What sounds does a decorative rat make? Learning to understand “rat language”

What sounds do domestic and wild rats make?

Under natural conditions, rodents live in colonies and communicate in three complementary ways:

1. High frequency sounds. Used by cubs to find their mother or by males during the mating season. The human ear is not able to recognize this signal.
2. Chirping. Rapid rhythmic chattering of teeth is used to warn relatives of approaching danger. A domestic rat can also chirp if it is scared.

3. Smells. They play a key role, since the rat’s sense of smell is more developed than other senses. Wild animals mark their territory with scent glands, and also recognize relatives by a specific smell.

Reference! Rats are myopic, so visual perception does not play a key role for them.

As they became domesticated, people learned to distinguish and identify some of the sounds of their pets.

Dream Interpretation - Rat

Rats in a dream are dangerous enemies. They can also mean our loved ones who cause us constant trouble and grief. Killing a rat in a dream is a symbol of victory over an enemy or troubles. Such a dream also means that you are intolerant of human weaknesses and will not put up with meanness, cowardice, and hypocrisy. Petting a rat in a dream is a harbinger of trouble from a person whom you considered your friend and whom you trusted. A white rat in a dream is your hidden enemy. See interpretation: animals, beasts. Skinning it in a dream means that you will be able to outwit an insidious enemy and profit at his expense. The main thing is that the skin does not tear during sleep, because this is the most valuable thing a rat has.

Squeak

With the help of a piercing loud squeak, the animal tries to convey its fear or pain. Inspect the area around the cage and analyze what might have frightened your pet. It is likely that the rat could hear the cat or the hum of the vacuum cleaner from the next room.

If the rat does not live alone in the cage, put it away. Inspect carefully for bites and injuries. If there are no visible signs of damage on the body, and the pet does not calm down and continues to squeak for a long time, contact your veterinarian immediately. Your pet may experience severe pain due to internal injuries.

A quiet, barely audible squeak from stroking means that the rodent enjoys communicating with the owner.

An abrupt loud squeak when pulled out of the cage signals that the pet is not in the mood to contact a person.

Choosing an ultrasonic repellent device

The practice of fighters against rats and mice shows that repellers that cost more than 1,000 rubles work reliably. In the case of these devices, the price quite well reflects the level of quality: cheaper than 1000 rubles, they usually sell obvious junk, sometimes only simulating work by flashing LEDs.

Moreover, special tests were carried out on several dozen devices on basement and free-living rats in abandoned enterprises. It turned out that powerful and more or less reliable means that can repel pests are:

1. Chiston 2 (its price is approximately 2,200 rubles);
2. Chiston 2 PRO (costs about 2,500 rubles);
3. Bioguard (4500 rubles);
4. TM-315 (costs more than 10,000 rubles);
5. WK-0600 (7500 rubles);
6. UZU-03 (costs about 3,000 rubles);
7. Spectrum (3500 rubles);
8. Tornado 800 (popular device, price approximately 3,500 rubles);
9. Tsunami-2 (the cheapest on the list, costs just under 2,000 rubles);
10. KQ-202 A (about 8,000 rubles).

The photo below shows the Chiston 2 repeller:

And here is Tornado 800:

These devices are more likely to scare away rats from a large apartment or from a medium-sized private house, from a basement or technical room. However, even they sometimes do not give a visible effect.

On a note

You can also scare a rat using an ultrasonic dog shocker. However, you won’t be able to use this product all the time, since it drains the battery too quickly.

Sometimes devices from the Elektrokot, Grad, and Typhoon brands work, and sometimes they don’t help. They look effective in reviews on YouTube when the device is turned on directly in a mouse cage, but in a large house the power of the repeller may not be enough.

It is also useful to read: Using electric rat traps to control rodents

Can pet rats hiccup?

Hiccups in an animal occur against the background of:

• overeating;
• nervous excitement;
• hypothermia;
• helminthic infestation.

If the case of hiccups is isolated, then there is no need to worry - perhaps the rat has simply eaten too much. If attacks of hiccups occur periodically, then you need to think about changing food and carrying out preventive deworming.

Important! When hiccups are accompanied by heavy, wheezing breathing, take your pet to the vet immediately. There is a high risk of pneumonia or pneumonia. Without proper treatment, this can lead to the death of your pet.

Reasons why a rat may be choking or panting?

If extraneous sounds are heard during breathing (wheezing, whistling, etc.), it becomes confused or the animal is suffocating, this may be the cause of various diseases.

Respiratory diseases (bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma)

Sometimes even a common cold can cause more severe illnesses, resulting in death. For respiratory diseases, the following symptoms are distinguished:

Cardiovascular diseases (heart failure, heart attack, stroke)

Heart failure can occur in any rat, regardless of age. This disease also causes striking symptoms:

Older, older rats may have a heart attack or stroke.

These diseases are characterized by the following symptoms:

What sounds indicate health problems?

“Pigeon” cooing occurs with various diseases of the respiratory system (colds, rhinitis, runny nose), less often with cardiac dysfunction. The animal needs a veterinary examination and selection of comprehensive treatment.

Grunting sounds can be a sign of a deviated nasal septum, rhinitis, or even pneumonia. But don’t be alarmed in advance—in some cases, the rat may grunt with pleasure. For example, receiving a desired treat or affection from a person.

Grunt

The rat often makes sounds that are similar to grunting from pleasure when communicating with the owner or receiving a favorite treat from him. However, grunting sounds for these rodents are not the norm, since they most often occur if the animal has rhinitis, pneumonia, heart problems or a deviated nasal septum.

If such a condition appears, it is better to show your pet to a veterinarian and make sure that his life is not in danger.

