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JM
at Thu Dec 9 13:30:42 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JM ]
but no matter what~ they are still going to smell like rats! I guess if I had to describe the smell of clean rats I'd say it smells like wood shavings and animal (not bad~ sniff your dog~ he smells like an animal~ and so do you when you forget underarm charm!) The mice just reak though~ no matter how clean you keep them.
I keep 10 bins of mice, 10 of rats (gonna expand soon too) I clean tubs every 5 days (used to be every 7~ but that was not often enough) The mice smell rank within a day of cleaning them. The rats are usually fine until day 4~ tubs with less pups in it are still fine on day 5~ tubs with lots of pups NEED to be cleaned by day 5! (I just switched litter brand and this new stuff seems to be dryer to start with~ so even the very full tubs were not bad on day 5 this last week) I use dish soap and water to clean the tubs~ every 5 or 6 months I clean everything with Simple Green just because it makes me feel like I'm getting it cleaner.
Just wanted to add my .02 cents~
BTW~ Nice racks! I build mine very simiair~ but I find it easier to build them one tub in width rather than the 3 I think I saw on yours. I also use wheels. Makes it easier for me to move them by myself when I need too (I keep them in a spare room outside during the summer for the AC, and in the garage in the winter to give the room time to "Defunk"
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~ that was the first rack I built~ since then I added a 5 tub to it and auto water.
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Cheryl Marchek
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Rats are much better than mice - JM, Thu Dec 9 13:30:42 2004