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Dixy, the average life span for a fancy rat is between 2 and 3 years, due mainly to their metabolism and their lack of any real immune system. The immune system deficiency is due to their continued use as lab test animals.
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We had hamsters once, but they just hated the cage and I think they did not like us much either.
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ratties are different in that you'll get unique personalities out of every one of them. my two girls that passed last night were my two original ones. One of them we rescued from a couple of college boys that used her for a cat toy. After her first 4 months of being batted around by a declawed cat, you'd think she would have been either too frightened of anything or very aggressive in defending herself. Not Pearl, she was very affectionate, seeming to live just to give love.
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