Despite their small size, pet rats possess an exceedingly high level of intelligence. With their clever minds, rats know when you’ve arrived home, come when called along with easily learning various amusements such as bowling, food puzzles and other tricks, and, yes, they can even learn to use litter boxes. Pet rat litter training inside […]
Litter Box Literacy: The Finer Points of Teaching Pet Rats to Urinate in Litter Boxes
Your Questions | About Pet Rats Answers QUESTION: I ran into some issues when training my pet rats to use their litter boxes for urinating: 1. I’m obviously not always there when it happens. 2. It is hard to move them to their litterbox quickly if they are in a hard to reach place […]
Got Urine?
Your Questions | About Pet Rats Answers QUESTION: Do your rats pee on you? What can be done about this? ABOUT PET RATS ANSWERS: Here are two types of situations in which your rats might urinate on you along with possible solutions: SCENARIO #1: Your rat is on your shoulder, on your lap or maybe […]
A Cute Cue: Litter Box Training Pet Rats
It was easy to train Henderson to use a litter box. You can always tell when he has to go: For details on pet rat litter box training and litter boxes: Litter Box Lessons for You and Your Pet Rat Pet Rat Bedding & Litter Litter Box Literacy: The Finer Points of Teaching Pet Rats […]
Litter Box & Cat Toy Antics
Rats are brilliant. Here’s a story about Brenda and Gloria who knew exactly where they wanted their litter boxes and just what to do with the cat’s toy.