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Are rats thieves

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Female rats are obsessive with collecting fancy bedding to pad their nests, and have been known to steal or destroy towels, clothes, pillow stuffing, curtains, blankets and entire rolls of toilet paper to add to their nests. Two of my rats once worked together and stole and destroyed an entire tablecloth from my dining room table in a single night to create a very big family nest, and some rats even boldly steal clumps of fur from shedding dogs while they sleep.

Rats are also very resourceful in finding food, and will steal much more of it than they can eat at a time to prevent the risk of returning several times a day to eat and being caught by you. Sometimes rats also steal belongings, such as toys, from one another if they are jealous or bored of their own toys and attempt to hide them so they can't be stolen back. Rats have also been known to steal marijuana, medicine, corsages, condoms, potpourri and other things which have a strong attractive smell.

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13y ago

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