Fly Problem

[Albert Clark]

Also, for the smell of the feces and urine you may want to consider "NATURES MIRACLE". It is a product sold at petsmart and petco. You can also find it online cheaper but it works on a enzyme level to biodegrade urine and feces odors in dogs and cats. I would think it can be very effective with rats that are much smaller animals. And the benefit of knowing it's just not a perfume to mask the odors. Probably use it to initially wipe out the cement mixer prior to the pine pellets and the bedding being laid. It might help.

[John Marker]

Also, for the smell of the feces and urine you may want to consider "NATURES MIRACLE". It is a product sold at petsmart and petco. You can also find it online cheaper but it works on a enzyme level to biodegrade urine and feces odors in dogs and cats. I would think it can be very effective with rats that are much smaller animals. And the benefit of knowing it's just not a perfume to mask the odors. Probably use it to initially wipe out the cement mixer prior to the pine pellets and the bedding being laid. It might help.

Have you used this product with your feeders before? I have looked at it and wondered about it, but I have never used it because I was not sure how my snakes might be affected if the rats were to ingest it or if they had it in their fur, prior to the snake eating them.

John

[Tsanford]

Also what are you feeding? What goes in effects what comes out, might be something in their diet.

Feeding the purple bag of mazzuri rodent block

[Tsanford]

Also, for the smell of the feces and urine you may want to consider "NATURES MIRACLE". .

My complaint wasn't the actual smell of the feces, it was the strong chemical type smell. I guess I was smelling amonia? It was a very very strong almost sour alcoholic type smell. Very nauseating.

Have you used this product with your feeders before? I have looked at it and wondered about it, but I have never used it because I was not sure how my snakes might be affected if the rats were to ingest it or if they had it in their fur, prior to the snake eating them.
John

I would use the product recommended, but I'm wondering the same as John. Do you have experience with the product Albert?

[Darkbird]

Something else that just occurred to me, humidity can make a rather large difference in smell. My house gets extremely dry in winter, and I can go as long as a month in tubs that aren't currently breeding, whereas in the summer when I have moisture issues the smell can be getting bad before 2 weeks has even passed.

[Tsanford]

Something else that just occurred to me, humidity can make a rather large difference in smell. My house gets extremely dry in winter, and I can go as long as a month in tubs that aren't currently breeding, whereas in the summer when I have moisture issues the smell can be getting bad before 2 weeks has even passed.

Hey Darkbird, thanks for the input. Come to think of it, that garage room is probably around 70-80% due to the recent rain.

I'm probably just going to add an exterior vent fan.

[Tsanford]