Quote Originally Posted by Brandon Osborne View Post
Here is a tip to help make things easier for "your" setups.

Instead of using the lid to these tubs and drilling all the holes, get some 1x2s and cut them to length to make a frame to fit the top of the tub.

Get some hardward cloth and a heavy duty stapler and staple the cloth to the frame. Now place the frame on top of your tub.

To eliminate wasted food, get an 6-8" PVC coupler, set it on top of the cloth and fill it with food.

You can also set your water bottle on top through the mesh. If you are concerned about them chewing the cap, place the sipper through a metal washer.

I would hate drilling all those hole you guys put in your tubs. Not only is it time consuming, it also give animals the potential to chew out the holes.

Have fun.
Brandon

I think making a mesh lid, which is all your doing, sounds like a lot more work and has no guarantees for those of us that aren't handy.
I'll stick with my lids that snap on and in my case have locks on them.

The only reason I can see to eliminate the lids is if you're building an actual rack. Otherwise why dispose of something made to fit the tubs?

I agree that 'drilling' holes sucks! I use a soldering iron, less than a second per hole and the holes are perfect 1/4inch size, too small for mice to get there teeth in. Trust me I've never had a chew outs and my mice have lived in 16qt tubs for about a year just fine with all my home made holes.