Pet Heaven
Link to Pet Heaven related newspaper article and commentary.
Rat Years in Human Years
This is by no means a scientifically derived formula, it’s just some easy numbers based on a few simple correlations. So I picked some easy benchmarks to start with: average human lifespan, 80 years or 960 months; average rat lifespan, 30 months; then, human years to rat years would be about 32:1.
These numbers in themselves could be argued up or down.
Open Questions to Harlan-Teklad
Harlan-Teklad arguably manufactures one of the best, if not the best, rodent diets available. I use the word available very loosely here as it is not sold, to the best of my knowledge, in a retail environment approved by Harlan-Teklad. The big-box pet stores do not sell it; feed stores do not sell it; small [...]

