I keep Guinea Pigs, another prey animal and have kept Rats in the past too. Naturally I love my animals, but I'm also aware that in nature they would likely be food for predators such as snakes. I am pleased to see that your 'feeder' set up is clean, monitored and in excellent condition. It is so good to see the animals are healthy and cared for during their life span, which in nature is usually very short. Well done!
Great video Paul. I really like the idea about putting the compressed pellets on top of the shavings. I've been doing it just the opposite for years, but I like your way better. Thanks for the tip.
@@urbanconstrictors. definitely, they wouldn’t admit it, but it benefits them to push a monetised channel 👌🏼 watch how fast the subs roll in over thre next few Months
Wish i had the space and time to breed my own rodents. Great video paul as always. That is an immaculate setup and system you have developed there pal. 👏🏻
What make are those rodent racks? If you could tell me the manufacturer I’d appreciate it. Excellent info in this video and I will be using this to expand and improve my rodent project
Awesome set up!! I'm still using the diy racks I built in the beginning but I now know I do want to invest in the FB rat racks soon as it's feasible for me, looks amazing and I'm sure cleaning would be far easier than the tubs I use right now.
Nothing wrong with diy as long as they work for you and your animals. But for anyone that plans to breed long term I would say they are worth the investment. They are so good and will out live me
What are your bin combinations? I’m looking at getting the fb rodent rack and like your setup with maternity/birthing bins on top and breeding on the bottom.
Breeding tubs are 721 I have a total of 6 levels of 3. Top ones (maternity) are 1050 and I have 8 levels of 5. The huge rack is 44-4. I’ve also just ordered the other rack I found out I need that’s call the 824. I’ve ordered 6 levels with two levels of the maternity tops on top. I believe this will give me as many tubs and breeding groups I need to feed all my snakes
Thanks for the great video. I see you have your feed hoppers and waters in the front, do you find that adequate? I know some breeders place the feeders in the back and the waters in the front. Is there anything you would change at this point? Thanks again for the great video.
Great setup and healthy rats but it's a bit unfortunate that they don't have full range of motion / ability to stand up and stretch. Would also be very grateful for a bit of enrichment like bits of cardboard, I think.
This is why im gonna use 50qrt tubs so i can have like 1 male to 5 females and they have plenty of space until the babies are ready to be weaned. (I use water bottles too so the water nips are not a problem)
Can you please tell us what tub sizes your using. The freedom breeder website doesn't break it down fully. I don't need to breed on a huge level. But I think I could use one rack like yours to feed my small collection.
Yes of course. Here you go The tubs on the bottom where I have 1.5 are called Rodent 721-30 The maternity tubs are Rodent 1050-10 and the huge holding rack is Rodent 44-4 Plus the rack not shown as I haven’t got it yet but I talk about it is Rodent 824-20 Since the Rodent 824, 1050 and 721 are all 21.5” front to back. They are all compatible with each other. So all you need to do is make sure you have one castle level for each rack and then mix and match the rest of the levels. I hope that helps!?
@@urbanconstrictors. it does thanks man! I’m going to look up on freedom breeder right now and see what you mean specifically. Did you just ask freedom breeder that you needed this specific tubs or???
@@kennethandrew3709 hey man. I’ve just posted a video what will help you. I’ve had enough people ask me this info to make me what to do a vid to help. So give it a watch and then you should know all you need to :) Just decide how many levels of each one you want and email Jessy. He’ll then sort you out. You can also say you want the same as Paul Milner from Urban Constrictors but X amount of each and he should be able to pull up my order and copy it.....
Great video brother!! I do it very similar I just have limited space so I just take the babies from mom about 3 weeks and put them in a same sex shallow grow out tub. Also due to limited space I selectively pick baby females from females that give large litters. I also retire them after 6 months to keep the litters big.
It sounds a good system you have mate. I hear a lot of people saying they retire females after 6 months but I have females that are over 2 years old dropping 16 plus babies. So they aren’t going anywhere yet 😆
Are you sure you have both a male and females in the same tub. This sounds daft but it’s quite surprising how many people have groups of girls thinking one is male only to find out much later down the line they are all female.
On day 7 (cleaning day) it’s pretty smelly. But the day I clean to day 5 it’s not bad at all. I clean everything really well and use a mix of wood shaving and wood pellets what helps a lot with odour. In warmer months I have the fan attached to the wall running 24/7. So no smell at all. But if I do that in colder months the rats get too cold. Then they’ll stop breeding. So I’m trying to just get it right. Not much sell and max production.
