New Rodent room in action!

Well we finally got the rat room almost done. It is finished enough to be usable, but is still lacking a few beautificatioln projects and the plumbing and sink. Plumbing and sink to come in the next week. Also while I had the camera out, I took some pics of the snake room.
This is a picture of the A/C and window in the finished room.
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This is the back wall, all ready for racks.
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Here is a pic of the room after we moved in the rats.
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This is the rat cage that we use for rearing, and Monica's pile of rat food. We are ordering an ARS Rat Breeding rack in a few weeks, and it will sit next to this cage. Alot of the rats in the cage are grown up females that are waiting for their new rack.
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This is a picture of Monica's cabinets and where the sink is going to go, and the last piece of trim that has to go in the corners.
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Thanks to Cueball for the next two pictures. These two pics are some rats that Monica was able to talk him out of while we were checking out Cue's collection. The first pic is a blue rat that Monica wanted, because she doesn't have any blues. The second picture is of a hairless rat that she got from Cue, Who knows what she is going to do with this.
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http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/hairrat.jpg

These are some pics I took of the snake room, just because I had the camera out.
Some people have seen this view, but I took one anyway. This is a wall of CB-70's with a 40 tub hatchling on the left and a 60 tub hatchling on the right.
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This is a picture of the original snake room, that turned into a rodent room, that is now reverted back to a snake room. This is a pile of Aspen bedding that I used to have in my living room, now it's in the snake room.
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This is a wall that is ready for some more CB-70 racks. Right now it has a sack of Vermiculite and Perlite in preperation for incubation time. Also, some egg boxes that need to get put back in the incubator. The incubator is having some modifications for egg season. Pics of incubator soon to come.
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Hope you enjoyed the show,

SWEET! I love seeing facility shots. i think any woman can talk anything out of cue. That is an awesome rat room and snake room, where do you get your big aspen bags? I need one of thoughs big bags. Can't wait for more!:rockon:

Gorgeous work Tim. I'm green with envy! I love having the rats on flooring rather than carpet in the room, soooo much easier with the bedding clean up. I live for the day I can get a good shop vac to clean rat enclosures with!

Quick question about the blue lidded boxes. Are those your egg boxes? I use the exact same things in various sizes (with vent holes melted in) to move snakes, take to the store if I need live mice, put rats in when I'm cleaning enclosures, that sort of thing. I never thought of them for egg boxes though!

Tell Monica I'm on the search for blue rats too but unfortunately Cue doesn't live in Ohio, darn it all! LOL

Very nice. How many mouths to feed?

Wow MBM...just wow :bow:

Now I feel extra lame showing you my stuff :nerd:

Glad the rats made it home safely..even that crazy curly haired/hairless thing :8:

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Wow MBM...just wow :bow:

Now I feel extra lame showing you my stuff :nerd:

Glad the rats made it home safely..even that crazy curly haired/hairless thing :8:

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Did you just breed it, or did you buy t? Casue it looks pretty young!!

Tim,


It looks AWESOME! Great work!

I also moved this to the feeder forum for you! :D

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Quick question about the blue lidded boxes. Are those your egg boxes?

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Jo, you got it. We use those for egg boxes. I don't know how well they would hold a large clutch, as the biggest clutch we put in them last year was 8 eggs. I'll let you know how they do with larger this year, as we may get a couple 10 egg clutches.

Cue, they made the trip fine, and are happy as can be.

Stangs, we get those bags of Aspen from Harlan.

Thanks all for the compliments. The room is still in it's infancy, so I don't know how good I did yet, but I'm sure I'll find something that I would change after a couple months of use. And, keep firing away with questions if they arise.

Looks awesome Tim! What is that you used for the wall in the rat room?

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

Very nice. How many mouths to feed?

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Jake, I apologize for not answering in my last reply. At the moment, we are feeding 172 snakes. We do have a couple of mouse eaters, and do have a small colony of mice that have not made it into the new room as of yet.

That is what I call shower board, but I think the real name is tile board. You can get it at Home Depot for about $10.50 a sheet. It wipes off very easily and makes a great surface for a rodent room. It is a little bit of a pain getting it up on the wall, but it is worth it in the long run.

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Looks awesome Tim! What is that you used for the wall in the rat room?

