Can a ratsnake* really die of old age at 15? Mine's at least 13, that's very depressing. He still seems pretty trim and healthy, for now.

I don't suppose it was a heavy drinker?



*it was a ratsnake and not a rattlesnake, right? you typed both
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."

Alexander Skutch

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• Large spots in black rat liver - Colchicine, Thu Jan 29 21:05:54 2004
• RE: Large spots in black rat liver - Colchicine, Thu Jan 29 21:06:57 2004
• not helpful, but a question - meretseger, Fri Jan 30 04:32:45 2004
• RE: not helpful, but a question - Colchicine, Fri Jan 30 08:11:37 2004
• RE: not helpful, but a question - meretseger, Fri Jan 30 12:00:09 2004
• I assume histopath is out of the question... - RaderRVT, Fri Jan 30 21:08:05 2004
• Colchicine, Did you find anything out about this liver? np - RaderRVT, Mon Feb 2 19:44:48 2004
• No leads yet! np - Colchicine, Tue Feb 17 19:43:47 2004