Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 571

0 members and 571 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.

» Today's Birthdays

Ziggy31984 (40)

» Stats

Members: 75,014
Threads: 248,474
Posts: 2,568,391
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, DetectiveIcarus
Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: our rodent tubs

  1. #1
    BPnet Veteran TekWarren's Avatar
    Join Date
    07-07-2004
    Location
    Fremont, MI
    Posts
    1,644
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post
    Images: 6

    our rodent tubs

    Alot of questions and talk about rodent housing lately so I thought I would post a link to some pictures of what I have recently added to my tubs that is making a world of difference. I call the new modification a "silo" as I often reference the rodents using the word "cows" (not real funny but if you think about it makes sense).

    Anyway... I'm not using a rack solution but I have several tubs going and they just sit on a hardware type shelf so this idea would work for those with just a few tubs or anyone not using a rack system. Now that I've done this I've seen some other similiar setups so I guess its not completely original but taylored to what works for me. Click on the thumbnails for a larger clearer image and you will get the "picture" of what I've done.

    Without further babble: Warren Reptiles Gallery
    www.ASFRats.info African soft-furred rats information and exchange.

    www.WarrenReptiles.com
    Website Hosting available see site for details

  2. #2
    BPnet Veteran recycling goddess's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-14-2005
    Location
    meditating in the garden
    Posts
    9,785
    Thanks
    36
    Thanked 44 Times in 22 Posts
    Images: 104

    Re: our rodent tubs

    and i bet it gives a nice little climbing apparatus for the mice!!! BONUS feature!!!
    in light, Aleesha




    You have 1440 minutes a day... how are you going to spend yours?

  3. #3
    BPnet Veteran TekWarren's Avatar
    Join Date
    07-07-2004
    Location
    Fremont, MI
    Posts
    1,644
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post
    Images: 6

    Re: our rodent tubs

    Yes at first they where all over it but once they get used to it being there they are not on it so much. They still climb on it some but even as I look over at them now not a single tub has anyone hanging off it.

    I want to point out since hardware cloth sizes where being mentioned in another thread... I use half inch to build the silos and the bottum that holds the food in is quarter inch. I have African rats, regular rats, and mice and they are all able to eat or get pieces of the block food through the mesh with no problems. It really is a food saver I was using a dish to keep as much food available as they wanted and it almost always turned into a litter box half way through the food that it contained and then they wouldn't eat it.

    I haven't had any escape issues but I just restarted colonies also so no hoppers at present. I am planning to use a section of quarter inch hardware cloth on each tub on top outside. I will have attached over the existing half inch to keep the jumpers from getting out. I plan on making a flap of sorts so it will completely cover the larger mesh but yet still allow me to open it to add food or change the water. Speaking of water...NO PEE all over the bottles anymore either! yay!
    www.ASFRats.info African soft-furred rats information and exchange.

    www.WarrenReptiles.com
    Website Hosting available see site for details

  4. #4
    BPnet Veteran
    Join Date
    08-20-2006
    Location
    Tennessee
    Posts
    593
    Thanks
    2
    Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts
    Images: 58

    Re: our rodent tubs

    where did you get the clips that hold it together? are they usually around the wire, or are they sold as something else?

  5. #5
    Registered User Kilo's Avatar
    Join Date
    08-17-2006
    Location
    Daytona Beach, FL
    Posts
    907
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts
    Images: 40

    Re: our rodent tubs

    Ok yea! I house my rats in a darned tub... and I have food everywhere (blocks) every morning! Not to mention the food bowl has been filled with aspen then pooped in! How can I obtain that awesome little contraption(sp) that holds the water thingy and the food!!!???
    -Kyle
    Green = 8 Ball Python
    1.3 Normal Ball
    1.1 Nerd Lemon Pastel & VPI Pastel
    1.1 100% Het Albino and Homo Albino
    1.1 100% Het Butterscotch/Yellow Hypo
    0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa

  6. #6
    Registered User markface's Avatar
    Join Date
    08-22-2006
    Location
    virginia beach
    Posts
    240
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Re: our rodent tubs

    very cool . we do pretty much the same thing at the petshop i work at for our breeding colonies . i'm planning on doing the same for my rat colony at home too .
    Mark

    reborn herper
    0.4 ball pythons
    1.1 pastel ball pythons
    1.0 het orange hypo ball pythons
    0.1 bci
    0.0.4 paulsoni
    0.1 coastal rosy boa
    1.1 mexican rosy boas
    1.0.1 kenyen sand boas
    0.0.4 house geckos

  7. #7
    BPnet Veteran TekWarren's Avatar
    Join Date
    07-07-2004
    Location
    Fremont, MI
    Posts
    1,644
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post
    Images: 6

    Re: our rodent tubs

    I think the clips can be had around where you would purchase the wire or at a farm store. Honestly I have a big carton of them I got from my parents...we used to build rabit cages and stuff so I think these where left over.

    I just kinda measured accordingly so they where hanging above the inside. The rodents can still get around under them so no real "floor space" has been taken up either. The silos don't seem to be putting to much strain by hanging either or causing gaps in the mesh lid.

    Thanks for the compliments!
    www.ASFRats.info African soft-furred rats information and exchange.

    www.WarrenReptiles.com
    Website Hosting available see site for details

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1