Female with the pups housed in a 28 qt tub with wire mesh lid. Male was housed in the same qt before he died. Changed the bedding and what not. Other female is doing fine just thin and I now have 12 weaned pups to take out.
Heat stroke would have came from heat spikes of massive temps with no water, but can understand it with real air flow but the minimal from being in a storage closet. But temps don't break 84 in there.....seems weird.
Also that was my guess to heat stroke/suffication. But I don't see how. I think I am going to build the new rack system and see how it goes.
Wish me luck!!
Also the mice are doing fine along with the new rat pups