Alright. I did some weighing of options and I put some changes into effect.

1)I moved all the rats and enclosures inside(I got 5 more females yesterday! = P, but dont worry, im giving the male breaks between ladies.) Right now theyre in the living room, but If I do cage cleanings 2-3 times a week it should never smell THAT horrible. If my room mates put up a fuss, then I can attempt to put them in my laundryroom(but its connected to my room mates room so probably not) or I can try to put them in my room and finnagle enough space. The one concern there is im afraid the noise will keep me awake. but worst cage scenario I think I could do it.

2)Im still putting a few sheets of newspaper on the cage bottoms to catch anything that may soak down, but I bought a HUGE bag of pine shavings and am layering that over the neswpaper.

3) I started a breeding calander to outline the dates they were combined, when the females were removed, when I should theoreticly expect a little etc. etc. This should keep more more organized, and I can write out which days I want to clean too.


I know you guys think I should probably be BUYING mice, but my first year of breeding is actually going to be fairly large. ive spent the last year(possibly more, I cant remember) learning, and reading, and planning, and double checking over and over. Its finally time to put my plans into action and (with any luck) Ill have a lot of mouths to feed very soon. Not to mention my burm eats more than any being in my house @_@; So I really need to make this work. One way or another. As time goes on Ill have more space, and maybe Ill be able to rent out a second room for all my snakes when one of my room mates leaves, and I can commandeer another part of the house for my rats when they move their stuff XD so it really might not be long before it becomes incredibly reasonable.