Sunday, February 7, 2010

Do lab rats live longer than other pet rats?

Will he live longer than the average 2 years?Do lab rats live longer than other pet rats?
Is it the classic white lab rat?


Usually not. When and if this rat starts looking blankly swaying it's head back and forth this is when they have gone nuts. Have you seen inside the lab this rat come from? See the cages? These rats when in the lab have never been touched! Never had anything done to them but needles put into them! Chemicals in there eyes...even makeup in there eyes to see if it is ok for people.


I had a couple hundred of these in. Not all were even good breeders. Big tumors would grow on the older ones. Just a sad site!!


I do not recommend getting a lab rat rescued or not for a pet!! To much heart ache.... get a healthy young one. Of course it is up to you and not every critter is alike but this has been my experience....Do lab rats live longer than other pet rats?
Of course not. A lab rat is for testing. His life span is only as long as he lives during the test.
Not necessarily. A lot depends on the breeding, and any health problems that this individual rat may run into, during his life.


I had two hairless rats that were ''lab rats'', and they didn't make it to 2 yrs old. I had a store-bought Hooded, that lived 2 yrs, 4 months.


Where they come from, isn't as important as how well they're cared for, and the quality of the breeding that produced them.
Almost all pet rats were derived from lab rat lines, so genetically, they will be very similar. I've done science research for 4 years as an undergrad and grad student on mice, which are similar, and they don't typically make it much past 24 months, though my brother's pet mouse (from our lab) lived to nearly 3 years.
i have never had a ';lab rat'; but my friends pet rat lived to be SEVEN YRS OLD!!!! it was rly amazing! their life span depends on their health and diet and exercise and love!!!


i rly dont agree w/ using rats as something to poke and hurt just because they are rats doesnt mean they dont have feelings! i would choose a rat over a hamster anyday! they are very sweet and compassionate and DO NOT bite! everyone thinks of them as ugly stupid creatures. but God made them to be as equal as every other animal and i think it should! i do NOT think scientists should be alloud to test products on animals in general. what they do is normally very cruel and very inhumane!! that is my opinion!

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