While it is usually the rats that are trained, it is quite possible to train your pet mouse as well. In fact, these little creatures can be some of the funniest pets once they’re trained. You can have them do things like sit in a shirt pocket or on your shoulder while you move around doing your ordinary activities. It is not that difficult to train a mouse, but you will need a lot of patience.

To begin with, understand that your mouse will be motivated by treats as a reward for being smart. So your first step when you want to train your pet is to buy a variety of his favorite treats. Keep them handy where you can easily reach them.

The next step is to build trust between you and your pet. This is the part where you will need a lot of patience because it usually takes a while before you see the first result. Put a treat in your hand and place your hand in the mouse cage. Now sit down, read a book or magazine, and wait. Eventually, your mouse will crawl into your hand to take that gift away from you. When that happens, replace the treat with another and repeat the process.

Establishing familiarity is vital when you decide to train your pet. If your mouse knows you and begins to form a bond of trust with you, the rest of the tricks will come easily. Once you get it to jump into your hand the first time, you can build on it. Soon, it will scramble up your hand because it has been taught to believe that there will be tasty treats there all the time.

Take this one step further. Move the treat to the middle of your arm. Your mouse will start to drag there to retrieve it. Before you know it, you’ll have the mouse running up your arm to find the treat that’s waiting on your shoulder. This is how you can train your pet mouse to sit on your shoulder. It’s all very easy to achieve as long as you have patience and goodies.