post your rodent breeding set-up!
as the title says, we wanna see your rodent breeding setups! doesn't matter if you have 10 rodents, or 10,000 rodents! let's see those rat rooms!
i'll start. sorry for the crappy cell phone pics, but i just couldn't start up a thread and not include my own pictures. we are moving to a rack setup soon and will not be using glass tanks anymore. but here are the tanks for now:
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I see woods dude!
Wheres the dirtbikes???
Nice setup dudeskit.
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Every slot in all of these rack are now full..and we are having to build a new addition to this building.
YouTube - The Rat Room
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Patrick Long
I see woods dude!
Wheres the dirtbikes???
Nice setup dudeskit.
I'm too old for the Dirt these days...LOL!
Here's a pic from a couple years ago...I'm on the bike.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...shenryjon4.jpg
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It's changed again since this pic but this is what I use for breeding...
http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT1756.jpg
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snakesRKewl, i notice you use water bottles for watering. that is the method i'm going to be using with my racks, at least for the first little bit. do you find it at all annoying to have to change all the bottles individually?
i like the idea of bottles because if one breaks, you just get a new one. whereas with the big watering system with tubes and everything, i'd be afraid of something getting clogged and me having to replace the whole tubing system.
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Since I'm a stay at home dad with like 36 hours a day to play with my snakes and rats, no I don't find it to be an issue at all.
If I worked all day and had limited time then I might consider a watering system.
With bottle they do have to be bleached occasionally, but really only about once every month or two.
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Really nice clean setup who makes the grow out cages you got ?:gj:
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I started with this 8 x 12 storage building that was here when I bought the house. It was just your basic building with a storage loft and pegboard nailed to the studs. I needed more height for the water buckets so I tore out the loft and raised the ceiling. I also had to add the window for my AC unit and I filled in the hole that was left from the loft door on the front. After running electric out too the building I insulated and hung drywall. I taped and mudded the drywall but it is FAR from being what one would call "finished" drywall.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/DSCN4421.jpg
Here is what you see when you open the doors.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/DSCN4422.jpg
I built two racks each holding 20 tubs. I usually have 36 -38 tubs breeding at all times. I always leave one tub open on each rack to make cleaning easier. Each tub has 1 male and 2 females. I average between 600-800 rats per month with this setup. I feed all my snakes and wholesale a lot of pinkies and crawlers.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/DSCN4423.jpg
This rack uses the large cement tubs. This is where I grow out the feeders for my snakes and my future breeders. I clean once a week and probably spend a total of about 5 hours a week between cleaning and topping off food and water. In the pics you see Doggy Bag dog food but I am now using Mazuri.
