Quote Originally Posted by Redneck_Crow View Post
Hepa furnace filter duct taped to a 20" box fan.

The snake/rat room used to get fierce within 2-3 days of my changing the litter--guess because it's such a small room, <100 sq. feet. Now I can change litter once a week and it never gets horribly bad.
I was wondering about doing something like that with activated carbon filters...

Quote Originally Posted by wolfy-hound View Post
I have a window fan and set it to blow out. Cleaning the shavings once a week seems fine, unless they have a lot of babies in the bin. Those get changed more often.

I will be looking for that Arm and Hammer spray. Can always use something on those days, you know. I'm thinking of hanging some air freshner type things on the fan itself so it blows out less odorous air. But I don't have a neighbor within 3 lots of me, so it's not an issue. I'm sure if my window was next to my neighbor's house, I'd have a few complaints at times!

Seems the best results come from just CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN. I KNEW I would end up spending way too much time taking care of rats for the money i'll be saving by raising my own rather than buying feeders. Oh well.
I would like to set up an exhaust fan, but I'm not sure how well it would work here in IA in the cold months.