My First Rack

[PurplePython]

for mice/rat breeding, what's the process? Do you sell them to others or what? How intense is the smell most importantly?

Personally I don't know why people are always talking about the "bad smell" from breeding mice. As long as you keep things clean it won't smell. I use shredded newspapers and aspen mixed together as the bedding, and it absorbs urine great and the aspen I use really covers up the smell. After you create your tubs, buy the breeders your going to use, and buy them an exercise wheel, its virtually barely ANYTHING to keep it running. $7 every 6 weeks in rat/mouse food, $6 every 6 weeks in bedding, and that is really about it. Go check out the mice breeding section of this forum. You might find a lot of the posts useful man.

I have a post up of my tubs and breeder mice. If your planning on having 3 ball pythons (I think you said 3) then breeding your own feeders will save you a lot of money in the long run. Its a fun project to do also if you have a little extra time on your hands.

[Lolo76]

Personally I don't know why people are always talking about the "bad smell" from breeding mice. As long as you keep things clean it won't smell. I use shredded newspapers and aspen mixed together as the bedding, and it absorbs urine great and the aspen I use really covers up the smell.

Part of the problem for me was my allergies, since I can only use paper or Carefresh as bedding - no aspen or anything else wood-based. But despite weekly scrubbings and a glass tank, I still found the smell to be intrusive... maybe it's just me, but even a small amount of rodent stench is too much.

[ALTownsend1]

Yea, for now I definitely will just buy my feeders. I have to do a lot more work on the lady just to add to the collection, let alone bring rodents into the picture...

[Danounet]

Yea, for now I definitely will just buy my feeders. I have to do a lot more work on the lady just to add to the collection, let alone bring rodents into the picture...

But they are so cuuuuuteeeeeeeee!

Actually they do take some of your time, you have to clean up their enclosures at least once a week. These are some crappy pics of when I was breeding ASFs.

[Seru1]

You know feeding them to my snake is one thing, I mean atleast they can be talked into eating a mouse I never killed.


But raising the mice and then giving them to the snake?

Personally I just don't think I can be that detached. Even if I name the feeders after members of congress.

[ALTownsend1]

What is the time schedule, i.e. how long till they breed, then how long till the drop the kids, then how fast will the offspring grow?

[Danounet]

What is the time schedule, i.e. how long till they breed, then how long till the drop the kids, then how fast will the offspring grow?

There is a feeder section bellow here in BP.net. Lots of info there

[ALTownsend1]

So to reel it all back in, I am definitely getting the rack, and as soon as the guy sells his last two 09's I'll make the 30 minute drive to pick it up.

In the meantime, I got my reptitemp 500r in, and have noooooo idea how to properly hook it up to my glass, UTH heated tank...Does anyone have idiot proof directions? I have an accurite and currently just shut off the UTH by hand when temperatures exceed 95, which sadly can be often...

I've read a lot, but just can't seem to get a full grasp on the step by step way to get the repti 500r working for me. Thanks guys

[PurplePython]

So to reel it all back in, I am definitely getting the rack, and as soon as the guy sells his last two 09's I'll make the 30 minute drive to pick it up.

In the meantime, I got my reptitemp 500r in, and have noooooo idea how to properly hook it up to my glass, UTH heated tank...Does anyone have idiot proof directions? I have an accurite and currently just shut off the UTH by hand when temperatures exceed 95, which sadly can be often...

I've read a lot, but just can't seem to get a full grasp on the step by step way to get the repti 500r working for me. Thanks guys

step 1 - just stick the unit to the side of the glass

step 2 - plug the UTH into the reptitemp

step 3 - plug the reptitemp in

step 4 - tape the probe to the UTH (outside of tank on the bottom, right onto the UTH itself)

step 5 - adjust the knob until your thermometer consistently reads between 88-95

step 6 - make sure your thermometer probe is in the tank on top of the glass above the UTH.

step 7 - relax

[ALTownsend1]

step 1 - just stick the unit to the side of the glass

step 2 - plug the UTH into the reptitemp

step 3 - plug the reptitemp in

step 4 - tape the probe to the UTH (outside of tank on the bottom, right onto the UTH itself)

step 5 - adjust the knob until your thermometer consistently reads between 88-95

step 6 - make sure your thermometer probe is in the tank on top of the glass above the UTH.

step 7 - relax

Type of tape? And just to the non-sticky side of the UTH, the side that says Zoomed?