What do you keep mice in?

[Argentra]

Mine is similar to snakelady in that I have tubs, but not in a rack per say.

This is the updated Rodent Central:


Mouse side:


Rat side:



The mice are in Rubbermaid 'Large' tubs (26x16x10) with screen on the sides and tops. The rats are in wire cages - girls in the 2 story cage on top, and the male in the blue/black cage. The second level of the rat side holds 2 10g tanks for maternity (the one is currently occupied by overflow mice).

[Stewart_Reptiles]

HOw many mice do you keep in each?

2 females and I have 2 males rotating between 3 tubs each, spending two weeks at the time in each tubs.

[Chris Rossi]

See I would like to keep amy males in all the time, would 1.3 work in 16qt tubs? I have an abundency of them

[nixer]

i keep 1.4 groups in 20L tanks

[Argentra]

Those tubs of mine have 1.2 groups in them. I like giving my rodents excessive space.

[nixer]

heres a mouse cage calculator i found
http://www.thefunmouse.com/info/cagecalculator.cfm

you could also look at this pdf: http://www.altdesign.com/papers/Reco...ia4Animals.pdf

[candyman88]

i have our male and female in a 10 gal. tank. there happy i have pic of them in my pic candyman88

[alohareptiles]

What is the temperature needed to maintain the mouse colonies?

[llovelace]

This is what I keep mine in

[nixer]

What is the temperature needed to maintain the mouse colonies?

rats typically breed best between 50-70
mice can go lower than that
alot of places that breed mice are almost constantly running a/c
currently my mice are kept in my snake room at around 70 degrees

lisa what do you have for airflow in that setup?