Here are the rat pics..



i started with glass tanks, went to some rubbermaid kinda things, built a small rack and finally found the tubs i want to use for my rats.



They are cement mixing tubs from Home Depot/Lowes. I run them in groups of 1.3 full time, and it works pretty good. I havent installed the auto watering system (its on order).. but once i do, it'll be perfect! LOL



















in order to keep the rats from sliding the tubs out (as they do from time to time)... i put in a system where a metal bar drops down in the way of the tub, when i want to open it i simply spin it out of the way!











Now for some of the rats i find breeding rats alot of fun!.. tryin new combos, seeing whats gonna come out..



here is one of my BIG males.. he tips the scales at almost 1000 grams! i love his color too!















some future breeders im raisin up!































this rat is one of my big male studs.. hes over 2 years old and still goin strong!.. i love his dumbo ears.. hes fathered probably 2000 babies?







some future food!







this rack running at full power will produce between 300-500 rats a month or so.. as long as ya feed em, water em, and clean em they do their thing!



feel free to ask any questions



dan

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