How to Play with your Rats - 3 Ways to Engage and Interact! 

imagine training a hundred rats to grab things and put it in baskets, and use that to clean op streets and buildings.

I got my rats a few days ago and have discovered my rat Frost REALLY likes being tickled/wrestled with. I chase her with my hand and tickle her and she gets so excited she starts bouncing around and chattering like crazy while also trying to get her sister Piper to join in who is just not having it by the sound of her squeaks xD

Just remember whenever they're out of their cage always keep an eye on what they're hiding and their mouths I swear it's their personal mission to steal everything

Wow, I knew rats were smart but I can't believe how smart and well trained they are. Amazing 😀

Through love, that's where we gain our worth; even a rat. What a heartwarming video.

I can see this channel becoming one of the top rat RU-vid channels sometime in the future. Keep it up, these videos are edited very well and the audio is perfectly clear!

I love when they play wrestle! It’s one of my favorite parts of when they are young

I have a year old rat (Nicky) that really likes hand wrestling! His father and brother aren’t into wrestling with me but Nicky’s always been super outgoing and enjoys playing with people!

Thank you for posting this! I’m a new rat owner and playtime consisted of my two ratties just running around, and I’d cut some holes in some cardboard boxes so they could explore those, but I could tell they’re getting bored. I’ll do some of these! :)

So cute. My girls love to play like this and it's amazing how strong and fast they are. Once they get wound up they start chasing each other.

I really want to get a rest, so I’m adding a bunch of videos on care and things to do with them

Once I saw my rat sitting in the corner chewing something and I sorta freaked out bc I didn’t know what it was and then I realized IT WAS A fLy lol

My heart literally melted!! They’re so intelligent and cute!!

I'm happy one of my older rats still enjoys hand wrestling!

4:29 So that’s how you train pickpockets! 😂

Thank you for the love and kindness you give to your animals

I’m guessing my rat enjoys hand wrestling, he does exactly what Latte does. Glad to know he’s enjoying it. :)

Imagine having your rat help you commit a robbery

so wholesome! thank you!

Teach the rats to rob people lol

So good your rats is very very cute

Its just amazing how you can train your pet rats. Great video 😄

This is great! Thanks!

My baby cloud will grab my finger and pull me around before running around playing "catch me!" Haha love her so much! 💕

Those are some adorable rat names

Thank you for your cute videos! You have helped me understand my new rat friends much better

So cute ! I want to try the string thing never thought of that

this is so adorable! I really hope my boys wil respond to this once they have a fitting play pen, they have so much energy

I really really enjoy watching your rat's engaging with you and I love rat's so very much you have made my day enjoyable they are all so cute and extremely clever 😊

this really helped me. thank you for uploding it

2:09 - MINE MINE MINE MINE!!!! *runs off with it* lol

Well Tamed, Cute Rats ♥️

omg thank you this is so cute and helpful xxx

Great video, thanks

bro this is so cute and such good advice.

That was such a nice video, you're voice is so nice and cute

i just got my first rats today. i got them from my sister who had to get rid of them because of money issues and ive never been happier and this video is going to help a lot thank you

I want cuddle every rat, extrem lovely!🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I got my rats a few days ago and I'm currently watching this with one of them while she peeks out of my jumper 😂 she definitely likes hand wrestling but her sister is a little more reserved. Thanks for the video, it was really informative!

Your rat baby grabbing the money was amazing lol that was pretty cool haha mine are so sweet, we have two so far, but I wish my baby was more cuddly haha

Loved the intro! ;)

As a kid I had a pet rat who would chase my dog around the house as a game. They both loved it!

Its always such a joy to me when I have a rat that likes hand wrestling. IDK why, but I find a lot of my girls just don't end up liking it, even as babies. It's not that they'll be aggressive, they just won't be interested at all. We have 7 rats atm though, and 4 of them all like wrestling! 3 are still very young, a few months at the oldest. But Lillian is over a year old and still really enjoys it. She loves being jostled back and forth, or gently tossed away from me when I sit down. She never really fully wrestles back like our babies currently do (they'll gently nip back or pounce on you haha). She just gets excited by it!

I have one boy who almost starved to death a few months ago. He got really sick and within days deteriorated to be basically skin and bone. I spent weeks getting him healthy and fattening him up with nutritional meals. But because of all this he's now the most food motivated rat ever. He lunges out of his hiding spot every time I come to the cage just to check for a treat, thankfully he doesn't bite though, just puts his mouth on my hand then realises I'm not food and backs off. I've mostly stopped him from this behaviour though. He and his brother know two tricks: kisses and beg. Kisses was to stop him biting because he needs to lick my hand when he wants a treat. And beg was originally just being taught to his brother who has a cute white belly so I could get him to stand up for a treat and then I could show people his belly. But now they both know it simply because Kiba is a glutton.. that being said watching this video made me think that I should invest more time into training Kiba. Remi isn't interested in training and every trick I teach him he does excessively even when not asked then throws a tantrum when he doesn't get a treat.

Wonderful. So very Interesting - such a lovely relationship.

I'm getting my rats today and so I was watching videos of what to do with them there about 9 weeks old and I'm so excited

This was fun and educational to watch. Most people (including me) have a negative image of rats but they actually are very intelligent creatures and I can see that domestically raised rats can be quite interesting and entertaining pets.

I think soft and warm🤗❤️

I just like it when your rat steals money.

You're pets are so cute

I love rats! Their so cute!!!!!!!!!

