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18 3/16" tubing clamps (loop clamps) with screws.1 tank connector supply valve with 3/16" barb outlet.(6) Edstrom vari-flo valves with 3/16" barb fittings.Their valves are slightly different than Edstrom, but quite a bit cheaper and look to be of fine quality.Ĭlick Here to go to their watering system page.
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Reptile Basics is also now carrying a full line of watering system supplies.
Rodent breeding racks for sale pdf#
That link goes directly to that page of their PDF catalog. I used the Edstrom valves on my racks because that was what was common at the time. You'll need the following components for the watering system. If I had to keep water bottles full I'd never even bother to raise rodents at all, it's just not worth the time it takes if you have more than one or two cages of rodents. The benefits of the system far outweigh the cost to put it in. As far as I'm concerned this is a foolish way to save money.
Rodent breeding racks for sale install#
A lot of people want to save the initial cost to install one of these systems and elect to use water bottles instead. Repeat this step to make the other five frames.Īn automatic watering system adds more to the effeciency of raising rodents than anything else you can do. There are two purposes for these pieces, to add some support to the middle of the wire screen, and to provide a divider to keep the food in one area. I prefered to put them in the middle, but the position is up to you. Once you have the four pieces screwed together, take one 24" 2x2 and put it in front to back. This is not absolutely necessary if you do not have the clamps, but it does make this step easier. You'll notice in the pictures I used four 90 degree clamps to hold the frames square while I screwed them together.
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Screwed together the frames will measure 27" x 21 1/2". The 24" pieces will be the side rails and the 21 1/2" pieces will be the front and back of each frame. We will begin assembly of the rack by making the 6 frames. A circular saw, or even a hand saw can be used, but the miter saw makes it much quicker and easier to make exact cuts.Īfter cutting everything up you should have the following: With the exception of ripping the 2x4 with the table saw, all the cuts here were made with a power miter saw. The last two 2x2s will be the side braces and will be cut to fit after assembly. Take four of the 2x2s and cut each into (3) 27" long piecesįrom the scrap cut (4) 10" pieces and (2) 7/8" pieces, these will be used as spacersĬut two of the remaining 2x2 pieces into (6) 24" long Take six of the 2x2s and cut each one into (2) 24" long pieces and (2) 21 1/2" long pieces (Be extremely careful, don't want to lose a finger.) On a table saw, rip the 9 2x4s into 18 2x2.
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14' of 1/3" hardware cloth 24" wide (See note at the end of the page concerning the 1/3" hardware cloth).cordless drill with bit for pilot holes and phillips screwdriver bit.
Rodent breeding racks for sale update#
There will be some tips and suggestions I gained from building it myself as well as notes on the materials used etc.Īlso be sure to see the update to these plans with instructions for supporting the tubs from underneath, which I highly recommend, Here It would work equally as well as breeder tubs or what have you, I just needed an additional rack to house the young ones until they reach feeding size.īe sure to read the final notes at the end of this article before beginning construction on one of these racks. I built this rack for the purpose of growing out weanling rats in my rodent colony. On this page I will detail the construction of my latest rat rack. My solution, as always, is to build it myself. I just cannot justify spending as much as three thousand dollars on a rack to raise mice in. The cost to the average hobbyist is prohibative though. I know I'd love to have a rodent building completely outfitted with Freedom Breeder rodent racks. There are several commercial manufacturers of rodent racks and they offer fine products. A good rack system, with feed hoppers and most importantly an automatic watering system is practically a requirement when raising large numbers of rodents. Unless however, you have an effecient system to house and breed the rodents in, you'll find that there will quickly be far more work involved in raising the rodents than in keeping the snakes. Not only do you realize a cost savings as compared to buying them, but you have the ultimate convenience of having any size rodent readily available in live, thawed, or prekilled, to accomodate all your feeding requirements. For anyone who maintains a sizable collection of snakes one of the smartest things you can do is raise your own rodents.