I do the transfer thing like wolfy, saves time & more efficient. I actually saw the seperated feeding/watering sections on a local herpers feeder racks after building mine. I usually keep one tub for each size rack with bedding but no critters.


My mice racks are a bit different. I used the 5.4 qt shoeboxes. I keep the mice all together in 3 "community" enclosures, then transfer the individual females out into the rack when I see them noticeably pregnant. Its a bit more labor intensive ... but I seem to have bigger litters, less cannibalism, and healthier females than when I was keeping them in 1:8-10 in the larger tubs. Also with only one female in the smaller tubs it means less frequent cleaning is needed, so the females wont cannibalize the litter because of my scent on them.

This is one of the mouse racks. The tanks on top are some of the gerbils.



My math was off a bit on the mouse rack ... so it only has 4 tubs across rather than 5, and 5 rows. Also still trying to design a rack for the gerbils/decide if they are cost effective to raise.

Bryan