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Wild Rats. In the wild, the life expectancy for a rat is much lower: 95 percent of wild rats die before they reach their first birthday. A 1-year-old rat would be around 30 years old in human terms. The most common cause of death in wild rats comes from predators, such as owls, hawks and foxes.
Q Iâve been reading up on rats as pets (my mother was a science student and kept rats and said they were sweet pets; I have neither the time nor space for a dog or cat), and Iâm puzzled by something I read in one place that said while the domesticated rat lives only 2â3 years, the wild rat lives 5â7 years.