Have You Ever Thought About Teaching Your Rat Tricks?

I stumbled across a fun little video that could be helpful in training your pet rats to do tricks!

I know many of our readers have already done some training with their rats, but a few of you have mentioned wanting to try to train your rats.

This video recently made its way into my feed, and I thought it would be a valuable share.

Not Just for Show: Stimulating the Mind

As you may already know, rats are incredibly intelligent animals who are capable of some impressive skills for their tiny size (especially when you consider how small their brains are!) Rats are capable of mapping out and memorizing massive areas, they can predict events and some cause and effect scenarios, they are capable of learning both simple and complex tricks or commands, and they quickly read patterns.

Obviously, rats do not receive the attention they deserve for the smarts that they have!

Teaching your rat tricks isn’t just for entertainment value, either. I know some may argue that training a rat to do tricks is selfish; but it is not. Rats require and enjoy the mental stimulation that comes with learning behaviors, repeating them, and successfully gaining whatever the reward may be (freedom, food, treats, a cozy new toy or hammock, etc.) Therefore, training a rat to do both simple and complex tricks is actually good for your rat’s mental well-being, as well as his or her physical well-being.

Without further ado, checkout the video!