I've heard you can teach rats tricks? Is it true?

Answer 1

Yes, they are very smart. Start with simple tasks and reward them each time they do something right. Then gradually increase the difficulty of the task. You can train pretty much every animal this way. Good luck!

Answer 2

Yes it is true. When I was in college our psych class had many different projects to accomplish. One was rat training. Most would do the maze thing but some of us would teach our rats to recognize different shapes that would produce different activities. A triangle would have them walk up a inclined board and jump across to another on and walk back down. A circle would have them use their running wheel. etc.

We finally were able to prove that rats are really very smart.

We called the activities every year "The Rat Decathlon"

Answer 3

Yes, it is true. I have 15 rats in all, 1 adult male, 1 adult female and 13 asstorted babies. I have been working with the adults, teaching them tricks and behavior. I use treats to reward them, their favorites are:

Corn Pops Cereal
Fruit Loops Cereal
Crunchy Cheetos Chips

The female rat was full grown when we got her, we saved her from being snake dinner. She had never been handled. She was very hesitant and scared of us. We kept her in a cage away from our male, because we did not know how old she was. Then, one day she was missing from her cage ... We looked all over the room. My daughter suggested bringing in the cat ... I asked if she had checked everywhere ... She said she had. Out of curiosity, I glanced into the male's cage, and tipped over his hidey-hole and there she was.

About a month later ... she gave birth to 13 babies. This is the first time she accepted food from our hands. She is much tamer now, and is learning trust.

The male will get on the door of his cage and stand on his hind legs and paw at the air, asking for his treats.

He knows that 2 treats is his limit, and after recieving only 2 treats he will go back in and eat one and store the other for later.

Answer 4

Yep true my dad had a pet rat when I was 10 he taught it to fetch a star wars figure and put it in a box lol later when I was 11 he fed it 2 his snake :(

Answer 5

well it depends on what type of rat it is. most rats only live for 5 or less years. i would know i have just lost one i mean it died. you can only teacht hem so much. like their name and i tought mine how to jump in the air but it took time and pacience. so that all you need.
bye xoxoxo

Answer 6

Yes, it's true.... I would suggest getting a brown rat.

Answer 7

Yes, it's true. You can use behavior modification on almost any animal. Use rewards in order to shape behaviors -- keep rewarding approximate behaviors, and give better rewards for the one that come closest to the behaviors you want. This also works on people.

Answer 8

Yes. My sister trained her rat.

Answer 9

yeah you can, you can teach them a virety of flips jumps and spinning moves as well as other neat stuff. I work at a Petsmart and we've taught our fancy rats up for sale how to flip when they see a customer looking their way.

Answer 10

yeah man i had a rat, u just have to work on it and give him food after he does sumtin