Building & Plumbing a Rodent Rack

Me either, my rack is just like that minus the watering system.

wow that rack is incredible what did it cost to build?

It's been over three years now since it's been up and running and I no longer remember exact costs, but it seems to me that it was somewhere between $300.00-$400.00 bucks. However, even if it were twice that, it's easily paid for itself several times over with all the mice I didn't have to buy.

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Originally Posted by MarkS

It's been over three years now since it's been up and running and I no longer remember exact costs, but it seems to me that it was somewhere between $300.00-$400.00 bucks. However, even if it were twice that, it's easily paid for itself several times over with all the mice I didn't have to buy.

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yeh I am considering building a few rat/mice racks, to save on money. And also supply a few of my friends in need of feeders:)

I just built my six level high asf rat rack, complete with concrete tubs 20x26. I built it using, 2x2 and 2x3 and used 2 1/2 wood screws. I am defintely going to use your idea of the automatic water system. For I am building 1-2 more racks the same size to house my 100asf rat breeding colony. Thanks for the how to.:)

I built my rack based off of Marks design but with a few mods to it. I only made mine 6 levels and used a little larger pan. I put food stops so only 1/4 of the screen has food over it and used a valve on each level. Other than those differences mine is the same. I agree with the $300-400 cost. Right now we are selling surplus to 2 different stores and making a profit of $150 per month, so i would say that it was a wise investment. Thanks for the ideas mark.

I am working on another rack close to this one, 4 wide 7 high. In the end I will have a little less than $300 involved. Including water system.

Wow! very nice

How does the 1/4" wire mesh work for the mice? Are they able to get at the food, or are the holes too small? I always thought that the holes were too small for them to get at their food unless it was 3/8" or 1/2"?

it does seem like 1/4 is too small,however they do fine with it.