Anyone feel like double checking my solution to smell?

[Riv]

So my fiance and I rent out two rooms in a house where two girls and another guy also live. I THOUGHT that having them in an entirely seperate room away from the rest of the house would make smell a non issue if I was diligant about substrate changes. WELL I didnt acount for the ladies monthly demonic posession. Theyre like fricking bloodhounds, and god knows they managed to syncronize and give me twice as much BS for it. Apparently despite it being on the top floor with the door always closed, they can smell it when theyre open the kitchen door a floor down, and the basement two floors down. Granted I share the floor with one of them, so I understand that a little more, but I swear the other room mate must have super senses to smell that from all the way down there. I dont smell it until im right outside the door. /rant

Anyway, so they ganged up on me the other night and told me I had to do something about it. It wasnt a threat, I may not be on the lease but I am renting half of the rooms in the house, so they cant really give me an ultimatum. But in the hope of keeping things peaceful I started brainstorming. I have an old fan(the kind you close your window on to make an airtight seal, that can either blow air in or blow air out). So I used trash bags and duct tape to make airtight seals on the two vents in the room(that my room mate beleives sends the rat smell straight to the kitchen), and I set the window fan to exaust so its pulling air out of the room. I thoroughly febreezed a blanket and placed in in front of the space under the door, and set a glade plug in opposite corner of the rat cages so it wont be too intense for them.

That should be fine while its warm I THINK. But its gonna be fall soon. I think when the cold whether comes I may just have to close the window, and set up a space heater(as the vents will still be blocked stopping the room from being heated) and hope I can manage good temps = /

Do you guys think it will work? Between the snakes and my ferrets(who im actively trying to switch to an all raw rat diet) Breeding rats saves me a TON of money. Not to mention I love doing it. So I really kind of need to make it work. I may move when the lease is up in june, but its not an option at the present. Please guys, pick my plan apart and hopefully improve upon it. I could really use the opinions. Im not even sure if im confident this will work XD

[JKPCONSTRICTORS]

The only thing I can think of to offer, but may be overkill, would be setting up a ventilation system similar to what people use when they're growing marijuana indoors. I don't know too much about it, but if you're running out of options it may be something worth looking into.

[Marissa@MKmorphs]

What kind of substrate are you using for them? I use pine pellets and pine shavings and clean the tubs twice a week. I live in a one bedroom and have 0 smell issues.


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[darthsamurai]

oh man, I can't imagine rats and ferrets in the same house. A friend of mine had ferrets and cleaned them religiously. Her house still always smelled. Febreeze only does so much lol!

[Andrew21]

How often do you clean the cages? I've found that good ventilation is key.

[MrLang]

A guy I know that breeds in a closed space has no smell. He keeps the rats in one of those plastic outdoor sheds you can buy and at the top of the shed he has some weird reverse air pressure system that sucks all of the smell out but doesn't let the cold from outdoors get in.
Maybe someone can explain in better detail.

[Kaorte]

I have an idea for you.

Step one: Aquire ONA liquid concentrate: http://www.amazon.com/ONA-Liquid-Con...ywords=ona+gel

Step two: Go to the home depot and pick up the following...
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...&storeId=10051
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...1#.UE4rC6RAZgo
http://www.homedepot.com/Appliances/...&storeId=10051

Step three: Assemble the deodorizer. Drill some holes in the bucket about 2/3 of the way up. This will act as an air intake. Remove the stand from the fan so its just the round fan. It should fit perfectly on top of the bucket.
Pour the crystals in the bucket and fill it with water. Use less water at first because the crystals will expand. You want the bucket to be filled about halfway with crystals.
Pour in a few splashes of the ONA and put your fan on top (facing up). Plug it in and you are good to go!

Any questions?

[.G&S Royal pythons.]

I would say invest in a cheap outdoor shed

[DooLittle]

I don't know about the ferrets, but if rats are cleaned frequently enough there shouldn't be an odor from them.

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[snakesRkewl]

Rats can stink the day after you clean, so that's not the answer...

^^^up there said it, use a 4inch inline fan with a charcoal sock/filter on it, odor gone.