Rats vs Rice Pops - The Closest I’ve Seen to Rat Food Agression 😰

So as the title implies this video was meant to be just a fun video of the rats enjoying some rice pop treats. And for the most part that’s exactly what it was - no rats go hurt, and they all enjoyed their treats. But this was taken a few weeks back when my group was not fully bonded yet, and Pickle (marten rat) almost took it too far. She nipped the other rats during this video and generally was being very high-strung and on edge - thankfully since then the group has fully integrated and Pickle is just fine sharing even the tastiest treats, but I do wish I did a bit more to deescalate this situation (again no rat got hurt, but there should never be the possibility of it happening either). I hesitated to post this, but I think its useful as a learning experience. I’m not perfect, and sometimes I don’t make the best judgments for my rats in the moment. Thankfully it all ended well, but this is the sort of food squabbling you do want to prevent, because it goes well above the usual cagemate l