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WOWzaaaa!!!! :eek: Rockin' set up Tim!!!!! :) :) :) REALLY!

-muddoc

The pic of the room and all looks great! I dont know but are you a breeder or do you just own a lot of snakes because your a hobbyist? Gotta love them snakies :) What kinds do you have? :)

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-muddoc

The pic of the room and all looks great! I dont know but are you a breeder or do you just own a lot of snakes because your a hobbyist? Gotta love them snakies :) What kinds do you have? :)

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You can hit the link at the end of his siggy and see his awesome collections! ;)

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You can hit the link at the end of his siggy and see his awesome collections! ;)

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Oh I seee

Wow what a collection, because snakes!

Well neat to know I can use those as I can get them easy as pie just down the road at the Family Dollar Store! Thanks Tim!


Ohhhh don't bring in the mice...they'll stank up the new room! LOL Love the little stereo in there too. What do the rats like to listen to? :D

Outstanding work Tim! I'd love to have that kind of space for the snakes and rats. Someday soon I hope!

Jo, you'll have to ask Monica, she takes care of them. LOL.

Jamie, I can't wait to see what you build. Get a move on.

Kitty, thanks for the compliment, as I do take pride in my collection.

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Did you just breed it, or did you buy t? Casue it looks pretty young!!

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I bred it special for Tim. He wanted a rat thats fur matched his hair cut :8:

Great looking setup!

Tim that is one heck of a set up man congrats.

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I bred it special for Tim. He wanted a rat thats fur matched his hair cut :8:

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BAM!!! Pack me some rodents up and send them this way..since your in the giving mood.:P

That is a very cool rodent room you did a great job. :rockon:

Thanks again for all of the complimest. And Cue is right, he does match my haircut.

Holy cannoli! That's a lotta ratties.. I love the blues; makes me miss my blue boy that has since passed on.
The shower board you speak of is awesome stuff; really easy to clean and makes a great impression for not a lot of cost/work (compare it to tiles!) Mark uses it in all of the bathrooms he remodels.

Tim looking good you wern't kidding when you said to keep on the look out that you were expanding.. Looking good man. I'll have to stop by next time I'm by Seans and we'll all go have a drink at the Creasent City Brew House. My treat. Maybe I can talk you out of one of them lessers.. LOL

Awsome facility Tim!!!

That all looks great!! Is that a stand alone building?...Did you do all of the plumbing/electrical yourself?

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That all looks great!! Is that a stand alone building?...Did you do all of the plumbing/electrical yourself?

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No it's not a stand alone. Actually it is two stalls in my wifes barn. They were unoccupied by horses, so they got taken over. There is no plumbing yet, but will be next weekend, and yes I do all of my own electrical, framing, finishing and plumbins, also rack building, and anything else that needs to be done.

Freakie, let me know when you can come by, and we'll have a date. LOL.

totally awesome:D Can't imagine having that many snakes or rats:eek:

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totally awesome:D Can't imagine having that many snakes or rats:eek:

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It's definitely a part time job. Maybe full time now that I think about it. LOL.

Man you have a lot of snakes. That new rat room looks really nice.

Had a question. The Rabbit hutches how big are they is that where you pull the pregnant females out of and than move them to the other racks. I am thinking of building something similar and trying the method of pulling the females when they were pregnant. I seem to need larger sixzes so I need some easy way to raise them to size while still producing pinks and weanlings. ANy help would be great.

Buddha,
I fI remeber right, the are about 14 1/2 inch deep by 13 1/2 inch high by 42 inch long. We have done some harem breeding in them, and pull the females when they get pregnant, but my wife doesn't like that way too much, and will be ending the harems soon. However, this rack does make a great rearing area. Let me know if you have any more questions.

As the average ize of the snake in my collection has been increasing. I have had problems devising a rack to raise up the rats in. I hate wasting a few breeding trays to raise up rats for feeding or future breeding. I have been looking at getting some of the deeper cement tubs. But I had to purchase the old home depot ones at Ace hardware. They were almost twice the price. ANd the deeper ones are more expensive than that. So I was looking for another alternative. I already have the wire rack you are using I would just have to use one of the ones with the longer legs. . I would just have to buy the cages. So cost would be comparable.