My breeder mouse 'rack'....

....ha....more like bookshelf....I was working on some pics for my site and figured i would post this one here.....BTW....rubbermaids are the best :)

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The tape and spot on the second level are for the cat :) So she has a place to sit and so she cant knock it over...

that mouse rack looks nice. how many mice do u keep in each container?

In the small rubbermaids....in 2 of them, 2 females that have just spent time with the male and in 1 of them, 1 male and one female.

In the medium rubbermaids...Each has 1-2 females that are about to have litters...if there is only going to be 1 litter I usually put in a 'helper' mom

In the 10 gallon tank...whatever....I will usually move a mom and her litter to the 10 gallon when the babies get a little bigger.

A few are empty right now....I got carried away the other day and fed a few breeders :)

.....and no that water is not 'nasty'....it has artificial vanilla in it to keep the smell down...works pretty good too....thanks becky :)

That setup looks pretty darn close to mine! Tubs are the best for rodents and reptiles...so much time saved in cleaning. I have 3 small tubs about the size your using for mice, but I've cut back to just a few females and started freezing mouse pinks. I've got 3 big tubs for rats and am working on moving over to mostly rats. I have been holding back one rat female with each of the last litters to build a new "stock" of breeders. I just pulled two females out of the male's tub after an 8 day visit so we'll see in a week or so if they did the deed or not. :P

ha ha....I am glad to see that I am not the only on that looks at bookshelves as racks :D

...those easy assemble, cheap bookshelves and storage units are great if you can find one the right size for what you need....sometimes when I am grocery shopping I end up walking back and forth between the tub and shelves areas trying to figure out what tubs I can fit on what bookshelf

LOL Daniel I do that sort of stuff all the time. Stop in the sewing/craft area of WalMart and grab a cloth measuring tape. Soft and scrunchy and fits in your pocket for handy dandy tub/shelf measuring!


~~Jo~~

i have my rodents on a corner shelving unit, its made by rubbermaid and kinda utilizes the space better. I have no idea what model it is it was the only one we saw at menards when looking for another shelf unit and this has worked out great...very heavy duty 4 levels including the very bottum and top. The female rat tubs sit on the very top, smaller mouse tubs on the next one down and the rat stud in his tub on the 3rd. The last shelf is usually full of computer parts from builds, repairs, replacements i do on the side but I'm slowly clearing that out as I may need that space for more rodents!

Hmmmm I tried Sterlite containers for mice and rats and both held WAY too much humidity. How are you dealing with that? I had holes around the top and in the lid everywhere and it didn't matter. I would much prefer Sterlite to cleaning tanks but the humidity is a real problem since I do believe that is what killed off my mice. They all got coughy and died.

Here is what I do:

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The wire mesh and pull ties are cheap. All you need are some snips and a soldering iron. Humidity is not even a thought with that much screen on the top. Works great for any enclosure.....even my bearded dragon tub...

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nice daniel, same thing I do only I used short screws and washers to secure the hardware cloth so I can easily remove the mesh if i need to...i don't know why that would be necessary though. Your tubs look nice and secure with the zip ties. With the smaller mouse tubs I only mesh about half the lid to give them a little bit more secure feeling and just put holes in that portion of the lid my mice have always been a bit more jumpy than the rats.

Do you get alot of acrobats in your tubs? When the rodents are wanting something...food or just attention mine like to hang upside down from the mesh.

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Do you get alot of acrobats in your tubs? When the rodents are wanting something...food or just attention mine like to hang upside down from the mesh.

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yep...some like to 'hangout' up there...but I have not noticed any relationship to food or attention......I just have crazy mice :psychotic:

Zip ties are great....and you get like 100 for 75 cents so they are cheap too :)

no chewing issues on those ties? that was the reason I went with bolt/washer route initially.

nope...no chewing issues so far...but with mice, you never know...so that is something I will have to monitor....i put so many freakin' ties that they would be at it for a year before they could get out :)

haha! so true

wow those are really nice!!!