DIY Feeder Racks (Mice & Rats)

[Stewart_Reptiles]

ok i got a couple question.
first can you use water bottles with these rack systems (dont want to chance all getting sick if something goes wrong or water gets tainted)
secondly i saw you said you rotate 2 males between 3 cages for mice and only put 2 females in but for rats you put 4 females was that a typo and meant 4 female mice and 2 female rats instead

Water bottles can be used with both racks however they are a pain so I do not use them I breed too many rodents to change water bottles each day.

If you are worried about them being sick because of a watering than you are worrying too much.

If your colony is healthy there won’t be any problem and if animals in your colony are not or if you do not quarantine any new arrival than bottles or watering system will be all the same because if your animals are sick and so close in proximity than chances are other will be sick as well.

I have been doing this for a while produce a few thousand of feeders each year and never lost an animal to sickness the key is to have a healthy stock to start with, and quarantine new blood if you are compelled to add new blood.

And for housing sorry I don’t see the typo you are talking about I said and repeat

For the mice rack I have 2 females house in each tubs and 2 males rotating between 3 tubs each.

For the rats I have 1.4 in each tub and once pregnant the females go in a birthing rack.