DIY EVERYTHING! | RAT BREEDER RACK | Mixology #3
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- This week we build another 6 Tub Rat Breeding Rack! Unfortunately we had to skip the water install because the video ran near an hour. That will be uploaded separately. This is a great option for space-saving but still allowing up to 6 (1.4) colonies for supplying your collection. Enjoy!
Rack Plans
10-Foot Stock
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8-Foot Stock
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Best rack build I’ve found on RUclips. I’m currently using 2. Making the 3rd today and will continue to make more. These are very easy to use by yourself and I’m 5ft 4 and if I was taller it would be even easier. I use a step ladder for the top rack other than that it’s amazing!!! Great informative video.
Are they all 2x4?
I cannot thank you enough! Took us one day to build the rack and assemble the water system. I now have a full functioning rat rack with litters already. You're the man!
Thanks man. Know what I'm doing on my vacation.
This rack build is perfect all your instruction were spot on thank you! Im just starting with my collection and found out quickly I couldn't afford to keep my snakes unless I breed my own. I feel like this saved me for a fair price to get started thank you.
Thank you
I wish I was ur neighbor haha imagine a reptile community living together bro erbody would always have something to talk abt ^.^
awesome video! great attention to detail. When i built my first rack, i used side cutters to cut the mesh. 2nd rack i used tin snips or sheetmetal scissors, whatever you want to call them, and it saved a bunch of time and my hands werent as tired. Looking forward to the next video!!!! Keep em coming 👍
Thanks! Yea I'm going to invest in some tin snips. Basically scissors for metal. Will be much faster
I just ordered all the stuff to run water. Appreciate the video. Two thumbs up
Hey Jason, love the videos. This will be my second Rat Rack from your plans. Just had to watch the video again, to refresh my memory on amount of wood. cant wait to see your first clutches hatch. keep up the great work!
Thanks man!
Obviously, I’m a little late watching and commenting, but damn. I agree with several of the other comments, best rat rack build I think I’ve seen. On a side note, the fam and I were up in Billings last week. Use to live there. Love it. Took them and showed them around and even hung out on the rims for a bit. Love the views up there.
Thanks!
Built the whole thing exactly as the video instructed. Took $350 in the cheapest materials possible, and 16 hrs work, but it came out great.
We had been keeping 28 young to adult rats in glass tanks, and they love the new tubs. Glass tanks are now used as maternity tanks for individual new and bad moms. We find separating them and giving them their own small space makes them calmer and take much better care of the babies.
god damn $350 lol lumber prices are insane
@Schlomo Shekelstein I'm sure that's not just lumber. You have to get the ground cloth, tubs, and watering acessories.
Actually, I'm currently building 1 now...lumber is about $60, wire was $25(so im all in lumber for@$85...say $100 with skrews and staples)., tubs are actually the highest expence@ 10-12 each(6)$60-$75
65-75 for the water system.
And the bedding...
So top to bottom all in 225-250....around where I live in NC. .you cannot touch these for less than 350-400...
And they are smaller than this.
Watching your beautiful video
I supported
Awesome video. My buddy at Rocky Top Reptiles just asked me to build him a rodent rack today and this gave me plenty of ideas. Thanks for the info.
Much appreciated! I used your design for a build today. Made a few small changes but kept the main design. Great instructional, definitely saved me some time on it!
Hell yeah, thanks for showing us how to do that
Your welcome! Glad I could help
Do you use treated or untreated wood? In the history of your setup, have you encountered mold on the wood or anything similar?
Those valve clips.. I tested using a 1/8" fender washer drilled out to fit the waterer barb. then I just put the barb through and connected the hose. so far they did not push the valve out and it stayed in place for over a week, but removing it to pull the tubs out is 100x easier, as it just lifts out. Might want to give it a try. I'm going to convert all mine to the washer setup tomorrow.
