Loss of another rat

every time i write a blog it seems to be about losing another rat :-( last thursday i got home from riding to find nanuk dead in the cage. he looked very peaceful and seems to have died quite naturally as opposed to from a tumor or something else nasty. he had been eating well and ok in himself. he had had his little chocolate treat in the morning (when the others have their medication, which is in chocolate, so he didn´t feel left out) and seemed ok. he was the only one of my remaining rats not poorly with respitory problems so it is a shame to have lost him but am glad he died at home, in comfort and he did not appear to suffer. all my previous animals have had to be pts at the vets and i have not been able to bring myself to bring them home for burial, however, as nanuk died at home i felt it right to bury him there so on friday we dug a little hole at the end of the garden and said our goodbyes.

3 rats in 5 months...this is not good! i hope to got it is not something i´m doing wrong, i don´t think it is as they have all died of different things but you can´t help but wonder!