The racks look great. I use the same type tubs as well I only have 1 rack with 4 tubs for now. First of the year I plan to make a rack with 15 tubs in it. I usually have 1 or 2 males for 20 -32 females. It has been working great so far. The male rats smile all the time. LOL



I keep my rats inside for now. We keep it cool in side 62 and under year round. I have noticed the rats smell bad if its gets really warm. Or over crowded. We change tbs as needed. If we have a lot of rats we change every two days. This does not really give them a chance to smell.



Mice do stink it helps to keep males mice to a minimum.Great post thanks for sharing your set up with us.





>>Last order from Rodentpro was $480 and thats only good for about 3 months, so the $283 for this rack was well worth it.....

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>>20 concrete mixing tubs going with 1.3 groups, you can see from the pic I'm gaining experince. The first rack that I thought was great is now ok (the one on the front left), but will be probably scrapped for parts before to long to make room for my new improved design.... I also removed the larger tubs from my second design (back left in the pic) that I thought would be great for raising the little guys up in, but they cannot reach the food or water and its more of a pain to clean.

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>>Just thought I'd share, forum's been a bit slugish....

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