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Post by jaderattie on Sept 4, 2008 7:45:05 GMT 10
Wow i just got a new rat and he's the most intelligent rat i have ever owned, in the way he is so quick to learn new things. I got him on friday and because i have him away from my other rats in quarantine i'm spending heaps and heaps of time with him. He is very clever. Since Friday he's learnt to come to his name, stand on his back legs, spin in circles on command and last night he took to fetching a ball of scrunched up paper and bringing it back to me. He'll also jump from one hand to the other when i hold them about a foot apart. Does anyone else have very quick learning intelligent rats out there?
What are some other things i could teach him to stimulate his mind? I just get the feeling that he wants to learn. His name is Crash, he's about 9 weeks old and i haven't decided on what colour he is, its one i haven't seen yet, the closest colour i can find on the net to him is a Russian Silver. Is there a similar colour in Australian standards?
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Colleen
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Post by Colleen on Sept 9, 2008 18:30:42 GMT 10
Wow! what an amazing rat!!!
the first time i got rats i had no idea that you could teach them that sort of stuff, so never really bothered. but they were still smart. they pick up on things quickly, for example they learnt what time they expected dinner and would get exited when i came near there cage because i had food.
your rat sounds a little more intelligent though!! its great that he comes when called, that may come in handy one day. You should try shoulder training him.
To my knowledge we dont have Russian silvers here, he could be Dove, which is a silver colour.
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Post by jaderattie on Sept 9, 2008 18:45:23 GMT 10
He will already ride around on my shoulder. Love my little Crash!
I've had rats for 12 years now and i've never seen this colour in any i've owned, i think i'll have to wait for him to get his adult coat.
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Post by Colleen on Sept 9, 2008 18:54:09 GMT 10
Yeah, thats it, you may just have to wait a bit. one of my rats fur colour changed like 5 times before the adult coat came through.
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Post by kaligneyrats on Sept 9, 2008 21:25:02 GMT 10
It could be a colour related thing. I've found that my two dove girls are far more intelligent than any of my other girls. Although my black hooded boy is very playful and does come when he is called. We taught him to play tackle-monster and to 'lay down' (lie flat on his belly) when getting pats, but thats as far he's got. The girls generally don't want anything to do with learning things unless they get bribes of chocolate lol
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Post by pagz on Oct 2, 2008 20:56:26 GMT 10
That sounds like a very clever rat indeed!
Just by comparison, how long would it take to teach the average rat what you have taught him so far? Having a well trained one would be very handy indeed!
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Post by Colleen on Oct 3, 2008 13:53:58 GMT 10
It really depends on the rat. some, and most, pick up think really quickly.
You may think you rat hasn't learnt anything, but they learn subtle things like what time to expect dinner etc...
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Post by angel on Oct 14, 2008 15:27:30 GMT 10
It really depends on the rat. some, and most, pick up think really quickly. You may think you rat hasn't learnt anything, but they learn subtle things like what time to expect dinner etc... ...how to open their cage door... |
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Post by Kim on Oct 14, 2008 15:54:05 GMT 10
haha .. I had to change the type of locking system I had on my cages at one stage as some of my rats worked out how to open their cages and I had unlocked doors and escapees all over the place.  |
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Post by angel on Oct 14, 2008 17:12:58 GMT 10
I came home Monday afternoon because it was my sister's 21st over the weekend and we'd stayed in a hotel sunday night, to find Jule's cage door open, and and him snuggled in his hammock dreaming of all the fun he'd had.
Took me a while to find his handywork, he's chewed up the letter I got telling me about my pay rise. I guess he thought I didn't deserve it or something >_<
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Post by Prue on Oct 22, 2008 14:26:04 GMT 10
Took me a while to find his handywork, he's chewed up the letter I got telling me about my pay rise. I guess he thought I didn't deserve it or something >_< Probably just a reminder to spend your payrise on him  |
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Post by tariss on Oct 22, 2008 19:31:29 GMT 10
Haha! Was that the only thing he chewed up?
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Post by nathan on Oct 27, 2008 10:37:39 GMT 10
rats are a lot smater than people think thay learn very fast i had one that could open the clip to the cage so he could get out and walk around i had the use a pad lock in the end becourse every time i changed the lock he would find out how to open it.
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Post by wulfyskingdom on Oct 27, 2008 20:54:38 GMT 10
Hi Nathan
I've never seen mine figure out how to get out when there is a lock on the cage. Your rats sound very smart.
My very first rat had almost 24/7 run of my bedroom, but occasionally times I had to put him back in his cage and peg the door so he couldnt work it open and get out again. He got very frustrated lol
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Post by angel on Oct 29, 2008 14:10:13 GMT 10
Haha! Was that the only thing he chewed up? I think so. I have a mountain of junk, shoes and clothes I never use or wear in the bottom of my wardrobe, and it was left wide open so it's possible he had fun in there, but he hasn't hurt anything else that is important at least. |
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