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| Missy |
I am a new 50 something rat owner who is delighted which her new
companion, Elmer. I am a Certified TTouch Practitioner 1 who wants to
clicker train Elmer. I am new to having a rat as a companion,
Is there anyone out there who can steer me in the right direction?
Elmer & I have been together for about a month now. He is so smart,
affectionate, & playful! I plan to assist at TTouch Practitioner
Trainings in the future & bring Elmer with me to give demos to
Practitioners in Training about how to work with rats. He loves the
TTouch work I do with him, but I am stymied as to the clicker
training.
How does one make treats small enough not to fill him up? What treats
seem to work the best? I know that he is smart enough to do it. I want
to put together an agility type course for him.
If anyone can give me any advice I would greatly appreciate it! I wish
that I had had rats as pets instead of hamsters when I was a child.
They ar sooooo much fun!!
Is there anyone out there who can steer me in the right direction?
Elmer & I have been together for about a month now. He is so smart,
affectionate, & playful! I will be assisting at TTouch Practitioner
Trainings in the future & bringing Elmer with me to give demos to
Practitioners in Training about how to work with rats. He loves the
TTouch work I do with him, but I am stymied as to the clicker
training.
How does one make treats small enough not to fill him up? What treats
seem to work the best? I know that he is smart enough to do it. I want
to put together an agility type course for him.
If anyone can give me any advice I would greatly appreciate it! I wish
that I had had rats as pets instead of hamsters when I was a child.
They ar sooooo much fun!!
As an assistent in TTouch Trainings I hope to spread the word that
rats are wonderful pets.
Thank you in advance for any help. Since I am not often of this group,
if you could answer me at midasttouch@earthlink.net I would appreciate
it.
Sorry if this message has some repitive things in it, The preview
showed them but I didn't know how to fix it.
Missy Allemang
Tellington TTouch Practitioner 1
midasttouch@earthlink.net
Gt. Barrington, MA
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| BasserX |
I've never tried training my rats, but they've had some success with
me. Sunflower seeds are a good bite-sized reward that most ratties
can't resist. They aren't the healthiest thing in the world for them,
so they shouldn't have too much. They also finish them pretty quickly
(unless your rat is a horder) so you can get on with the next
exercise. Whole wheat bread crust is also a favorite and you can break
it up into itty-bitty pieces. You'd be surprised at how long a rat can
take to eat even a little bit. Teeny pieces of cooked pasta or grains
of cooked rice seem to be a hot seller on any ratty buffet as well.
None of this would work with my rats, though. As soon as they had
finished a grain of rice or a sunflower seed, their attention goes
immediately to the business of acquiring more and it takes a little
while to focus their attention on anything else. Of course, mine are
females. It might be easier with a male.
midasttouch@earthlink.net (Missy) wrote in message news:<3b6b7338.0308101555.4a549831@posting.google.com>...
> I am a new 50 something rat owner who is delighted which her new
> companion, Elmer. I am a Certified TTouch Practitioner 1 who wants to
> clicker train Elmer. I am new to having a rat as a companion,
>
> Is there anyone out there who can steer me in the right direction?
> Elmer & I have been together for about a month now. He is so smart,
> affectionate, & playful! I plan to assist at TTouch Practitioner
> Trainings in the future & bring Elmer with me to give demos to
> Practitioners in Training about how to work with rats. He loves the
> TTouch work I do with him, but I am stymied as to the clicker
> training.
>
> How does one make treats small enough not to fill him up? What treats
> seem to work the best? I know that he is smart enough to do it. I want
> to put together an agility type course for him.
>
> If anyone can give me any advice I would greatly appreciate it! I wish
> that I had had rats as pets instead of hamsters when I was a child.
> They ar sooooo much fun!!
>
> Is there anyone out there who can steer me in the right direction?
> Elmer & I have been together for about a month now. He is so smart,
> affectionate, & playful! I will be assisting at TTouch Practitioner
> Trainings in the future & bringing Elmer with me to give demos to
> Practitioners in Training about how to work with rats. He loves the
> TTouch work I do with him, but I am stymied as to the clicker
> training.
>
> How does one make treats small enough not to fill him up? What treats
> seem to work the best? I know that he is smart enough to do it. I want
> to put together an agility type course for him.
>
> If anyone can give me any advice I would greatly appreciate it! I wish
> that I had had rats as pets instead of hamsters when I was a child.
> They ar sooooo much fun!!
>
> As an assistent in TTouch Trainings I hope to spread the word that
> rats are wonderful pets.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help. Since I am not often of this group,
> if you could answer me at midasttouch@earthlink.net I would appreciate
> it.
>
> Sorry if this message has some repitive things in it, The preview
> showed them but I didn't know how to fix it.
>
> Missy Allemang
> Tellington TTouch Practitioner 1
> midasttouch@earthlink.net
> Gt. Barrington, MA
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| lOw |
BasserX a écrit:
> You'd be surprised at how long a rat can
> take to eat even a little bit.
oh yes ! :) and after the munching, a lil' bit of
nose cleaning, and maybe a bit of hips cleaning just
for the heck of it
> None of this would work with my rats, though. As soon as they had
> finished a grain of rice or a sunflower seed, their attention goes
> immediately to the business of acquiring more and it takes a little
> while to focus their attention on anything else. Of course, mine are
> females. It might be easier with a male.
mh I dunno, I have males, and the first thing they do after
recieving a treat is coming back with a "more please ?" look
on their face :)
the only exception is yogurt drops, I always give just one,
3-4 times a week, and they *know* by now they wont have another
one, so they lick their paws, snif a bit on the floor, check if
the brother has finished his, and go back to business.
speaking of food, since the weather is so hot lately, my
ratties arent really eating much, although they drink a
lot. It worries me a little, although I can understand them
not being very hungry. I try to give them nice cold food,
which they'll gladly take, but even with that, they wont
stuff their faces like they normally would.
--
"Well I heard she has a brain, you can't reason with brains."
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| Dale Voss |
I've found that a needle-less syringe, filled with baby food makes an
excellent reward.
It's small, sweet, healthy, can be varied until you find the 'perfect'
taste, what's better is that they have to stay near you to get their reward,
they can't grab n' run (although my girls try their hardest to.)
About the only problem is that with four girls, it's not the easiest feat to
give it to the girl who did the trick.
-Dale
"lOw" <batsioux-eatmyspam@club-internet.fr> wrote in message
news:3F37BD33.8070608@club-internet.fr...
> BasserX a écrit:
> > You'd be surprised at how long a rat can
> > take to eat even a little bit.
>
> oh yes ! :) and after the munching, a lil' bit of
> nose cleaning, and maybe a bit of hips cleaning just
> for the heck of it
>
> > None of this would work with my rats, though. As soon as they had
> > finished a grain of rice or a sunflower seed, their attention goes
> > immediately to the business of acquiring more and it takes a little
> > while to focus their attention on anything else. Of course, mine are
> > females. It might be easier with a male.
>
> mh I dunno, I have males, and the first thing they do after
> recieving a treat is coming back with a "more please ?" look
> on their face :)
> the only exception is yogurt drops, I always give just one,
> 3-4 times a week, and they *know* by now they wont have another
> one, so they lick their paws, snif a bit on the floor, check if
> the brother has finished his, and go back to business.
>
> speaking of food, since the weather is so hot lately, my
> ratties arent really eating much, although they drink a
> lot. It worries me a little, although I can understand them
> not being very hungry. I try to give them nice cold food,
> which they'll gladly take, but even with that, they wont
> stuff their faces like they normally would.
>
>
>
> --
> "Well I heard she has a brain, you can't reason with brains."
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