Does anyone keep their rodents in the house?

I currently have a 28 tub mouse rack in the basement with a second 26 tub mouse/rat combination rack almost finished. Keep all the mice on pine pellets and the few rats I have on pine shavings. The mouse tubs are always full with no smell. I clean once a week.

the only thing i kept in the house were gerbils and that was just one breeding pair, other than that all my rats are in their own building, snakes though are all in my bedroom in a rack :snake:

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

My rodents been in my house for 4 years now in same room as snakes. Proper ventilation and good pine pellets will keep smell down.

No one knows i have rodents in house till cleaning day when im lugging out the bedding..

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I have to say thanks Rich the pine pellets are awesome your right I think its the best option for rodent breeding hands down.



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Originally Posted by Emilio

I have to say thanks Rich the pine pellets are awesome your right I think its the best option for rodent breeding hands down.



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Emilio Pine pellet are great I have used them for years and would never switch back either, just remember to use 50% pellets and 50% shavings with mother who are nursing babies under 2 weeks of age (pellets Aline would be too dusty)

Also remember a little goes a long way!

This is one side of my laundry room in my basement. The other side (not pictured) is mice. I have a small window cracked for air circulation, but don't have a fan.

http://www.dailybulldogs.com/message/racks/img_0889.jpg

I don't have any problem with smell. I clean my tubs once a week.

My tricks:
I don't overcrowd them. (I run 2-3 rats in a concrete tub)
I do a full bedding change once a week and spray each tub out with a bleach solution.
I line the bottom of my tubs with newspaper before I add pine shavings.

I notice a slight smell when entering the room close to cleaning day, but I am never able to smell them in the rest of the house.

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Originally Posted by koloo921

I do a full bedding change once a week

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What do you do with all of that used bedding? I'm starting to get embarrassed at having 4 smelly contractor bags out in front of my house every week, and I don't really want to put that nastiness in my car. :colbert:

i keep mine in the house because i live in the desert and gets 110 in the summer and really cold in the winter

My rack is in my bedroom. I have too many other pets for it to work otherwise. :P

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Originally Posted by spitzu

What do you do with all of that used bedding? I'm starting to get embarrassed at having 4 smelly contractor bags out in front of my house every week, and I don't really want to put that nastiness in my car. :colbert:

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My Step Dad has a business 4 miles from my house. He lets me use his dumpster;) I have a truck with a cap on it. I would not want that stuff in a car either.

i breed the mice and rats in my back room kinda like a back porch.. its not TOOOO bad but cleaning is def a chore... if u let it go too long u can start to notice it.. but we have a small house right now.. im building a shed 10x14 that i may move them tooo im just concerned about being able to keep shed warm enough during our winter when temps drop to 0 or below 0 UGH i need to move to warmer state lol !!