Quote Originally Posted by Fila View Post
I would cut a hole in the tub side, maybe 6 inches from the floor depending on bedding choices and amounts, hole maybe 4 inch square, and attach a 6 inch square piece of hail screen on the inside of the square hole using weaved wire. That way they could not reach the plastic to chew, and you can attach a watering valve to the hailscreen, it will just be coming from the side and not the top. It would also afford a little more ventilation I am planning my rack to have several screen windows to attach my water system to as well. That way the babies can easily reach is, as well as the mice and Asfs
*Fila*
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple, Stupid! Hahahahaha! That's completely directed at me and not in the least at you, except to compliment you on your design; that'd work just fine and come to think of it, I saw a tub design similar to that that used flat lengths of aluminum to secure the hail screen to the tub so the rodents couldn't chew the exposed plastic or otherwise slip out between the seams of the plastic/screen. That, and depending on the size of screen (I use 1/4" squares in my rack) it would hold the valve in place without the need for the brackets to secure them. Nicely done, Fila.