I only have one bp right now. My girlfriend and I have talked about getting another, but that is months away, if not a year or more. Unless I can find a job for the summer, I really dont have any money to put a rack together,and it would be a major pain in the ass to move up to the third floor when we move this fall. I am going to be putting together a co2 chamber soon, using a co2 canister. I have to spend about 20 bucks for some parts, but after that, a fill for my tank is less than 3 or 4 dollars, and will probably last me a year or so for rodent euthanasia.

I already have 3 tubs set up, 2 of which are occupied with mice. I would like to use a rack in the future, but I just dont have the money to put down on it right now, though I could look into make one small scale. What tubs are typically used for rats? I would imagine kitter litter pans would be ok, but I dont know how deep they would be. Right now the tubs I am using vary from about 18 inches to 2 feet long, and about a foot wide and 18 inches high.

Minimizing the amount of space would be great, which I think will primarily come from either using smaller(shorter) tubs, or maybe scraping up some money to build a small rack?

Any suggestions?

Also, I offered a frozen thawed via the zombie dance for about 10 minutes last night. She was interested, but just didnt take it. My arm got so tired I left it inside her enclosure for another 5 minutes alone and still nothing. I took it out and offered a live and it was dead in about a minute. I am still hopeful, and the f/t was pretty small for her, so that didnt help the cause either.