tigerlillyrk
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Could ya'll give me some ideas on some low budget cages for feeders you guys made? Or is there a thread that has some ideas already?
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cages for feeders
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Fishin Pole
Corn-fed & Brain Dead
10 gallon tank for 13 bucks at Wally World, plus a screen lid, maybe another 10 bucks........I used shredded newspaper for bedding, bought cheap water bottles at Wally World, and use glass desert dishes for their food.........Feed bird seed and kitten food for extra protein and ocassional baby carrots for treats....Glass aquarium tanks make cleaning their home so much easier than plastic tubs, which eventually asorb the ammonia smell (urine) ...I have 9 tanks setup this way and have constant supply of pinkies, fuzzies, hoppers and adults for feeding
taxman123
It could be worse!!!
I guess some used 10 gallon tanks you can get them real cheap at yard sales or the swapmeet. Or if you have some extra lumber lying around or can get some used lumber just build a mouse rack. At walmart they have small cat litter pans for $2. I think racks are the best to raise mice I have raised them in tanks, tubs, wire cages and the most success has been in racks
Floof
New member
Yep, used 10 gallon tanks are the bomb. They're already stupid cheap to buy new, and you should be able to buy used (don't hold water, cracked but not broken) tanks and lids very cheap at garage sales, on classifieds such as Craigslist, etc.
Racks are awesome, too. Never had one of my own, but worked at a pet store that bred mice and rats in rodent racks. A breeze to maintain. Food on a portion of the wire kept it out of the bedding. Tubs are super easy to clean--dump, wipe, add new bedding. No nasty crevices or tank lips holding in the last dredges of bedding/poop. If you have a watering system? Top it off when needed, and otherwise the only big worry is a valve getting stuck in the "open" position and flooding a tub (had that happen a couple times--ewww!). Plus, the space thing--when I first started working there, there was still some 15 or so mouse colonies in 10 gallons. By the time I left, they'd moved the last of the colonies into racks, and what took up one big wall suddenly was condensed into 1/4 the space.
Tanks are fine with only a few colonies to deal with (which is what I'm dealing with right now--only just now started up with the mouse breeding thing again), but racks are definitely the way to go if you're looking at having several colonies running.
Racks are awesome, too. Never had one of my own, but worked at a pet store that bred mice and rats in rodent racks. A breeze to maintain. Food on a portion of the wire kept it out of the bedding. Tubs are super easy to clean--dump, wipe, add new bedding. No nasty crevices or tank lips holding in the last dredges of bedding/poop. If you have a watering system? Top it off when needed, and otherwise the only big worry is a valve getting stuck in the "open" position and flooding a tub (had that happen a couple times--ewww!). Plus, the space thing--when I first started working there, there was still some 15 or so mouse colonies in 10 gallons. By the time I left, they'd moved the last of the colonies into racks, and what took up one big wall suddenly was condensed into 1/4 the space.
Tanks are fine with only a few colonies to deal with (which is what I'm dealing with right now--only just now started up with the mouse breeding thing again), but racks are definitely the way to go if you're looking at having several colonies running.
cornsnakeforsale_com
Just Another Corn Breeder
Not much else to say.
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Fishin Pole
Corn-fed & Brain Dead
One question: How do you adjust the water bottle height for young mice in the above rack system?
Buzzard
two corny
Hey Fish,
The litter pans are actually thinner than they appear. After putting aspen in these tubs the water bottles actually are only about an inch and a half off the aspen. The tubs can be found at dollar general or Big lots. I found the "medium" size tubs to be a little to tall for young to reach food and water. The above rack is perfect for a 1.2 or 1.3 mice per tub.
The litter pans are actually thinner than they appear. After putting aspen in these tubs the water bottles actually are only about an inch and a half off the aspen. The tubs can be found at dollar general or Big lots. I found the "medium" size tubs to be a little to tall for young to reach food and water. The above rack is perfect for a 1.2 or 1.3 mice per tub.
Fishin Pole
Corn-fed & Brain Dead
Thanks for the reply.....It makes sense now, i was just wondering how the little ones could drink from your bottles..........I Like your rack, but i have some many tanks now (9) with mice in, i dont know if making the switch over to a tub rack would gain me space.....I have a crazy amount of tanks from being a fish guy for years that i might as well continue with what has worked for me since i have it all the available to me
Buzzard
two corny
That makes sense Fish, when I get home I will take a pic of 5 mice colony taking up less than 20 inches wide and 5 ft tall. Its so much quicker and easier to maintain, but less entertaining when you wanna watch what is going on. It would also depend on the number of snakes you needed to feed. Since I have over 20 adults and over 20 juvs. and sub-adults to feed. It saves time to have the racks going. Recently I went down to just a few colonies and was ordering mice. I had a couple of regurges so I am "beefing" my colonies back up. At one time I had near 50 mice colonies going. Now I am at 8 and 3 rat groups. (1.2 per group).
I use Walmart plastic tubs about 4 inches deep with secure snap on lids. I put food inside the tub and drill holes in the lid for air. Very light weight enclosures. One male mouse with 2 females. I cut a hole in the top for the water bottle to fit thru and a little platform so all the mice can reach the water. Once the babies are weaned they should be removed from their parents and seperated by sex into different containers til harvest.
Buzzard
two corny
When I first started that is what I did. One day the little rascals figured they could chew through the plastic bins and I has a heck of a time rounding them up. I actually have some sterilite tubs(shoebox size) that I cut a 2x2 section out of, placed some hardware cloth over(actually under)and secured with washers, nuts, and a small bolt. I use them for transporting them to people, or when I need extra from a show, or other breeder. A water bottle fits through the hardware cloth for those long trips
I wish I had time to seperate..lol usually mine go right to the gas chamber, so many mouths to feed. I use large rat pups for the larger snakes