Quote Originally Posted by JD'S Exotics View Post
Sorry I am not up to your higher ranks of breeding rats yet. I thank all those whom have had some insightful responses and I hope that I don't breed to many rats to have them chew out of my cheap tubs. I have 20 breeding females now and think I should be good for awhile. Do you guys who are still at my level use a 2x2 in between the racks for supporting the screen underneath? I am still wondering what the crossbar is that I always see in the pictures of the racks.

the more you have, the less time you have to deal with "little things" like tubs that can work. You start looking for efficient ways to breed better animals at lower prices and setups that require less time. Your small 1.2 tub rack can support as many females as 1/3 of my much larger rack. And yes I understand if you don't need that many, but the advice given is always to my best intent to allow you the information to make your setup work best and not just "work".

If you want to waste time and energy on setups not recommended, that is completely cool. We all experience trial and error sometimes to learn. But don't get an attitude because somebody has "been there, done that" and is trying to save you headaches.