Blood setups

[Big K]

the tubs in my rack are 43x19.5x7. theyre lacking in height but my bloods arnt full growen yet

[Tim Mead]

We have animals in enclosures from shoeboxes to 2 X 4 cages and there may come a day when some lucky ones see a 2 X 6..

[Crazy4Herps]

Right now, in a way-too-small 20qt, but the AP T10 is in the mail! (I don't think he's quite big enough for a 4', so I'm going to start out with a divider in the cage and give him some time to settle first.)

[Crazy4Herps]

For those of you with adult bloods in acrylic cages, how does newspaper work for absorbing large amounts of urine / feces? Lol I don't want any to seep into the corners of the cage and stink up the whole room. What about aspen?

[Tim Mead]

We have more than a handful and our room doesn't stink after cleaning..
Every animal is bedded on paper and if bedded thick enough absorbtion is good..

[2kdime]

Bingo, I gave other substrates a try.

Newspaper allows me to put more money into the setups, rats, equipment, etc etc....and I dont have to worry about only using 2 or 3 pieces of Kraft to conserve money, I REALLY PAD the cages down!


I like the cleanliness look of Kraft paper sure, but thats about it. Doesnt absorb for crap unless you get the real heavy weight Indented paper which I dont like and it gets expensive.

We have more than a handful and our room doesn't stink after cleaning..
Every animal is bedded on paper and if bedded thick enough absorbtion is good..

[suzuki4life]

easiest tubs that are normally easy to find are the huge home depot mortar tubs which measure 3x2. They do not have huge head room at 8" tall but they are sufficient if you keep after your water dish.