Aurora Damall Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 After looking at the Methuselah contest, a contest that tries to improve what we know about increasing longevity by trying to see who can make a mouse live the longest, I was wondering what some people would do to achieve this. So my question is what would your strategy/strategies be to try to win the contest, and make your mouse live the longest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokele Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Breed one from wild stock. Lab and pet mice are famously inbred, which results in shorter lifespan. For really high-level genetic tinkering, make it an ectotherm. A long-lived mouse can reach up to 4 years old, while a comparably sized lizard can live for 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM6 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Calorie restriction works. But this has already been done. Other ideas: Teach them to meditate Transplant the heart of a similarly sized reptile Have them live in a cooler environment Let them drink wine And the cherry: Keep transplanting the brain of the "contest mouse" into fresh bodies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 (edited) Stroke it redularly, massage its back - feed it well and talk to it nicely in a high pitched tone. Keep its cage clean and tidy (possibly consult a feng suei expert about the cage layout). Give it a little excersise once and a while. When I was little - we had a guinie pig that lived for about 10 or 11 years!!! Dumb thing really - I loved it, but every time I tried to get it out of the cage it reacted as if it had never seen me before in its life. You'd think it would have got used to me over the years - but no. Merged post follows: Consecutive posts merged................................ ................................... Just looked it up - the world record for a guinie pig was 13 years! Darn - I thought we would have been close. Their normal life expectancy is about 3 or 4 years IIRC. Hmm... just looked deeper - apparently there was one that made 14! and some places quote 5 to 7 years on average. You can't believe everything you read on the net afterall! Edited May 23, 2009 by DrP Consecutive posts merged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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