31m (ruptured tumour, hemorrhage)
Hannah - female, standard coat, privately owned pet store(ships rats in), sister to Samantha - 39m (multiple causes, including cancer, multiple benign mammory tumours, ruptured tumour/cyst on neck (was healed at time of death))
Vivianne - female, standard coat, privately owned pet store (ships rats in - same store as Sammy and Hanny) - 10m (sudden acute resp. distress, cause unknown - possible acute myco flair-up.)
Mira - female, standard coat, privately owned pet store (extremely poor conditions, reported to SPCA. Bred rats on-site) - 24m (unspecified neurologic disorder - involved seizures)
Moiraine - female, standard coat, privately owned pet store (breeds rats on-site) - 18m (systemic infection secondary to cyst on neck, also had a benign mammary tumour)
Joan - female, standard coat, chain pet store - 10m (suspected brain tumour - became progressively more aggressive over several months prior to death)
Isabelle - female, standard coat, novice breeder, sister to Raizel - 18m (cause of death undetermined, possibly intentional starvation, refused food after death of sister. also had benign mammary tumour.)
Raizel - female, standard coat, novice breeder, sister to Isabelle - 18m (suspected cranial tumour (possibly in sinus)).
Phoebe - female, velour, privately owned pet store(acquired rats from reptile show), mother to Elf, April, Random, and Chance - 26m (suspected lymphatic cancer. also had benign mammary tumours.)
Elf - female, rex, mother was pregnant from pet store, daughter to Phoebe, sister to April, Random, and Chance - 26m (uterine hemorrhage, suspected pyometra/uterine mycoplasmosis. had a benign mammary tumour removed at 18m of age.)
April - female, rex, mother was pregnant from pet store, daughter to Phoebe, sister to Elf, Random, and Chance - 27m (euthanised due to severe necrosis of benign mammary tumour, which measured 4"x5" at her death. Tumour was not removed due to obesity/risk of anesthesia.)
Chance - male, rex, mother was pregnant from pet store, son to Phoebe, brother to Elf, April, and Random - 14m (died under anesthesia while undergoing removal of 3"x3" mass from neck/jaw - composition of tumour unknown, suspected lymphatic cancer.)
Random - male, rex, mother was pregnant from pet store, son to Phoebe, brother to Elf, April, and Chance- 10m (sudden, accute resp. distress, cause unknown - possible insect sting.)
Abigail - female, hairless, privately owned pet store(bred rats on-site) - 24m (suspected heart failure secondary to severe active mycoplasma infection. Survived 7m on antibiotics w/ steroids after initial onset of active myco infection.)
Kayah - female, rex, privately owned pet store (bred rats on-site - indescriminate breeding, poor conditions), cousin to Kia - 7m (euthanized due to squamous cell carcinoma of the brain/ear canal, which was discovered, upon removal, to have ruptured her skull. Had benign polyp previously removed from same ear canal at 5m of age, recurred.)
Kia - female, standard coat, privately owned pet store (bred rats on-site - indescriminate breeding, poor conditions), cousin to Kayah - living at 18m. Obese, possible borderline diabetic. Recurrent porphorin discharge from eyes, resistant to antibiotic treatment.
Fern - female, standard coat, privately owned pet store (acquired by store from breeder), sister to Ivy - living at 7m. Had possible myco flair-up following Abby's death, porphorin staining of nose. Responded to Baytril, very occassional recurrence of porphorin staining w/ stress. Otherwise very healthy.
Ivy - female, standard coat, privately owned pet store (acquired by store from breeder), sister to Fern - living at 7m. Possible myco flair-up following Abby's death, porphorin staining of nose. Initially responded to Baytril but still very sensitive to stress/environmental changes, porphorin staining of nose recurring. Otherwise healthy.
Emma - female, standard coat, SPCA - living at 12 weeks. No known health problems; was malnourished in infancy due to being abandoned (acquired at 3.5 weeks).
Lizette - female, velour/hairless?, privately owned pet store (bred rats on-site) - living at 6 weeks. No known health problems; had lice when acquired.
-Sonya
