where do you put your mice?
Where does everyone put their mice so they dont stink everything up? Just curious...Thanks.
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Umm, it doesn't matter WHERE you put them...they'll still smell. The key is cleaning their tubs often enough to keep the smell reduced.
My rodent colony is in the dining room of my small apartment. The front door is nearby, so if we enter the apt. and smell mouse, it's time to clean.
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pilot511
Where does everyone put their mice so they dont stink everything up? Just curious...Thanks.
The freezer.
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lol, looks like the few I got need to find somewhere to stay or make the snake some food...Im tryin 2 figure out the best place and I cant leave them outside bc too hot.
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I keep them in clean kritter keepers. 1-2 females per cage with 1 male that makes rounds through all of them. I keep them on compressed aspen pellets and sterilize all the cages every Saturday. They are in my snake room with an activated charcoal filter and an ozone generator that runs for 15 minutes every 2 hours.
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Where else but in the freezer!! lol
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Argentra
Argentra if I paid you would you make me an ASF bin? I would love you forevers!
Haha.
If they smell, your probably not cleaning them enough or don't have them on a proper substrate. Either way, if you don't like the smell, get some ASFs. :]
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Argentra if I paid you would you make me an ASF bin? I would love you forevers!
Haha.
:D I would make it for you, sure. The problem would be shipping it from Colorado to Illinois. :P
Those tubs are great. I'm in the middle of making a third for my new rats, and it even holds them really well so far...with a few mini bungees on the lids. :)
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:D I would make it for you, sure. The problem would be shipping it from Colorado to Illinois. :P
Those tubs are great. I'm in the middle of making a third for my new rats, and it even holds them really well so far...with a few mini bungees on the lids. :)
Heres my problem..
I don't have a darn clue where to get these things..
-wire mesh
-wire to tie it on with
-mini bungees
Edit: I also don't have a clue when I'll get around to buying that soldering iron. D:
Plus I want to make a hopper into the lid, just cause I use blocks and it makes sense. Bah, difficult stupid things.
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Well, I get all that stuff from Lowes Home Improvement. 1/2" hardware cloth mesh for rats, 1/4" for mice. The wire I use to attach is simple 22gauge galvanized steel wire. And both soldering irons I have came from Lowes as well... it's my toy store. :D Heck, half my TUBS came from there.
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looks like a nice enclosure
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Argentra
Well, I get all that stuff from Lowes Home Improvement. 1/2" hardware cloth mesh for rats, 1/4" for mice. The wire I use to attach is simple 22gauge galvanized steel wire. And both soldering irons I have came from Lowes as well... it's my toy store. :D Heck, half my TUBS came from there.
I think I should take my mom to Lowes when schools starts for some.. 'school supplies'.. harhar. ;]
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I only cut out the sides on most of mine because:
1. I usually stack at least 2 high
2. we keep our house on the cool side and it stays nice and snug inside for them without having to cover etc. (I have a lot of ceiling vents and it seems the rat and snake enclosures end up under one!)
They are simple to make just a little time consuming. Well worth it though because they are better than almost anything you can bye. Another great tip I have found on this board!
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Heres my problem..
I don't have a darn clue where to get these things..
-wire mesh
-wire to tie it on with
-mini bungees
Edit: I also don't have a clue when I'll get around to buying that soldering iron. D:
Plus I want to make a hopper into the lid, just cause I use blocks and it makes sense. Bah, difficult stupid things.
Just like Adriana for me! Home Depot is one place we go every weekend. lol
I bought my hardware cloth at Tractor Supply.
I bought the 22 gauge wire from Home Depot (near the picture hanging supplies)
I don't use bungees, the hopper is usually heavy enough to hold any loose lids in place.
Chris had the soldering iron :(
It's easy to make the hopper in the lid! I can give you a step by step if it would help ;) Pm me.
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Yeah, I left out the hopper since I feed Becky's Mix in addition to blocks. Since they eat 95% of the mix, all I have to do is pick up the nibbled on blocks to 'reuse' them before cleaning out the tubs.
Bungees are only needed with the rats, anyway. :)
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Back to where you keep your mice...
I keep prego and nursing moms inside (had some deaths due to heat exhaustion), but grow outs and my sole buck mouse live in the garage. I feed off male grow outs first because boys smell worse than girls.
Other than that, yeah...clean cages frequently. A dozen grow out mice can smell more than 50 rats in the same room...=P
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I keep my mice in the freezer. :D
