Floral branch rats as adults have an IQ equivalent to a child of about three years old. They are able to respond to their owner's words and maintain interaction with them. With proper training, they can also learn simple commands and sense their owner's emotions.

The Flowery Branch Rat, also known as the Cow Rat or Short-haired Rat, is a gentle house mouse pet. It has a steady and gentle character, loves cleanliness, is smarter than hamsters, is easily frightened, and has a stronger resistance than hamsters. Able to get along with people, especially from a young age to raise recognizable flowering branch rats, the general male flowering branch is more docile and easy to train. The IQ of the flower branch rats is higher, and they can learn some simple actions, spinning and holding coins, and so on.