30/10/2025
Sad update... I lost 2 more golden oldies and 1 middle aged.... I lost shr nymeria who was just shy of 2 yrs 2mnths and very sweet she looks to have passed from age.. ( she came from ttsr who got her from shr ), her last son Jax also passed he was 1 yr 9mnths ( all his brothers passed between 1yr and 1.5, I got the litter with the mom at 6 weeks old from ttsr as she bred them for another breeder who she then cancelled on and I thought it would be good to get marble back ) he had battled an ri in Sept and was at a friend's during my surgery with 2 other boys due to them needing meds n I didn't know if id get to come home for a few days to a week so I made sure someone could care for them. He had done really well with recovery and since I don't know anything about his dad's life or if there were any other underlying issues. It's hard to say what it was for sure, like his momma he was super sweet... and 3rd I lost Xavier, he was about a mnth shy of being 2yrs.. I just lost his sister jubilee last week.. he was from a litter where I took in his pregnant mom 2yrs ago n the owner didn't even know the girls were pregnant.. he was semi skiddish... he had what I believe was a massive stroke. Unknown issues in that line.. he was never bred.......
Yes I have many oldies cus I keep my breeders and even non breeders I've taken in until passing. As I've said before some lines live 1.5 to 2.5 in general, if a rat makes it 3 plus years that's pretty amazing. So many think that rats live 3yrs, unfortunately they don't majority is 2 to 2.5.. even when you try with longevity it's not a guarantee...