Just measure the space between the bottom of your top shelf and the top of the next shelf, whatevereasirment you get cut a piece of scrap wood at that size and use it as a spacer and clamp in between each shelf so you don't have to measure everytime, save some time and you can use your spacer in the future as many times as necessary
Yep, great advice. spacers when building anything with multiple shelves/drawers etc are perfect. Cuts down on all that measuring and you can still measure slightly different each time with a tape, so spacers are more accurate and save a lot of time.
How have these held up over the years and where do I get the tubs? Thanks in advance
If your watching and go to build this, cut the legs at 61 1/2 inches sobif you do the crossmembers and add wheels like he does, the bottom has as much space as the ones above, not necessary, but esthetics...haha. Great video, im currently attaching the wire mesh, and have legs already cut, it is turning out wonderful! Thank you for the great idea! Im also going to try something dofferent with spacing of the rails, im going to turn the unit upsidedown and place a tub there and rest rail on the tub, ensuring the tightest fit
Fantastic DIY video, Jason! Thanks so much for the detailed build. Much appreciated!
Thank you man!
I just started building one of these rack and the home depot medium mortar tubbs I picked up yesterday seem to be the original size that Jason used, 15.75" looks about right for the short cuts, the tubbs are 20 inches wide.
im about to build one of these and I don't know what to cut, 15 or 17.. it seems he agreed with the lady above. but it also looks like he is using the 20in tubs in the video
Thinking about starting up my own for feeding mice to my ferrets. Thanks for the helpful tips. I took notes.
No problem! All I'll say is that mice tend to be much messier and smellier than rats.
Thanks for the tip
Thanks a bunch for this. My friend and I (myself especially) are to the point it's more economical to breed our own rats. Racks are so expensive. I wish i had a workshop to build in, id invest in the tools abs build my own.
Very good diy you make it look so easy. I will definetly come back to this video when I go to build my rat rack. I especially like how you explain why you do what you do.
Thanks! Glad it could help! 👍
This is so awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this!
Making my first one of these now. Not nearly as pretty with no power tools, but it works. Thanks for the vid
Awesome video bro. I finally got some time to watch it in its entirety. I’ll be referencing this one for sure when I begin to build my own here soon. Keep up the great work
Thanks man!
Hey man, great videos!
Thank U
Do you have a complete list of materials needed for this project sir
Awesome! I love this video!! Makes me think that I can make some of these too! Thanks for explaining every step!
Glad I could help!
I need you to build me some. I can’t imagine getting the supplies and trying this on my own! A good laugh for sure! Where are you located in this world?!?
Montana
You did an excellent job on this! I don't have all the equipment nor a way to get the wood into my house, so I ended up making bin cages with 106 Qt. locking tubs and hardware cloth bolted to the tops. It was really arduous to cut out the plastic in my tops with just a hand saw but I got 3 of them done. My tubs are on a 6 foot table side by side. I kind of like that I can look in and easily see what's going on in all the rat cages, being that they're positioned horizontally even if it does take up more space.
At least you have a feeding source.
Hows it going? Do you build the mice rack the same way? But to accommodate a shallower tub?
Hi you mentioned you would make another video on the ramps you make for your grow out tubs, just wondering if you ever did. And great video, best I’ve seen!
No I didn't because I no longer use them. They aren't really needed
Morph Mixology Reptiles thanks for the quick reply, I’m breeding African soft furs would they need it? If so can you give me a quick idea of what to make?
They might idk. It's just the same chicken wire from the rack that's bent some the front lip of the tub and placed down the front inside of the tub, under the bedding. Basically a ladder
Building my own now thanks for the video
Your welcome! Tag us when you finish! Good luck
Great workmanship, you are really gifted could never breed rats they all end up pets🙂♥️🐀 plus not a real DIY kind of gal but very awesome info and rat rack 👍👍👍
Thanks for the compliments. It's tough for sure. The pups are pretty cute
looking forward to building this same rat rack. what size of wood did you use for the legs, screens and the glides for the bins? Thanks
Just built mine thanks morph mixology ready to get rats in it and start breeding
Awesome congrats!
