Repairing chewed tubs??

[Kat_Dog]

Maybe try screwing one of these on the corner?

http://www.lowes.com/pd_67407-1277-M...ace&facetInfo=


Though that won't stop them from chewing the rest of the tub.


Do they have anything to chew on? I provide wood blocks for all my rats and paper towels to shred. Keeping them busy is a lot better than them sitting in a box with nothing to do but chew the sides off.

None of my rats have ever showed any desire to chew on the plastic.

[SquamishSerpents]

Yup just feed them off and get a new tub. In the long run it will save you time, money, and frustration. If they're your breeder rats just hold back some babies. Or buy a new colony. Fresh blood never hurts

[j94712]

ok thanks for the advice. I do have some wood blocks in each of the tubs, so they have things to chew on. But i think that tub have a gap between the food hopper and the tub, so they have the space to chew on it. Maybe if i just fix that, they will stop.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Wish you luck on trying not to feed them off but it will happen or you will keep buying tubs.
I wound up with one tub totally covered in hardware cloth before I finally axed them.

[Rhasputin]

Temporary solution is to use apoxie putty to seal the hole. Long term, find the chewers and get rid of them.

[Casey Hulse]

1/8" pop rivets and 1/4" hardware cloth folded in half. if there is a gap between the top and screen they tend to chew, raise your tub.

[anatess]

The concrete tubs I've used from Lowe's come with a small hole on one end. My ASFs like to chew on that hole and make it bigger. So, I always staple hardware cloth over that hole before using the tub. I have a 1/4 gap between the hopper and the tub too. I've never had problems with them chewing out of that. If they would, I'd get rid of the chewers. Some ASFs are more trouble than others.

[Mrl249]

We also use the nuts and washers.

We haven't bought a new tub in over a year.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Mike gets his tubs from Home Depot.

I get mine from Lowes, they dont have the hanging hole in them and they are not intrrchangable

[Darkbird]

I just pop rivet or screw a piece of aluminum flashing onto the spot where the hole is, never had one chew through a corner yet though. I just do it as a preventative now, as I seem to have a chewer pop up at random every so often. I also keep the gap as tight as possible without the tub binding excessively in the rails.