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    mouse cage question

    I wasnt sure if this goes here or in caging, since its a cage question, but for feeders Anyway.... we're about to set up 2 tanks of mice, and i was planning on building a wire cage thing kinda like the lids on the lab tubs that some people use to hold the food, and just hang in in the tank. My question is, would there be any problem with using copper wire to make it with. If you're not following what i mean let me know and i can do a drawing of what i have in mind, but mainly i just need to know if copper would be a problem.

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    Re: mouse cage question

    There may be someone here with first hand experience, but I would think that the ammonia in the urine would react badly with copper or brass. I don't really know if it will be much better, but I'm currently doing the same thing using hardware cloth, making hanging feeders for my mouse rack.

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    Re: mouse cage question

    copper is toxic... you cannot use it for mice as they chew! :eek:
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    Re: mouse cage question

    I just took a bunch of pics after finishing a modification to the rest of my rodent tubs I'll post when I get them up on my site. I agree that it probably isn't a good idea to use copper wire. I'm using 1/2" and 1/4" hardware cloth on my tubs.
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    Re: mouse cage question

    Copper is a very soft wire so it wouldn't work against their constant chewing (neither will standard chicken wire). Go with hardware cloth from Home Depot or Lowe's for anything rodent related. You can get a pretty decent sized role of it in the fencing aisle for around $5.00.

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    Re: mouse cage question

    I personally perfer to house my rodents in the freezer!! lmao
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    ya but they don't reproduce well that way!
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    Re: mouse cage question

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    ya but they don't reproduce well that way!

    you must be doing something wrong then!
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    ya but they don't reproduce well that way!

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    Re: mouse cage question

    I have found that 1/2" x 1/2" hardware cloth is actually too big for some mice, especially if they are small adult sized or hoppers that are everywhere at once. I had one small adult get her head stuck , got almost through, then decided to turn back around and got stuck into another hole. Poor thing was there for about 2 days(as I leave my mice ALONE for a week at a time, lucky her I came back to see if any had babies). So I pulled her out, and she was skinny but fine.

    I would go with the 1/4" if you can and just use the 1/2" where the food will be.
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