10 More Weird Yet Totally Normal Behaviors From Pet Rats

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  @rhaenyrareigns2200 · 7 years ago · pinned

  <b>10 More Weird Yet Totally Normal Behaviors From Pet Rats:</b><br>01. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=26">0:26</a> - Tail Wagging;<br>02. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=72">1:12</a> - Head Swaying (&quot;Scanning&quot;);<br>03. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=139">2:19</a> - Food Hoarding;<br>04. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=182">3:02</a> - Food Stealing;<br>05. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=218">3:38</a> - New Home Sneezes;<br>06. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=268">4:28</a> - Sleeping Puffed Up;<br>07. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=300">5:00</a> - &quot;Potato Rat&quot;;<br>08. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=350">5:50</a> - Biting Socks/Bandaids;<br>09. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=402">6:42</a> - Peeing On Other Rats;<br>10. @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLSHmcDdGc&amp;t=446">7:26</a> - Playing/&quot;Zoomies&quot;.

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  @isabellatate1683 · 8 years ago

  When I got my first rat, Caramel, I didn&apos;t know that they hoarded food, so I assumed he just ate a lot because i&apos;d go to the cage after feeding him like, 30 - 60 minutes ago, and his food bowl would be empty, so I&apos;d fill it up again, and the same thing would happen. Eventually I got annoyed and went to his cage and picked him up, and he looked at me like he wanted more food. I put him back in the cage and he immediately ran to the food bowl, which was almost empty, grabbed some food and ran under his hidey, turtle shell looking thing. I reached in and grabbed it, then lifted it up to see him, and a pile of food poured out of the sides and he just looked at me with the freaking cutest face, life a child that was caught but still looks innocent. God bless that little monster, he always comes up to the edge of the cage when im there and looks at me, then where I keep his food, implying that he wants more. I always check his hiding thing before I feed him now xD

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  @elysafrancisco7240 · 7 years ago

  My vet explained the biting bandaids/socks/etc, as the rat&apos;s way of grooming you. They see the random object as something that doesn&apos;t belong on your person naturally, so they think you&apos;re stuck and want to help remove it. My rats also used to chew through my hair ties and unbraid my hair, because they saw the braids as &quot;knots&quot; that needed to be detangled! Lol

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  @justslightly7794 · 8 years ago (edited)

  The tail waggling makes their tails look more wormy than they already do!

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  @luvfromrubyy · 6 years ago

  To be honest the scanning just looks like they’re vibing to something 😂

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  @ChristopherRose94 · 8 years ago

  my boy rich is an extreme potato sleeper. you can actually see his little nose poking out from under his balls. and he oftentimes ends up knocked over by his cagemate and does a forward roll. timmy, on the other hand, sleeps motionless on his back and scares me every time.

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  @wwondertwin · 6 years ago (edited)

  Peeing on is a marker of relationships. Young rats will even run under the bellies of older rats to get pee on their coats as this scent marks them as part of the family. Everyone wants the pee of the dominant rat on them because it means they belong to the family of the dominant one and won&apos;t get bullied as an outsider. This trick can be exploited when doing intros, just rub the bellies of the older rats on the newcomer so that he gets a little bit of everyone&apos;s pee on him. That makes him smell like family and reduces aggression from the group members.<br><br>I know it&apos;s a bit gross to us humans but it&apos;s the ratty way lol.

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  @juliebitton9386 · 8 years ago

  My baby rat Maurice will hide food then he will put his stuffed animal rat in front of to guard his food😂

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  @hotaruishere2133 · 8 years ago

  OMG!!! THEY WAG THEIR TAILS!!! That&apos;s adorable!!!!!! I had no idea that was a thing!!!

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  @warpstarr · 8 years ago

  I woke up my little girl oreo and she yawned and stretched her little arms and it was ADORABLE for some reason😂😔

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  @sukablyatnahui · 6 years ago

  My dad: * hates rats *<br>Me: DAD CAN WE GET A RAT??<br>Dad: no.<br>Me: <b>Goes to ShadowTheRat.</b>

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  @randomvrperson4967 · 8 years ago

  Rats, in my opinion, are the best animal to get, if you don’t like to take care of larger animals. We have 4 dogs and a cat, and so far my two rats are the funniest things alive. My family is going through a tough time and they just do the craziest things and make us laugh.

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