I like that shirt!!!! Great video
Thanks a lot for this video!! It helps so much!! Not sure if you mentioned it in previous videos but what are the dimension of the tubs and what ratio do you use for your rats in the rack?
Awesome video man...I need to build another rat rack for more rats...I like this video just need to write down the measurements ...love diy stuff....
Great video Jason!
Thanks man!
Where did you get the black tubs from? Thank you! 😊
Home Depot. They are concrete mixing tubs. If memory serves, they come in ar least two sizes, maybe three. So be sure to select the one you want if you're ordering online!
I built a 48 tub rack useing ur designs just altered it a little ty
Awesome!
My husband made a rat rack but not a rack like your I’m in the middle of building one like your. One of our rats got loose how can we get it back so it don’t mess up the house? Any ideas Jason?
Did you pre drill and counter sink the screws you used to hold the side long pieces? It looks like theres a screw there, but that would mean you used screws longer than 3 1/2"
Would love to know the size of the tubs, thanks
I like all ur diy videos keep it up ., Thanks helps me out a lot ..
I'm sure this has been said 1000 times but what tubs are you using and where from thanks in advance
What size tubs do you use from home depot?
what size spacing is the wire . i thought or using 1/4 for adults is that to small?
I didn’t need info on building but I needed to see the wire hole size for food or feeding , and also I needed to know where you get the water tits , is it 3/8” holes ? I have a lot of tools Ofcourse being contractor , but the most useful for this is my ryobi 1/4” crown stapler , this way my staples are 1.25” long and don’t have to mess with pounding them , appreciate the video and definitely taking some ideas from this , So you have any issues yet with chew outs ? Any improvements you might make now that you’ve had em ?
Thanks for sharing. What tubs and where do you get them. Thanks again.
Thanks! They are the "medium mortar tubs" from Home Depot
What tubs are those and can they get through them
Jason are you using 3" wood screws with a pilot hole?
I was able to get the tubs at lowes. They are labeled as small but they are the same.
Could these tubs be used for snake racks also. Wouldn't see why not
Is there a reason you used 2x3 instead of 2x2 on the rails?
So apparently home depot is buying the tubs from a different supplier. They are an inch wider than the rack allows. So I've got to go back and shim out the legs 1/2-5/8 on both sides.
Can you tell me where to find your video for the ramp for the grow out tub that you use.
Please and thank you
Great video, what size tubs do you use for the rack?
Thanks! These are the medium mortar tubs from home depot
Is there any way you could do a download of measurements and amount of wood that you would need and other supplies like you did with your snake rack build.
Yep I'm working on it
Ty so much! I can’t wait to build one
Also waiting on this
I watched the video and wrote down all the dimensions he said. Here is what I came up with.
Cut List
18 x 2x3 at 15 3/4" (then rip 6 in half to form 1x1.5")
24 x 2x3 at 28" for the sides and rails
4 2x4 cut to 60"
Purchase List
2x3x8ft = 3 for front pieces and T'shelf
2x3x8ft = 7 for long sides and rails
2x4x8ft = 6 for legs and braces, and a single vertical back stop instead of plywood
1/2" thic 2x4ft plywood panels if you want a solid back.
Perfect! Thank you. I will still put up the list soon 👍
What casters did u use?
Have you ever had rats start chewing away at the small hole near the edge of the tub since you’ve been using the rack?
quick fix for this is to buy some carriage bolts at home depot and place in hole. Problem solved
Do you have a link to the bins/tubs you bought?
Nice!
Saw a similar video and he put the legs 4" back so that you didn't have to take the water nozzle out when taking the bin out. That would be my only adjustment I'd make.
Link?
Hey I have watched this vid 3x n looked at ur description thing n idk how many 8ft 2x3 yo buy?? Thanx brotha
Did you look at the cut list plans? Just count how many it shows on there. I don't remember
Hey! Awesome video! Where did you get your tubs from!!? Thanks in advance! 🙏🔥
Home Depot
Anything specific i should look for? I'm going to be building a rack soon using your videos! Thanks so much for all the tips! Ill tag you on IG when im building it! My IG is 514reptiles!
