Yup. This applies for almost all pets as well. Given the choice to be free, most cats dogs birds etc would "retire" away from us, asking only for food and affec

Yup. This applies for almost all pets as well. Given the choice to be free, most cats dogs birds etc would "retire" away from us, asking only for food and affection on the ocassional visits. Humans have a long history of normalizing captivity and slavery of other life. Also rats are awesome creatures, highly misunderstood.