You have earned a sub from the 🇬🇧😁👍🏻 great video

My rats found feathers to be quite interesting, and played with them and chased after them. It probably helps to put a bit of some sort of treat on the toy you want them to play with. Otherwise they'll loose interest when they realize that there's no connection between the toy and food. Rats are so very food orientated. My rats mostly liked to run around and explore the room. When they were done with that, they would sometimes come and sleep with me in my shirt. Nothing like a warm ratty lump wedged in your sleeve ^.^

I'm actually getting two rat boys today, so this was nice to see.

Good job !!

Aww cookie is so cute! :3

Coll. Good job :3 I love rats 🐭

My rats are about 4ish months and they LOVE to play wrestle! They also popcorn all the time when they do it!

I hand wrestle my rat all the time and he loves it lol

Rats are so cute

After my rat died (way too soon at only 3 yrs) all I do is watch these videos I miss him so much and I still put flowers on his grave

The heck with that, my boys Hook and Sora are about 9 months old and I'll annoy em until they'll hand wrestle me! Lol!!! ...they're both great about it...they finally just get to the point where they're like "FINE!! I'll play!!" and then its all good, cause now they're into it and havin fun! Lil turkeys!! Lol! Sik

I LoVe my two rats sooo much ty soo much for this this helps me alot

my ratties looooved crickets!

Blackberry and Latte look the exact same as my rats Basil and Crumble!

I love your videos❤❤❤❤❤❤🐀🐀🐀🐀

Just got rats today and this video was very helpful :)

They are so smart

I have a rat named Barry! But he is a boy. Thanks for your rat training techniques, they are so helpful.

@Shadow The Rat, Is there anything holding up the cardboard you've set up for their free-range area? I mean on the outside.

I know that I'm late but I LOVE the name Blackberry. Right now I have 3 girls named Gooseberry, Cranberry, and Blueberry. Thanks for the tips in your video.

Watching video about rats on you tube and tomorrow I have to wake up on 5 🤦🏼‍♀️😂I really want one now😍

I had a mini-chihuahua just slightly bigger than your rats and the way you played with them here 0:21-0:39 is exactly how I played with her! She was a biter 🥰

I used to play chase and tug o war with my girls, they loved it

One of my rats loves to hand wrestles and the other one doesn’t but she does like training. They also love tunneling in blankets and climbing. So I can’t wait till I have an actual playpen for them (they escape everything I try) but for now they play on my bed.

Meanwhile my rats being like 👁️👄👁️ to everything here.

One of my rats keeps wiggling his tail really fast when I hand wrestle him, is this normal? I make sure he has space to hide from me when we play, and he hops around like he’s happy and he doesn’t bite me or scream, and he’s pretty young. He’s very friendly too.

Thankyou very much for all the great ideas. My little rat Bell is my best friend and more ideas to engage with her are great. I have only taught her one simple trick as of yet but she loves it and I don't see how a lot of people don't understand how smart rats are. Kane my even smaller baby is too small yet I think to do anything but race around like a lunatic as he is only 4 weeks and an accidental baby of my sisters pet rat Cherry, but I wonder if he would like lightly handwrestling? Also my sisters double rex baby Freya loves chasing things around the floor. Also I tried to copy your rat safe pen with the box walls as it is great. Thanks so much. Your videos are inspirational. Also have you ever had patchwork or hairless Rex's and if so do you know if they are especially person loving as our two are even compared to our other fully furred rats?

I am adding these to my list of reasons why my mum should let me get rats and why they are such great pets.

A dog biscuit on a string works well. So too, gently tossing them on the bed. Mine would go mad with this and keep running back for more! Fluffing them with a soft floppy brush like a duster brush drives them mad too. Another one - an old towel or similar tied up to hang just touching the floor - young ones especially like to pounce on each other underneath. Remote controlled mice/rats are good and other cat toys too. There's no end to the fun you can have with them!

Cookie looks like the exact same as my rat faye!

Excellent!

My rats are the exact same color!!!!!they have different spot patterns but they are so similar

Kenai still hasnt outgrown hand wrestling, he loves it to bits and he's about 10 months now

Thanks I’m wanting to get a pet rat and needed to know how to play with one

I love your channel😘❤️

Three words: "get the rat"

Hi, thanks for your videos, they are great. I would like to know what you give them as a treat to train them. I see you like it a lot

My rat doesn’t play, she refuses. She only wants to get up in my head and chew my hair

I liked this and will still try to play with my rats ages are 8months and 5months

I don't own a rat, but I own a cat. It looks like interacting with a rat is like interacting with a cat.

My rats also love to hand wrestle and chase zip ties

I have an adult rat and 2 babies. My other adult rat passed away so I got the babies to keep him company. Being with the babies changed him, he's like a new rat. He was already grown when I got him and although he was friendly he didn't like being handled out of his cage and wasn't interested in play. Now he wants to play with me and his baby brothers. I was looking for ideas. Thank you!

Omg awesome this is so sick

Wow your girls are SMART my rat literally does nothing but chew my things she doesn’t know anything 😂

this helped me alot i watched all the vids my rats did turn out to love hand wrestling lol

Lol like a cat when playing. Someone needs to raise a baby cat and a baby rat together.

Question i am a new Rat mom i was hoping to Tran my rats but they don't seem to be to eager for treats , is there a nether way to trine them with out the treats ?

My rat wolf never outgrew his hand wrestling playful stage he was about 3 years old when he died and he loved to play

rats are cool and cute ;) i love rats XD