Lisa,
Yikes, I'm sorry for how she passed, how aweful...it does sound like some sort of brain injury...but I've never heard of anything exactly like that.
Tybear-Romeo, Alvin & Arthur all died pretty much the same....stretched out flat on the floor of their cage biting on the bars.....actually Tybear-Romeo and Arthur went that way...I had Alvin euthanized when he began to do it...I wanted to spare him the hours of torment, and was old enough to make that decision for myself (16yrs old). As much as I dearly loved them...I've never gotten another....they just don't live long enough ...and I hate saying goodbye.
I have heard of guineas living for 14 years....my vet treated one...it got to the point where she just couldn't believe it was still alive and actually made a print of its foot, around its 8th year to proove to herself it was the same one! (She's a bit of a trip my critters' vet!)
Generally speaking I have heard of indoor rabbits living to 14 and once even 18 years old (it was a special breed tho...some sort of giant lop-ear). It was my experience that guineas usually live to about 5 with some growing older than that (course this info was from back in the 80s so I'm certain some progress has been made.)
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Ho long can rabbits live? My guinea pig was.....7-8 yrs old when she passed..and it was NOT normal..I felt so horrible for her...actually since there eseem to be some rodent savy peeps on..Ill ask about it...After it happened I spoke with a vet who said it sounded like she had a tumor...or something..in her brain...rupture...killing her ALMOST instantly... I woke up to her squeeliing terribly, running around her cage..aimlessly, running into the sides of it head on, bleeding out of her nose and ears...and eyes...I rushed to her and picked her up, she was pantinng heavily when she collapsed and was gone...she was or seemd 100% fine up until that moment....the vet I spoke to said it was fairly common?In a message dated 1/11/2005 1:12:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Lisa, yes they do (as do all rodents), but guinea pigs & hamsters, mice.... don't typically live as long as rabbits, so I think overall there is less chance of developing those complications....or perhaps I was just lucky.Lisa
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