These are the Medium Mortar tubs. Thanks for watching!
Hey i am building your exact rat rack right now....what were the size of the bins you use? I'm trying to make sure I get the right ones
Medium mortar tubs at home depot
Great build bro
Thanks man!
Very nice
Thanks!
Will this work on other rodents such as hamsters?
Wagner power paint it white oooooo killin it JK looks BA bro
Does it matter the temperature of water ? In the bucket mine seems pretty warm is that ok for that rats ?
Mildly. Warm water will propagate bacteria faster. Cold water lowers their body temperature and ambient temperature. Room temp water is best.
What you talking about ramps for your grow outs? I don’t see anything on that
Great video
Thanks!
Ever have any issues with the rats chewing through the mixing tubs?
Very seldom but it can happen
Morph Mixology Reptiles any other heavier duty rub you might recommend?
Do you mention how you do your breeding?
Can you give t A description of material that you need how many for front and back and all that stuff please
Great DIY video. Can you give an estimated cost for the supplies?
I'd guess about $125
Morph Mixology Reptiles thanks a bunch.
Why is the T-frame in the middle of the square necessary for the wire mesh? Would the wire cloth be broken without the T-frame?
It is an awesome video, by the way. Thank you.
Just preference. It would work without
@@MorphMixologyReptiles cool. Thanks foor the response.
you may have answered this in another video but how often do you clean out the rat tubs?
Weekly
@@MorphMixologyReptiles wow that was fast! Thank you!
Awesome!
Do you have any problems with the rats chewing through the tubs?
never
Get the cuts exactly right and buy extra tubs, because I sure wound up with chewers and they weren't all along gaps, some through the bottom of the tubs.
Just started making this. 2” screws aren’t long enough because of the 2x3. Would need like 3”-4” screws.
2x4 and 2x3 are actually only 1.5" thick. The 2" screws have worked just fine for me
@@MorphMixologyReptiles Maybe I'm missing something. A 2x3 is 2.5" wide and you have the boards laying down flat. Did you rip them down any?
Morph Mixology Reptiles ended up getting it to work. Your measurements and directions worked perfect. Thanks for the video.
Cool. Thanks
We’re to get the bins from
Nice shirt!!! Great video
What video do you show the ramps for your grow out tubs? Made out of the wire mesh. Thank you.
I didn't do a video on those
OK, how do you attach them?
Just bend it around the lip
Thank you. Keep up the awesome videos! The new logo is fantastic.
Thanks
Is their a specific gauge mesh that you use so they chew through?
1/2 inch mesh. I use 1/4 for mice because some small mouse hoppers can squeeze through the 1/2 inch mesh.
18:30 he watchin some minecraft lmao
Always 😂
Awsome video bro best video I found yet!!
No way! Thanks lol 👍🏻
I'm from Brazil and idk why I can't open the homedepot.com, so I cant see the mixing tub size/inches. Could anyone help me out with the dimensions of the tub?
about how much money is it to build 1 rack?
i don't understand the drive measurement's is there a simple list
Know if I were to add heat how would go about I'm putting it in a place we're it may get chili. And the may need a warm place to go to.would they need belly heat or back heat
You can add heat tape, radiant heat panels, heat cable, etc. Just make sure it's not contacting anything and that it's thermostat controlled.
For supplemental ambient heat, quartz heaters are really great too.
Hey Jason, I have a quick question for ya. I don't know if you've already mentioned this , or not.
What size mesh did you use?
It's the 1/2" I think. But check the build video. It's in there
Hi what water nossels are you using??
Just FYI tin snips work quicker. Awesome build
Hvacr tech here
Plz don't use tin snips on wire
Good wat to ruin a pair of snips
What kind of tubs are you useing
Robert Strobel looks like cement mixing tubs