Aamanda's Misfits:Research on Rat Aggression and Behavior

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Rat Behavior and Aggression

Articles listed here cover a variety of viewpoints. Aamanda's Misfits' goal is not to promote a particular philosophy, but rather to provide access to information.

As we work with individual rats and our vet we will post our own findings on this page to add to the research that is being done. More information on how to deal with biting or aggressive rats can be found in our Resources section.

Eva's Rat FAQ

http://goto.glocalnet.net/rat/care/ratbehav.htm

Brain Mechanisms for Offense, Defense, and Submission

http://www.culture-of-peace.info/bbs/comment11-44.html

Americans for Medical Advancment AFMA

http://www.curedisease.com/Perspectives/vol_3_1991/psych.html
interesting article by a former animal researcher on whether studies on aggression in rats are really studies in rat defenses against human aggression

Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine

http://www.pcrm.org/issues/Animal_Experimentation_Issues/psych_of_abuse.html
talks a little about the reasons people abuse animals

VEIN Veterinary Education and Information Network

http://vein.library.usyd.edu.au/links/Essays/2001/mcdonagh.html
aggression and cage cleaning (mice), also some interesting information about cage enrichment

RMCA Rat and Mouse Club of America

http://www.rmca.org/Articles/aggres.htm
http://www.rmca.org/Articles/aggression.htm

Aggressive Male Rats

http://www.horns.freeserve.co.uk/ratneuter.htm
aggression in male rats and the effect of physical or chemical neutering

Anne's Rat Page

http://www.ratbehavior.org/Aggression.htm
lots of excellent information here on rat behavior