How to Socialize Your Rat and Gain Their Trust
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There are dozens of guides and videos on the Internet teaching you how to socialize your pet rat, but I disagree with most of them. Many of these guides rely on food as the primary motivator, but my theory is a little different - it's based on my knowledge of rat social behavior, and how to utilize these natural tendencies and behaviors to socialize them and help them to trust you, especially if they've been abused or neglected. In the video I explain the scientific reasoning behind my theory (albeit it not very well - I didn't write a script and I kind of winged the video, so feel free to ask me questions if you don't understand my explanation), and then I demonstrated my specific method on my pet rat Rattigan, who is actually a wild rat that I had to socialize myself. There are other ways to mimic rat behavior in order to gain their trust and affection, but I only explained how to groom them in this video - so if you want to know the other things I do to socialize them, feel free to ask. You can also apply the basic tenets of this theory to cats, dogs, and other mammals, as long as you understand their behavior. (I don't, so you'll have to do your own research - I only know about rat behavior, and not any other animals. Sorry!)