I keep ASFs, notorious chewers, in regular rubermaid sweater boxes. 41 quart, I believe, with custom made wood and hardware cloth lids. The only time I have had a chew out is when the tub already had a small hole in it. It took them months to get bored and for their wheel to be tipped over for them to do it though. As said before, the key seems to be more on three things:

No good starting point in the tub, such as holes, ledges, etc.

Plenty of things in the tub to chew on. Wood and pig's ears work well for me.

Wheels. Wheels work really well for me. Walmart sells a sized green one that would be perfect for small and mid-sized rats. Finding a tub that would accomodate a wheel large enough for adult rats would be a challenge, however.
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Lincoln, NE

Ball Pythons - 0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly

2.1 Normals

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Other - 0.1 Whitesided P. catenifer sayi, 1.0 H. nascicus, ?.? Chrysemys picta, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

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