vanilla

I have heard others claim that by putting vanilla in their colonys drinking water that it realy cuts the smell in half. Is this true? I am hoping that between using vanilla, equine fresh substrate, and breeding asf rats that I will have almost no smell at all. What level do you think that I will get from using those thechniques and breeding asf rats? Thanks in advance:gj:

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Originally Posted by MDB

I have heard others claim that by putting vanilla in their colonys drinking water that it realy cuts the smell in half. Is this true? I am hoping that between using vanilla, equine fresh substrate, and breeding asf rats that I will have almost no smell at all. What level do you think that I will get from using those thechniques and breeding asf rats? Thanks in advance:gj:

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i dont think you would need it with asfs because they dont give off an ammonia smell.

when i had them in my bedroom i never used it and i only had pine in there

If you think about your ASF colony it will not be necessary if you use the equine fresh.

I have mine setup on equine fresh and I only clean their enclosure every other week and it still does not smell.

For mice and rats, you wont kill all the smell. You can do everything possible and you will still have a slight smell. I currently use a nice air purifier that cuts the smell down 75%

ASF dont release the smell rats and mice do.

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Originally Posted by nixer

i dont think you would need it with asfs because they dont give off an ammonia smell.

when i had them in my bedroom i never used it and i only had pine in there

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werent they extremely noisy having them in your bedroom? or are they quiet? I am trying to decide where to set mine up at

With the quantity you are talking about getting I would think you should have an out building. We have a 12 rack and 3 6 tall racks like you pictured and they live in the garage. But If I had an out building that is where I would put them with out a doubt.

mine werent bad unless you have 3 males together
mice are terrible even if you have 1.4 in a room with babies they constantly squeek

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Originally Posted by kellysballs

With the quantity you are talking about getting I would think you should have an out building. We have a 12 rack and 3 6 tall racks like you pictured and they live in the garage. But If I had an out building that is where I would put them with out a doubt.

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are they realy noisy?

YES lol

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

YES lol

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I have heard some people say they have kept them in their small apartments, and their homes how is this possible if they are so noisy?

Mice babies seem to make noises all night long, rats are not so bad but still do it!

my asf's don't make much noise in the daytime, but all night long, chew chew, squeak squeak. I couldn't sleep in the same room, they are currently in the bathroom, soon to get their own room. And I only have 10.

I guess you will have to expect quite a lot of noise, I keep all my rodents in the room where I sleep and sometimes i feel like sleeping next to a highway... squeaking, burrowing, the sound of their wheels, squeaking again, my rats starting a little rumble in the jungle...:rolleye2:
And like you can see my rodent stock is rather small.

We used to keep all of our rats in our bedroom. Back when we had only 20 breeders or so... Anways, yes it is loud. We had a fan running all the time to drown out the noise, but they do almost always wake us up, even me who is a very heavy sleeper.

Luckily i seem to be a heavier sleeper than littleindiangirl ( Iknow I am, if I sleep I sleep, may the alarms ring or not... bad sometimes if I have to work early)But even though I am a little bit afraid of the next three rodent tanks for the weanlings, because my problem is to fall asleep, with all this rumbling going on...:(