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View Full Version : My rat barn BryonsBoas 10-11-2008, 10:40 PM Rat Racks http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q34/BryonsBoas/ratrack005.jpg ASF Rack http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q34/BryonsBoas/ratrack006.jpg nickstone 10-12-2008, 05:33 AM Nice set-up ChristianC 10-12-2008, 07:12 AM how many rats do you produce? i really need to start a colony Larry 10-12-2008, 11:24 AM Looking good brother. I see your using the auto watering system, nice choice. I use bottles and man I work my butt off filling those suckers every other day.. KrazyBlood 10-12-2008, 04:18 PM Nice racks! Cant wait to make my own. BryonsBoas 10-12-2008, 04:45 PM I produce a couple hundred to a few hundred rats every 4 - 6 weeks and the ASF rack at full production of 1.4 per tub gets me 400 - 600 weaned every month. Had to trim the ASF back tho , too many and not enough folks local using them. BryonsBoas 10-12-2008, 04:47 PM Looking good brother. I see your using the auto watering system, nice choice. I use bottles and man I work my butt off filling those suckers every other day.. If I had to use bottles again I'd give it up. Auto watering is definitely the way to go. KrazyBlood 10-12-2008, 05:00 PM If I had to use bottles again I'd give it up. Auto watering is definitely the way to go. It sure is. I think people have too much of a fear on floods. The time to water each bottles out weighs checking for floods and watering each bucket. Dont you think???:p BryonsBoas 10-12-2008, 05:02 PM Most definately. I check my colonies at least 1 - 2 times a day so its fairly easy to catch a drip or leak. It doesn't happen often enough for me to consider bottles again for sure. snakemaster 10-12-2008, 10:43 PM Auto watering is the best i have used this type of system for years with only one flood per year. 147BOAS 10-13-2008, 07:18 PM Nice set up what do you use to stop the water from draining in to the cages BryonsBoas 10-13-2008, 11:42 PM Each tub has a drinking valve. They sit in the mesh so don't show up in pics. Cornball 10-14-2008, 10:25 AM Are your ASF rats mean? Mine are little devils. JoshJP7 10-14-2008, 12:12 PM Nice set up... After building two snake racks with Bob Vila Jr.(my father) and making sure everything was done as if it was going to be sold to the president or something I broke down and spent the cash on a ARS rat breeding rack... cost a pretty penny up front but the feeding trough and auto watering system are reaaaal nice. BryonsBoas 10-14-2008, 11:07 PM Are your ASF rats mean? Mine are little devils. Not really. I move the weaned in the holding tubs by the double handful without getting bit. Every so often a female may get a little aggresive over her litter but thats about it. 147BOAS 10-15-2008, 05:28 PM where can i get drinking valves i cant find them anywere BryonsBoas 10-15-2008, 05:41 PM http://agselect.com/ 147BOAS 10-15-2008, 07:18 PM thanks i have been looking every were Halfdawg 10-15-2008, 07:57 PM Check this site for your watering valve's http://www.klubertanz.com/images/Catalog.pdf BryonsBoas 10-15-2008, 09:55 PM I was going to find their link too but can never remember the company name. Thanks. |