New rat rack

Well I finally built my rat rack it turned out great. Next project watering system and incubator. Went from four breeder girls to twelve and five males and I have three litters now. Boy these rats don't play.http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/12/04/6uzavanu.jpg

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Lookin' good :) & Nice production on the rats' part :P

It looks great! My rack was a piece of poop. I ended up just making more tubs. They were only 8 bucks each and work better for me :)

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What's size tubs are those and do you have chew out problems? Those look like they would make perfect grow outs for my set up

Looks good i made one pretty similar a few weeks back. i just added casters to the bottom so i can wheel it around.

Nice job on the rack.

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Originally Posted by missriss2012

It looks great! My rack was a piece of poop. I ended up just making more tubs. They were only 8 bucks each and work better for me :)

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not to threadjack, but a question for you and others...how do you keep rodents in your house?!?! i can barely tolerate mine in a shed!

Lol I have mine in the spare room I'm making a snake/rat room and I clean their cages once a week an I don't notice a smell. When I had mice yeah couldn't stand them they bugged my allergies too

Limit the numbers per bin or rack and clean atleast once a week keeps the smell to pretty much nothing.

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Originally Posted by Ridinandreptiles

not to threadjack, but a question for you and others...how do you keep rodents in your house?!?! i can barely tolerate mine in a shed!

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My rats are in a room connected to my bedroom. Can't really smell them until day 5 after a bedding change. Don't keep overcrowded tubs and it's all good. What do you feed and use as bedding

Vanilla extract in their water + baking soda under bedding works great for odor control. Plus the rats are on kiln dried pine and aspen.

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Originally Posted by carlson

What's size tubs are those and do you have chew out problems? Those look like they would make perfect grow outs for my set up

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These are the tubs I use, they are $8 at Walmart.
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I haven't had any problems with chewing at all. I always have food and water available and give them plenty of chew toys!

Yes, I have my rats in my walk in closet in my bedroom of my one bedroom apartment. I only keep 2 or 3 rats per tub unless someone is nursing. I use pine pellets and kiln dried pine bedding and clean the tubs every 3-4 days. They only start to smell if I let it go more than 4 days without cleaning.


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Hmm might need to get four or six of those tubs for grow outs might work better