Rats...Tanks to Tubs

I finished my rat rack. I went from this:(
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...63/tiff039.jpg
To this:D
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...63/tiff025.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...63/tiff029.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...63/tiff026.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...63/tiff028.jpg
No more tanks and water bottles:banana:
Thanks to the pics Ralph Davis has on building this rack, it was not too bad.
Found these tubs for $3.59 or $3.19 ea. in lots of 12
http://www.webstaurantstore.com/-21-...0%20%20BK.html

:gj: NICE RACK! I need to ditch the tanks and bottles as well. :gj:

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Originally Posted by Douglesser

:gj: NICE RACK! I need to ditch the tanks and bottles as well. :gj:

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Thanks. Yeah they were a real PITA to clean...and the water bottles oh the horror:rage:qa

nicely done. i plan to do the same thing asap :D

My only issue with yours is the solid colored tubs?

I was hoping to use something semi transparent so I can check on the rats easier. I wonder if theres an advantage to black tubs?

Nice job. It looks great. I have built a few racks. I use cememt mixing tubs for the adults. Every now and then they will eat through. Are those tubs thicker than cement mixing tubs?

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Nice job. It looks great. I have built a few racks. I use cememt mixing tubs for the adults. Every now and then they will eat through. Are those tubs thicker than cement mixing tubs?

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Thanks.Yes, they are. They look like the same tubs that ARS rat racks use. Black instead of gray. http://www.arscaging.com/ars3021.html

No chewing yet. High density polyethylene. Time will tell.

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Originally Posted by Dave763

Thanks.Yes, they are. They look like the same tubs that ARS rat racks use. Black instead of gray. http://www.arscaging.com/ars3021.html

No chewing yet. High density polyethylene. Time will tell.

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Great, I will check them out. I am sure that I will have to build more racks in the near future...

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Originally Posted by takagari

nicely done. i plan to do the same thing asap :D

My only issue with yours is the solid colored tubs?

I was hoping to use something semi transparent so I can check on the rats easier. I wonder if theres an advantage to black tubs?

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Rats like to be in the dark. Given a choice between a dark or light area, rats always prefer the dark. Less stress=happy rats.

what ratio do you have their between male to female....

good find on the tubs, i ordered a set of 12 the other day and built my rack. they are better priced and bigger than both the cat pans and the cement tubs. nice thick durable plastic. :gj:

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Originally Posted by hmj75

what ratio do you have their between male to female....

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1.3 Have to clean once a week.

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Originally Posted by OneWithNature

good find on the tubs, i ordered a set of 12 the other day and built my rack. they are better priced and bigger than both the cat pans and the cement tubs. nice thick durable plastic. :gj:

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Still no problems with mine. No chewing. They seem happy in there. lots of babies.Big litters.:D
I looked at cement mixing tubs and cat litter pans too. Then one morning I was having breakfast in a local spot(two poached eggs on corned beef hash with rye toast with caraway seeds, and coffee) when I saw the bus tubs. Like I said before they look like the tubs ARS uses in the rat rack they sell.

I am building a second one.

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Originally Posted by OneWithNature

good find on the tubs, i ordered a set of 12 the other day and built my rack. they are better priced and bigger than both the cat pans and the cement tubs. nice thick durable plastic. :gj:

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by the dimensions listed on the link, they are smaller than the cement mixing tubs in everything but depth

I built a rack using these tubs.....2 actually

rats have been in them a week and they are working on the inner corners already. Time will tell if they hold up or not.

Nice looking rack. I thought of redoing my racks with those.

I have been using bus tubs for a while and I have had two tubs that the rats started chewing on the tubs and made a very small hole. So eventually you may get a chewer but regardless of what you use rats are more then likely going to chew on it eventually. I like the bus tubs they are alot thicker then the cement and the litter pans.

Two years later,...no holes chewed anywhere on any of these tubs.:D They are so happy with the rat condo (AKA Ratcatraz) they seem to have no desire to escape.;)

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Originally Posted by Dave763

Two years later,...no holes chewed anywhere on any of these tubs.:D They are so happy with the rat condo (AKA Ratcatraz) they seem to have no desire to escape.;)

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Thats good. Keep doing what your doing because I built my first rack with these exact tubs and had a chew out within first 8 months. Only one but thats all it takes. Now I am going with mortar tubs only. For the price on the webstaurant tubs and shipping you can get the Lowes tubs for 5.25 so not that big of a differrence. I liked them at first but am now VERY happy with the mortar tubs. But hey if it works for you GREAT.