I like that the first step in rat first aide is grooming. "Maybe he's too dirty to get up!"
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cranking the tongue like a pull start engine. "now she's purring"
Grooming is a heavily social behavior in rodents, so my guess is that it is used as a simple wellness check, to see how the choking party reacts and how severe the problem is
I wonder if owls do the same
Yeah that's why the patient needs more mouse bites
yeah rats are pretty perfect
Mutual Aid is a factor of evolution, our default is coordination and solidarity.
Tbf they do first aid every time I see one by boosting my moral.
It's always something with those lil' rascals
That's a mouse though.
Rats usually can handle choking on their own. While they can't burp or vomit, they have super complex throat muscles and can slowly back up a blocker object to clear the airways. But it wouldn't surprise me if they also did first aid like the mice