ASF's aplenty!

They all started dropping babies last week!

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aww look at the fuzzy babies... how cute. nice set up too. where did you get the tubs for them from?

Thats a great set up very nice.

What are your groups 1.2?

bigappleherp.com for the cages they are $17.95 each for the small ones very nice cages,I have them in trios its been working the best. had some in a bigger cage at 1.6 but lost all the litters because I miss sexed a small male so it was really 2.5 got rid of that & stuck with 1.2 trios I think there is 40 babies on the ground now.

love the setup... keep us updated... curious to see if they end up chewing the top rim of the plastic....

Okay I must be blind here because I just looked at the Big Apple Herp site and while I found mouse breeder and rat breeder caging, nothing that looked like what the OP posted. Anyone have a link to these specific cages?

search rodent cages on their site.they have a drop down bar to pick the sizes its the small cage.

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Okay I must be blind here because I just looked at the Big Apple Herp site and while I found mouse breeder and rat breeder caging, nothing that looked like what the OP posted. Anyone have a link to these specific cages?

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I checked it out, looks like this is the link:
http://www.bigappleherp.com/Big-Appl...c=2&category=4
I might get a few of these myself at that price.

Guess it was the angle of the picture because I thought they looked like they had a different type of metal top on them. Silly me. :oops:

So realistically how many ASF's can you keep in one of those small enclosures without overcrowding (don't want them eating their own offspring). Also I see you have 4 of those cages per shelf. Is that just a typical plastic shelving unit or an oversized one?

No, this is the one that is $17.

http://www.bigappleherp.com/site/pop...0254e5e6327679

another pic of the same one at a different angle:

http://www.bigappleherp.com/site/pop...4acd4dd0f9a9c7

It is only 12" by 8". Considering a 10 gallon tank is 20" x 10", I would say I wouldn't keep more then a 1.2 group in it, and that would most likely still be way too overcrouded once the babies showed up. (keep in mind, a 1.2 group means that sooner or later you will have at LEAST 23 rats in it at once! With any luck, you will have 31 rats in it at once!!!!) Yeah, no way I would even keep a 1.2 in it now that I think about it. 1.1 maybe.

I keep 1.3 in my 10 gallon tanks, and that is in my opinion absolutle full capacity.

The next size up would work for a 1.3 group. Price goes up tho. they are $36.95 for a 18 7/8" x 13 3/4".

http://www.bigappleherp.com/site/pop...6539f0b98616bd

After seeing time and time again what they can do to the plastic top rim of a glass tank, I have got to believe that sooner or later, they will figure out how to get a tooth on that top rim, and chew... especially when it is so easy to reach. they don't even have to jump or climb to get to it!

Well they are breeding well at 1.2 ratios in those little breeder cages not had any chewing issues at all,yes when the wean I will move them to a bigger grow out cage I won't keep 25 rats in that cage.plus I don't know how you guys keep rodents in glass tank what a pain to wash & clean:mad:.I you do mice those cages are perfect!!

It all personal preference...

I keep mine in 10 gallon glass tanks. They are small and light. Believe it or not, I would venture to say that I could clean one of my tanks the same amount of time it takes you to clean one of these enclosures. Not much to it... dump old aspen, put new in. Every once in a while spray tank out with water.

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love the setup... keep us updated... curious to see if they end up chewing the top rim of the plastic....

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I use a similar rack for mine. and have for the last year. Although the mouse cages I find too small and they get way over crowded. Expecially with good producing trios. I havent had them eat the tubs at all. The way the lids are made they cant really grab the rims. at least not on mine. I have longer tubs for my softfurs. They are about the same depth though. If you want I can take some pics later on.
I have found that some of the metal tops are not strong enough and those almost weaned or weanling babies can slip out. Which is no fun.

I agree with mike, that just looks like way too small to my eye for a full trio. Just keep an eye on it, good luck.

I got bigger cages but they seem to work,they are not as active as mice or rats I think?

I have 2 groups of 1.4 in 20g tanks. This has worked out really well for me and the colonies.