Making breeder bins..

those are the tubs i am using too, but they have green handles. you can get 4 females and a male in there?

ok, heres what i have.. they are two 50qt sterilite tubs. only took me about 3hrs with that tiny soder wand lol.. that was a joke. i put electrical tape on the edges of the wire so not to cut myself up, the rats cant reach it. i used metal clamps to fix the wire to the plastic, using holes in the plastic to the wire, here are some pictures of the finished product, thanks so much everyone!!!

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...5/IMG_8777.jpg.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...5/IMG_8778.jpg

i needed somethign for these babies when they wean and it will also make a great travel bin should i have to move a couple rats at once, we also have a hairless male in with our satin girl and pew girl, the satin girl is already ahem.. "wet" down south so it looks like duncan mightve started his job early

Usually we do a 1:2 or 1:3 Kevin but I can temporarily do 1:4 if I need the breeding activity. They are not living in there permanently, just till the male does his job so it seems fine for them and a reasonable amount of room.

Nice job on those tubs Ashley, might want a bit more depth of bedding but other than that they look great! :)

I plan to use more bedding.. i had just thrown what was left of the bag in the bins.. the group wont move into those bins for awhile, in fact i was thinking about just putting the girls in one each once i knew they were ready to pop.. i have sometime until then :) thanks.. i enjoyed making them. were going to make two more and do a shelf to stack them on, will make it easier that way i think. the aquariums were just too heavy (and pricey by comparasin)

what should i be using to secure these bins? i guess i didnt think that through when i bought them.. the lids arent very tight, they will be perfect for the babies but not for smarter adult rats, i guess the next two bins will have locking lids.