Mouse colony bedding

Well what's your name then silly? I just say she out of default! :)

What the above human being said! hehe

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

Well what's your name then silly? I just say she out of default! :)

What the above human being said! hehe

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I'm Jim, nice to meet you. I should probably put together a sig, now that I've got a decent collection going...

Well good to meet you too, Jim :)

And yes, go make a sig! Much easier to have a peeing match with someone if you know their name, LOL! :D

I should put my name in my sig, even though its in my username.

Will the male mice try and kill the offspring at all? Ok, so maternity tubs are out. That brings me down to 3 harem tubs, a vacation tub, and 2 feeder tubs. Sound about right? And I don't know if I'm going to be making a rack for this, but if I do or I don't, what size tub is appropriate for a male and 3 females plus thier litters? Size for vacation and feeder tubs?

And Becky, not to get off track, but I've noticed a lot of your herps have names ending in "th". You wouldn't happen to read the Dragonriders of Pern series, would you?

If you want to use regular tubs instead of the cement mixing tubs(less of a chance for them to chew out with the latter), I would get like 27qt tubs and just cut most of the lid out and replace with 1/4" screen. Those run about $3 apiece and are pretty good sized. The cement mixing tubs are only $5 anyway and are thicker plastic(plus kitties can't see in either).

The wood to make the frames is around $2 for an 8-12ft piece, and Home Depot can cut it down for you. Just so you have a staple gun, you'll be ok making the frames.

And yep, the tub set up you have planned out sounds good. 3 for breeding, 1 for resting and 2 for separated weaned mice to grow up.

Yes, I have read most of the series and love it. The Balls remind me alot of the dragons, so they get those names. I don't know what I'm going to do if I run out of names though! :) Here's a good link for everyone's names if you want to look through it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charact...riders_of_Pern

I love the series as well. My first few books was the HarperHall trilogy then I moved on to the other books. I'm re-reading the first book, Dragonflight. Awsome series!

Would I set the cement mixing tubs up just like any other tub, with the hardware cloth on the lid and such? Any pictures? I do not have a staplegun though. :(

I'll be getting some pictures tomorrow when I go out to my vet's place(where I keep my rodents and it's my QTine place too). Short tail python pictures too!

You can easily use the other tubs though, they work just as well. They do fine in either short or taller tubs, but with the shorter ones you don't have to use as much hardware cloth for the food/water bottle hopper.

A glue gun works very well in attaching the hardware cloth to the plastic, or you can make small holes with a soldering iron and use zip ties(cable ties) to hold the metal onto the plastic. Both work fine.

If you don't have a staple gun, they aren't too expensive. You just will need one to attach the hardware cloth to the wood frame if you use the cement mixing tubs.

Up to you! :) I'll take pictures tho.

Ah ok. I will check prices on staple guns tomorrow then. Is this rack you are describing the DIY mouse rack in the sticky? If so, I'll take a look at that.

Nope, mine isn't a rack, they are just individual cement mixing tubs with a wood/hardware cloth frame that sits tightly over the tub. I need to make a rack though since I'm getting tired of buying 200 mice every 3-4 weeks, LOL

Wow, thats a lot of mice. :eek: Would a rack take up less space than individual tubs?