Rat Breeding Setup

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...I'm a bit confused by this statement. Chewing in rats is most definitely a natural behavior - they need to chew on items in order to wear down their incisors. If they are not offered appropriate items to chew, they will chew plastic. They are also incredibly intelligent, so they may chew plastic anyway as a means to try to escape or because they're bored.

Chewing plastic specifically is a learned behavior from watching other rats do it. Chewing in general is natural, but not typically plastic. In the wild they don't typically chew plastic unless trying to access our food via trash cans or something. They chew plants, wood, and their food to wear down teeth there and most breeders provide small blocks of wood for chewing in addition to the lab blocks themselves wearing down the teeth, so extra chewing on the tubs is unnecessary and actively culled out by the majority of breeders. Typically by feeding the offenders off to their snakes or other carnivores after humanely euthanizing them.

Breeder rats are rarely bored enough to bother wanting to escape as long as food and water are supplied. They're either having R-rated fun times or dealing with their babies, so boredom is generally not a factor at all.

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