>>I think if you put them outside your biggest problem would be parasites and wild rodents. if you can combat those two problems you should be ok.I'm in san diego and mine are in the garge but the temps in there dont differ too much from outside(it gets down to the 40's/50's)You should look into buying one of those metal tool sheds,then you could insulate it and bild a floor,lights,heat,whatever..Rich

I have two friend both kept theirs outdoors. One built a simple lean to and had them in a wire rack system. He raised and grew out rats in the same htuch style caging. Another friend keeps his breeders in a barn and raises up for sale and future breeders outside in a wire cage hutch type set up. I think the wild rats can be controlled if you limit their access to food. But each situation will be different depending on the amount of wild rats and where you are trying to breed.

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