One of my rats does this very funny thing. When you give her a treat, she will take it and put it in the food dish. She will then go try to steal the other rat's treats so she can put them in the food dish as well.
Once she has put her treat(s) in the food dish, she will come back begging for more, and if you actually did fall for her rouse, she would put THAT treat... in the food dish.
I think my rat has OCD.
She will eventually go back to the dish and eat her treat once she knows you won't give her more, but I thought this was such interesting and funny behavior, that it needed to be told.
Obviously, it's her cage, and she has determined that all food belongs in the food dish... no matter what... no exceptions!
Does anyone else have some funny obsessive rat stories?
Once she has put her treat(s) in the food dish, she will come back begging for more, and if you actually did fall for her rouse, she would put THAT treat... in the food dish.
I think my rat has OCD.
She will eventually go back to the dish and eat her treat once she knows you won't give her more, but I thought this was such interesting and funny behavior, that it needed to be told.
Obviously, it's her cage, and she has determined that all food belongs in the food dish... no matter what... no exceptions!
Does anyone else have some funny obsessive rat stories?