Finally Built Myself A Rat Rack

I always thought an auto h20 was the best idea ever--that is until you have a flood and loose a couple of bins of your favorite rats!! I had just upgraded to a 5 gal pail for water container and the rats moved nipple and flooded there cage--what an awful sight to see your poor rats drowned. The other time i had an escapee that chewed the line. Ill never go back. Its all water bottles for me now-may take a smidge more time but I have better easy of mind knowing no one will drown. JUST A THOUGHT TO KEEP IN THE BACK YOUR HEAD.

thats why i use a 3 1/2 gallon bucket not enough to flood them all the one flood i had they made an island of pine and all lived

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Originally Posted by kylesreptiles

Nice rat rack. I cant wait to build mine. Did anyone PM you about which valve to use?

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I e mailed Rich at Reptile Basics and he recommended to use the large valves.

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Originally Posted by spiderz

nor_cal how far up north are you i live in tulare county

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I live in Calaveras County....quite a ways north from you.

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Originally Posted by nor_cal1980

I e mailed Rich at Reptile Basics and he recommended to use the large valves.

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Ok thank you. Im just drawing up the plans to build mine:)

Okay, word to the wise from my experiences...

Check out that tub you are using. If that's a cement mixing tub, they usually have a small hole on one end or both ends. You will need to put a screen over that because a rat will eventually find it and chew it out. I did a super easy solution. I took a small piece of 1/4" screen that I had extra from building the rack and stapled it over the hole. No problem since.

And here's my watering system. The flex tubes are so much easier than the pvc.

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/l...photo-37-3.jpg

I wrapped soldering rod (it was what I found rummaging through my husband's toolbox) around the tubes to prevent chew-outs. Haven't had a single one of them fail yet.

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/l...1306362287.jpg

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Originally Posted by anatess

And here's my watering system. The flex tubes are so much easier than the pvc.

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/l...photo-37-3.jpg

I wrapped soldering rod (it was what I found rummaging through my husband's toolbox) around the tubes to prevent chew-outs. Haven't had a single one of them fail yet.

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/l...1306362287.jpg

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Nice...that rack must be pretty tall huh?