Re: Temp and smells associated with rat breeding
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CALM Pythons
Save yourself the money I bought boxes of carbon filters because I was told they work.. It absolutely did nothing.
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Well that’s depressing.... hell I was going to get actual industrial filters 😂😂😂
Re: Temp and smells associated with rat breeding
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Scherf
Well that’s depressing.... hell I was going to get actual industrial filters [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
That's what I bought.. if you want to try one then go ahead and buy one but don't buy in bulk like I did.. The only way I found it might work is if you're keeping rats in a glass aquarium with a screened lid & lay the carbon filter over the top of the screen lid.. But honestly not worth it i found. I clean every weekend and thats the best I can do besides trying to limit the breeding to a minimum.
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Re: Temp and smells associated with rat breeding
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CALM Pythons
That's what I bought.. if you want to try one then go ahead and buy one but don't buy in bulk like I did.. The only way I found it might work is if you're keeping rats in a glass aquarium with a screened lid & lay the carbon filter over the top of the screen lid.. But honestly not worth it i found. I clean every weekend and thats the best I can do besides trying to limit the breeding to a minimum.
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Ok good to know.... I may try one then and see how it goes.... I just cannot believe how expensive just one 20x20x5 filter is....
Re: Temp and smells associated with rat breeding
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Scherf
Ok good to know.... I may try one then and see how it goes.... I just cannot believe how expensive just one 20x20x5 filter is....
That's my point they're really not worth it and as soon as the charcoal evaporates you have to buy a new one. Putting a fan in the window will do the same thing you don't need a filter the filters are used if you don't have ventilation. Then people put them on a fan and circulate the air in the room.
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Re: Temp and smells associated with rat breeding
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CALM Pythons
That's my point they're really not worth it and as soon as the charcoal evaporates you have to buy a new one. Putting a fan in the window will do the same thing you don't need a filter the filters are used if you don't have ventilation. Then people put them on a fan and circulate the air in the room.
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OK, so your method would be to vent the room and circulate it at the same time? I just want to clarify so that I can get the two window fan units.. I already have a box fan so I am
good there....
Re: Temp and smells associated with rat breeding
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cchardwick
Try this carbon filter pad:
https://www.filtersfast.com/mobile/P...bon-Filter.asp
i wish you could see and smell my rat room, there is almot no smell at all and I have hundreds of rats. Every other rat room I visit has a horrible smell, not exactly sure what they are doing wrong, and most even have a fan vent to the outside... For the carbon I usually use it four layers deep and change it every couple months, I just vacuum off the dust every week. I do know that if I turn off my carbon filter the whole room has a bad smell within minutes, maybe it's the carbon pads I'm using. They cost me about $6 per month.
When you say 4 layers deep, how big is the fan you put these on?
Re: Temp and smells associated with rat breeding
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Scherf
OK, so your method would be to vent the room and circulate it at the same time? I just want to clarify so that I can get the two window fan units.. I already have a box fan so I am
good there....
No im saying just vent it.. As far as the Filter that is another method I've heard people use that cant vent for whatever reason.. I did biy the filters as I told you from
As far as that fan, if never spend $90 on one until I new this was something I was going to stick with. I have a double window fan that was $22 at walmart. Works fine in a situation where you have 2 windows so your pulling in clean air and exiting the old air.
I bought the filter like cchardwick recommended but they were a pain in the butt for me and really didn't work in my situation. I try to breed the cheapest way possible because I'm only feeding a couple snakes, any more cost ends up wasting money to the point i could buy them and save myself the work & aggravation. I only do this because i don't like the underfed, unhealthy rats at the pet stores.
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Re: Temp and smells associated with rat breeding
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Originally Posted by
CALM Pythons
No im saying just vent it.. As far as the Filter that is another method I've heard people use that cant vent for whatever reason.. I did biy the filters as I told you from
As far as that fan, if never spend $90 on one until I new this was something I was going to stick with. I have a double window fan that was $22 at walmart. Works fine in a situation where you have 2 windows so your pulling in clean air and exiting the old air.
I bought the filter like cchardwick recommended but they were a pain in the butt for me and really didn't work in my situation. I try to breed the cheapest way possible because I'm only feeding a couple snakes, any more cost ends up wasting money to the point i could buy them and save myself the work & aggravation. I only do this because i don't like the underfed, unhealthy rats at the pet stores.
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ok, thanks for the heads up on how much to spend on a fan.... I really didn’t know how much air needed to be moved and I was thinking over kill it probably would be best for smell lol
