Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
I breed rats and mice and have someone who is very sensitive to their smell yet I breed them in our basement and have no complaints as you would not know that they are there even with the door open.

The keys are

Pine pine pellets and exhaust fan.

As far as temps the basement temps fluctuate from 48 in the winter to mid 80 during the summer and I have never had any issues.

I thought pine was also bad for the rats that's what a local breeder told me. I don't know though because years ago I used it with no problems. I only switched this past year due to the breeders info. Thanks for the reply and I do use a lab block diet for the smell prob. Also