My Rat rack

[bc30629]

Well I had some extra time and motivation and got my rat rack all finished up. Well almost, I'm still going to install a watering system because i absolutely loath water bottles. The lixit brand is horrible, they should be called dripsit. Anyways, heres my rack, with a picture of a little hanging hopper i made for the younglings. Plus a pic of an uber pregger mouse and a pick of my male ASF who is working on getting old enough to make the ladies mommas.

[jkobylka]

Great looking rack! how does the little food drop down affect opening the tubs?

Nice work.

Justin

[littleindiangirl]

Great idea for the drop down!! I imagine if you put it towards the front enough, you can still get the tub down and out?

[Adam_Wysocki]

Is that 1/2 inch mesh?

-adam

[bc30629]

Great looking rack! how does the little food drop down affect opening the tubs?

Nice work.

Justin

Great idea for the drop down!! I imagine if you put it towards the front enough, you can still get the tub down and out?

Well your correct on the fact that being near the front i can pull the tub almost fully out, but i cant totally remove the tub. I decided this is fine with me though as I just move the mice to another tub and suck all the used substrate out with my shopvac. Then just give it a good cleaning with some clorohexidine, let dry, and then refill.

Is that 1/2 inch mesh?

-adam

I dont have the packaging anymore but I think you are correct in your guess.

[Adam_Wysocki]

I dont have the packaging anymore but I think you are correct in your guess.

Keep an eye on the little buggers ... I've seen plenty of female mice push their pinkies right through 1/2 screen ... I've had to pull racks apart and re-screen with 1/4 for mice before ... not fun. Hopefully you won't have the same problem that I did, but I thought I'd give a heads up just in case.

Nice looking rack!

-adam

[Blue Apple Herps]

Well your correct on the fact that being near the front i can pull the tub almost fully out, but i cant totally remove the tub. I decided this is fine with me though as I just move the mice to another tub and suck all the used substrate out with my shopvac. Then just give it a good cleaning with some clorohexidine, let dry, and then refill.

I wonder if there was a way you could rig some sort of removable feeding apparatus? Something that you could pop out to fully remove the tub? Just thinking out loud...

[Drew87]

Very cool, nice job

[bc30629]

Keep an eye on the little buggers ... I've seen plenty of female mice push their pinkies right through 1/2 screen ... I've had to pull racks apart and re-screen with 1/4 for mice before ... not fun. Hopefully you won't have the same problem that I did, but I thought I'd give a heads up just in case.

Nice looking rack!

-adam

Good advice, I see what you mean by the size. A little pink would surely fit through the openings. I will keep an eye out for pinks on the roof, until then i guess i gotta just keep my fingers crossed.

I wonder if there was a way you could rig some sort of removable feeding apparatus? Something that you could pop out to fully remove the tub? Just thinking out loud...

Technically i could do that, i would just have to bend back the wire a bit, but i honestly dont have a problem with the way it is set up now. In fact I just cleaned the mouse tub and I was quite satisfied. I will let you know if it becomes a problem though.

Very cool, nice job

Thanks!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Nice rack however hopper mice will be able to squeeze through the hardware cloth and escape (I learned the hard way )