Important! Grunting sounds combined with shortness of breath, whistling, convulsions, blanching of the ears, blueness of the tip of the tail and paws are produced by dying rats. In this case, the animal needs to be given first aid - give a few drops of Corvalol, and then take it to the doctor.

Can a rat scream?

A heart-rending squeal, scream, or, as it is also called, “crying” of a rat is a sign that the animal is very scared or in pain.

If there are no objective reasons for panic, and the pet continues to scream, carefully remove it from the cage and feel its body with your finger. As a rule, when a person touches a sore spot, the rodent begins to scream louder.

Note! In some cases, a rat may experience pain due to internal injuries to the esophagus after eating inappropriate foods.

What definitely won't repel rats?

Finally, it is almost certain that you will not be able to repel rats with the many cheap Chinese repellers that are actively sold on the Internet. In fact, these tools do nothing; often their task is simply to blink a light so that the user thinks that the device is working. They are bought in the hope of saving money and with the understanding that if the device does not help, then they will not mind the money spent. Actually, this is exactly what happens.

It is useful to pay attention to the operation of the repeller you are purchasing: if a device declared as ultrasonic clearly beeps, it means that it has nothing to do with ultrasound. Therefore, it is unlikely to drive rats out of the house

The so-called magnetic resonance and electromagnetic devices, which supposedly create a field in the apartment’s electrical network that repels insects and rodents, are also useless. There is no theoretical explanation for this effect, but in practice people find that rats and mice do not pay attention to such devices at all.

Various folk repellents almost always turn out to be useless. For example:

• Elder;
• Broken glass scattered near rat passages;
• Black beans;
• Red pepper, also scattered near rat shelters;
• Ash;
• Singed fur;
• Burnt rubber...

At best, these drugs can cause some alertness in rats, but not for long. The animals quickly get used to it and do not leave the house.

If you have personal experience in repelling rodents from your home (by any means), be sure to share the information by leaving a review at the bottom of this page.

An example of how rodents do not pay any attention to a working repeller

• Choosing an effective electronic rat and mouse repeller
• Ultrasonic rat and mouse repeller Tornado 400 and reviews of its use
• The use of ultrasound against rats and mice

What sound does a wounded animal make?

May scream, chirp, or remain silent due to painful shock. Most often, domestic rats suffer injuries to their paws: a torn claw, a cut, a splinter, a broken toe or tail, or a pinched tail.

If you find that your pet has injured itself, calm down, don’t panic, give it first aid. Treat the wound with an anti-inflammatory agent. Try to stop the bleeding with hydrogen peroxide.

The sounds of rats or what decorative rats are talking about

How do rats talk?

You know that of all types of domestic rodents, decorative rats are the easiest and fastest to tame and can be trained and educated (read more about keeping them at home here). Not hamsters, not guinea pigs, but rats. At the same time, unlike other types of rodents, rats have a hard time with a lack of attention from humans and suffer greatly from this. And, in order to somehow attract attention to themselves, they may even begin to make certain sounds.

We will tell you about the sounds rats make and how to learn to understand your rat - we will tell you about this in our new publication...

The rat makes strange noises: what should I do?

Sounds that are unusual for humans are not always something unnatural. Sometimes a rat tries to attract attention, get a treat, or announce danger in this way. Guided by the description of each sound, you can easily understand what your pet is trying to say.

If you suspect that the animal is unwell and needs medical attention, do not delay visiting the veterinarian.

It’s not difficult to learn to feel your pet’s mood if you give him a couple of hours of free time every day. Follow the habits of the rat, try to understand the logic of its actions. Then you will easily understand the sounds that the rat makes and what it is trying to communicate to you in this way.

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Sounds, gestures and postures

Most pet rat owners are unaware that much of the communication between rodents occurs in the high frequency range. A person is able to catch only a small part of such a conversation.

The level of intellectual development of a rat is much higher than that of a hamster, mouse or guinea pig. Long-tailed rodents like to express their need for communication and emotional contact through gestures, sounds, and postures. For these animals, interaction with humans is much more important than with each other.

If the rat owner understands the meaning of at least some of the animal’s non-verbal signals, this greatly facilitates his contact with the pet.

Table 1. Basic signs of rat tongue

Interesting! Decorative rats get sick due to reduced immunity. An animal that is experiencing moderate pain always tries to attract the owner's attention by tapping its teeth.

A feature of domestic rats is their emotional vulnerability. Animals absolutely cannot stand harsh shouts. A severe reprimand from the owner is enough for them to understand that they were wrong.

The pose of the rat is noteworthy, which means agreement with the offense: the animal is turned over on its back, feeling deeply guilty. Within the rat community, this is how individuals who break the rules are punished.

A few more reasons for squeaking

Any owner of a decorative rodent should definitely know the meaning of such signals, but it is also important to be able to understand the intonation and situational context of the squeak:

1. when your pet squeaks while stroking it, you should suspect the presence of a wound, touching which causes pain;
2. the rat is probably happy and in a good mood if in the owner’s hands it squeaks quietly or tries to lick your hand;
3. young rodents often squeak, expressing delight at the fun and games of their fellows;
4. a squeak can also indicate fear, especially if such a squeak is abrupt and loud. Most likely, the rodent sees danger, for example, a sneaking cat, and calls the owner for help;
5. when an animal is picked up and at the same time it makes a squeak, then the rat may be unhappy with being disturbed.

Whether rats squeak in pleasure or pain, they want to be understood. Rat language, varied and interesting, is easy for every caring owner to master. To do this, you just need a little sincere attention, which will certainly be appreciated by your little ward.

Sources:

https://animallittle.ru/zvuki-domashnih-krys.html https://nutriacultivation.ru/archives/9117 https://moy-homyachok.ru/domashniaya-krisa/pochemu-krysy-pishhat.html