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    DIY Rat / mice caging.

    Hey guys and gals! I figured I would post the most amazing rat/ mouse cage. This cage is for people who don't want the big wood rack but still want the amazingness of a rack.

    Here it is.

    First I cut two holes up near the front using my router.

    Then using a drill I drilled some holes around the outside of the hole about 2 inches apart and atached 1/4 inch hardware cloth on the inside with 16 gauge wire. And burned a hole in the side with my soldering iron for the water bottle.

    then I drilled some holes around one end for the feed hopper. This style of bin can make two hoppers. So I put dog food and mazuri on each side with some millet for a little snack.

    this bins for my asfs and I have another for my mice. I like this setup because it's small and stackable.

    I'll post more pics if anyone has any questions .
    Thanks for looking!

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    Re: DIY Rat / mice caging.

    Hi,

    Couple of Q's / suggestions from an uninformed person.

    Can they eat through that small a mesh ok?

    Wouldn't they be able to get a tooth hold on the handle indentations at the other then from the food? I would have been tempted to mesh that off as well and use metal washers around the spout of the water bottle.

    Did you put mesh panels in the lid as well?


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    Re: DIY Rat / mice caging.

    I haven't had a problem with chew outs on these bins. I usually toss a scrap piece of wood in there and don't have a problem with chewing. The water bottle is usally pretty good because the hole is burnt to within like .001.
    The 1/4 is fine for them. I've been using 1/4 for my past two racks and it's not a problem.

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    Re: DIY Rat / mice caging.

    Sorry there is no ventilation in the lid.

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    Re: DIY Rat / mice caging.

    You should replace that mesh holding the food with some mesh that has wider openings. It will probably be really hard for the rat/mouse to get a good bite of the food through those small openings.

    Everything else looks good though.

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    Re: DIY Rat / mice caging.

    Quote Originally Posted by PurplePython View Post
    You should replace that mesh holding the food with some mesh that has wider openings. It will probably be really hard for the rat/mouse to get a good bite of the food through those small openings.

    Everything else looks good though.
    Thanks! Yeah I haven't really had a problem with the 1/4. All my mice and rats are super fat. I barely ever see them chillin at the food for long amounts of time. I think if they were starving they would constantly be at the food chewing right?
    Yeah I really like these. I've made three of em so far. Also the plastic on these bins is very thick and hard. I would imagine the mice and rats would have a lotta trouble chewing out.

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    Re: DIY Rat / mice caging.

    Looks very well! I'll tray it out!
    And I think that the 1/4 mash is better, specially for dog food, with the 1/2 there's a lot of wast.
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    Re: DIY Rat / mice caging.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremy78 View Post
    T Also the plastic on these bins is very thick and hard. I would imagine the mice and rats would have a lotta trouble chewing out.
    Famous last words. We've only had it happen once in the past few years, and none of the asf's in that particular tub were brave enough to jump so no one got out, but it DID happen.

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    Re: DIY Rat / mice caging.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremy78 View Post
    Thanks! Yeah I haven't really had a problem with the 1/4. All my mice and rats are super fat. I barely ever see them chillin at the food for long amounts of time. I think if they were starving they would constantly be at the food chewing right?
    Yeah I really like these. I've made three of em so far. Also the plastic on these bins is very thick and hard. I would imagine the mice and rats would have a lotta trouble chewing out.
    Yeah, I wish I would have went with tubs like yours from the start. I am using like big sterrilite storage bins. I wish I would have got tubs like yours so I could easily stack mine. I will probably switch to something like what your doing in the neer future.

    Have you had any troubles with spacing at all? As far as the mice feeling crammed or anything?

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    Re: DIY Rat / mice caging.

    Quote Originally Posted by dr del View Post
    Wouldn't they be able to get a tooth hold on the handle indentations at the other then from the food? I would have been tempted to mesh that off as well and use metal washers around the spout of the water bottle.
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    Notice the second picture from the top. It already shows signs of chew out at the handle. So, yeah the design looks good and gives me some ideas for the future but I would definitely wire the other end.

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