mouse cage question

No problem. Glad i could help out.

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Originally Posted by hoo-t

I saw your thread ...

Just a thought - What do you think about putting a divider down the middle to separate the food from the water bottle? Would that make it easier to remove/replace the bottle? That might necessitate making the whole thing a little bigger though.

Here's a pic of that first one that I did...

Steve

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../5/Feeder4.jpg

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Just a quick note - I haven't been using this setup for a while. But, I just adopted a couple of female rats from the local Petco (the GOOD Petco ;) ) ,
and I wanted to quarantine them. So I put them in this tank with the feeder pictured. This tank is about 2 feet from my rat/mouse racks. Later that night, I was walking past and out of the corner of my eye, I saw something didn't look right on my mouse rack. I looked, and discovered one of the two new rats looking at me from the top of the mouse rack! She had gone INTO the feeder, up the shaft, and out the top! I currently have a screen wired down over the top, but I'm planning to pull the food hopper out, patch the hole, and put a divider in to prevent future escapes!

Steve

HAHA. I had trouble with them crawling into the food chamber too(from the top in my case). Thats why i have the lid. I also have a screen top in the tank, so no chance of escape....i think....:P Thanks for the warning though.

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Originally Posted by piranhaking

HAHA. I had trouble with them crawling into the food chamber too(from the top in my case). Thats why i have the lid. I also have a screen top in the tank, so no chance of escape....i think....:P Thanks for the warning though.

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Yeah, I just finished the mods. 1/2" mesh to patch the hole where the hopper slid through, and 1/4" mesh divider. That should keep the little buggers in. While I was at it, I used 1/4" mesh to make a hinged lid for the feeder/waterer to keep any strays OUT. I didn't bother putting a latch on the cover, just gravity closure. I'll add a latch if I have any problems.

Steve

you'll probaby have problems unless it either sits extremely flat, or is very very close to the top of the tanks lid. I lost one that way over the weekend. I hadnt latched it, and one crawled in the water side and died.

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Originally Posted by piranhaking

you'll probaby have problems unless it either sits extremely flat, or is very very close to the top of the tanks lid. I lost one that way over the weekend. I hadnt latched it, and one crawled in the water side and died.

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My hopper is attached to the screen top, and opens only on the outside. So now that the "gutter hopper" has been removed and the hole patched, the only way anybody could get in is if they first got out! :D But, that HAS happened once or twice!

Steve

Oh, i see now. I didnt notice the whole thing is attached to the lid like that. I might redo mine that way, get some 1/4 inch cloth and make a tank lid and just mount my existing feeder to it.

I guess I am going to have to take pics and post of my new mouse racks. ;) I am getting a little jealous of everyone else posting. :D

well post some then. never hurts to have a few new ideas driftin around.