The more outgoing of our two adopted hooded rats, Lillie (the other, Flash, is still very nervous and jumpy from her previous home/treatment) has an odd habit of trying to see how far she can ram her nose into your ear! and if your're really lucky, up a nostril! I imagine its some sort of odd ratty acceptance/affection thing like when she tries to groom our hair and my partners goatee , but whats it all about fellow ratty owners?
2007-01-31 13:33:30 · 4 answers · asked by serephina 5 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
My rats do the same thing all the time. I pick them up and they are in my ears. I don't know why, all I know is that it tickles and I don't mind.
Rats groom each other and you're just a big rat to them, so chances are they are grooming you as well.
2007-01-31 14:26:40 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All 3 of mine do that-your right it's affection and grooming. Tame rats basically think of their humans as being unusually big rats and treat you that way,grooming your hair like they would the fur of another rat and so on.
2007-02-02 16:28:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ooo you lucky thing havin rats, not allowed any more cause i keep moving house.
however when i did have them they did exactly the same thing, i think its thier natural curiosity and they see a whole and are tryin to get in it. obviously they cant but if they werent doin it i would be worried. perfectly natural behaviour im affraid.
Mine used to try and lick my eyes when she got thirsty aswell, of course wouldnt let her but when i cried she licked the tears.
sorry is that gross? i was only 13!!!
2007-01-31 15:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by smile 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ever had them loose in your house and chew up the drywall?
Rats are intelligent and cute in their own right .But even after they've done thousands in damage and caused many hours of clean up, I still could not bring myself to poison them, electrocute them or use any other method than to trap them humanely and then take them out to a remote area and set them free!
When I found babies, I would wait to trap the momma and then set them free together.
My husband isn't so nice. He would corner them and stomp on them. I heard one literally SCREAM for it's life, KNOWING what was about to happen! I will never forget that.
Regardless of their destructiveness, they are only trying to survive and they deserve a little bit of consideration for that.
2007-01-31 14:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by Knuckledragger 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