Ever seen a roof building rat?

[Batdad]

Don't know if this belongs here or not, but this is a weird one. I am in the process of building a rodent cabinet including an auto watering system. In the mean time the mice are on bottles and the rats have bowels. One of the rats, the male I think, has taken to wetting pieces of bedding, shredded paper, and stuffing it in the hardware cloth overhead, kind of like building a roof. Anyone ever seen this kind of thing before? They are kind of freaked I think because of all the activity going on around them. Although the other colony I have doesn’t seem stressed at all.

Bruce

[LurkerAccount]

I guess he wants a roof, or hes bored, rats have about the intelagents(sp?) of a dog you know...

[Neo]

definately trying to impresse you so u wont throw him in w/ a snake ;) jk heh.. if rats are as smart as dogs i guess it'd be normal for a rat to make itself at home

[DarkHunter]

Hello,

Are you sure its the male? Females show similar behavior when building a nest for the babies, you might have a mommy ratty....but Rats like things to hide in when they sleep so if it is the male rat, dont worry it is normal, they are very smart!!
~hunter

[lanalizard]

my rats did that too...lol..but they were females...they would hold it thru the bars and wait until i took it..i guess they were giving me the soiled paper and in return wanted clean ones lol its very cute.