No one answered when I posted this question in the Cage Design and Habitats forum.

Anyway, this was supposed to be a continuation of the discussion started below under adamjeffery's question about breeding rats in aquariums. I believe that my subject should have its own thread, instead of hijacking Adam's thread.

I do have real concerns about cage space requirements for breeding feeder rats. My Gopher snake needs the more regular feeding schedule, that only breeding my own feeders can provide. (That does not preclude my few breeders from becoming semi-pets, with only their babies becoming snake food.)

I need to reorganize my entire rat colony, with better enclosures (and new rats, since the ones that I have now are NOT producing). How do I reconcile information on rack systems with what I hear from the Humane Society and read about cages on rat care websites? I want to be legal. I do not want to break any animal welfare laws (crazy as some of them may be, like the rule of only ten animals aggregate per household).

Snakey Lakey

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