No I don’t. It’s not really possible with ASF. They’ll kill any new comers to the group. Even ones that was a part of that group and is been returned. The best way imo is to put 1.6 or 2.10 in a tub and let them get on with it. Then if or when you loose one from a group it’s best to let a baby group up in that group. I hope that makes sense
@@urbanconstrictors. So when the rats are hungry they just reach into the holes and work the pellets around until some drop through? I'm just a little unclear on how that works.
I am just curious, do the rats get enrichment or do they not need it? Awesome video the room looks great! EDIT: I ask this because I would like to understand since I commonly see rodent care with "toys/enrichment" or other items. I understand having those things in a rack would be difficult/impossible. Your care for the rodents looks amazing!
Yes they do. But maybe some don’t think about this as they are bred in a farming type way. It’s also the same way for the supply to big box stores.... since they get a mix of fresh foods each day. They is good enrichment for them. Plus I put in toilet roll tubes and other small boxes... but they typically destroy them in a day
@@urbanconstrictors. they definitely do think about it. Farm bred or not they still have the same intelligence. Maybe but some wooden chew toys in for them or something just to give them some quality of life and enrichment whilst they’re alive
Really cool rat set up! Great video. I would love to breed my own but I've only got 10 royals (at the moment! First season hopefully getting some eggs!) Is it worth doing on a smaller scale and how many adult rats to snakes would you say? Cheers, Lisa
Hi Lisa Only you can answer if it’s worth it or not. I don’t know how much spare time you have. Also if you are an appropriate room to breed them in. But for 10 I wouldn’t personally breed rodents. Once you get up to 30 plus I would say then reconsider
Oh man i use to work at a mice/rat farm an i can remember the smell lol. Not saying ur cages are dirty but having that many mice/rat has a smell in its self. Lol. An its crazy how the female will eat the babies if over stressed. An i seen none of that in ur racks. Nice an calm rats. We had almost the same set up where i use to work. Nice set up.
On day 7 it does smell...But that's cleaning day, so to be expected. It's not bad enough you can't enter the room, but it's bad enough... I just leave the door open for 15 mins and then go in. It doesn't smell at that point. Days following the clean is only smells of the wood shavings I use. Quite a nice woody smell. It's nice haha....
@@urbanconstrictors. oh yea for sure i wasnt being negative but its a smell u wont forget it was fun tho there was a snake farm on the other side of the property so we got to feed the dead babies or the eaten omes to the turtles or monitors ect. Realy cool that the project is coming togwther nicely. Nice job
Oh my god. My 2 hatchlings will be arriving in Apriland I've been wondering about the rodents and trying not to think about it. but seeing them in those drawers has made me burst into tears. Because they cover a lot of ground in real life don't they. And the way that mother was picking up her babies and trying to look after them in such a pitiful tiny space.It has made me feel so sick and conflicted.😩
It's not as bad as it seems. They don't need toys because they are always busy mating or taking care of babies anyways (although temporary chew toys can help if they are stressed). Typically they gather in groups inside dark, tight spaces to breed naturally. The only time they explore is when looking for a new home or food, both of which are taken care of. You can always provide a larger individual setup, but if these rats were stressed you'd see marks from self harm and behavioral issues.
Purely out of interest how do you dispose of the waste from your rats? I'm growing to a size now where the snake and rat waste is getting a bit hard to dispose of in my black bin!
This is my biggest problem. In summer I fill up two garden bins for our local council to take and compost. But from Dec to April they don’t take them. So I compost it all along with garden waist like leaves and branches and also all my snake bedding (ReptiChip) as long as I turn it well once a week (on cleaning day) wet it and add some food scraps it stays hot (over 120f) and breaks down. It’s a lot of work when it gets big. But I don’t want to have to drive it somewhere to dispose of. So it works for me
Great content very educational fun and entertaining , i can see and appriciate the work you put in your craft and you have gained a new fam. when you have time if you can check out our channel and see the content and if you like it we would love for you to join the zulunation family.. Happy holidays and god bless..
The most humane method I've seen is pumping a container with CO2. They pass put very quickly and die without being stressed. I believe the most common method for facilities is freezing them, but they aren't as kind as most DIYers.
It’s not the subscribers mate. It’s the people that stumble across the video when looking for rodent (pet) videos... They are the ones that get offended and start to kick off. Then they go shopping and buy meat to eat 😆😆😆
@@urbanconstrictors. I'm one of those people that stumbled across your video. Although I don't really feel offended and I do appreciate that you are treating them nicely until the time comes, with all due respect, I wouldn't go as far as to equate humans satisfying one of their own basic needs (such as eating fully nutritious stuff) with having a pet :) Yes, most of us do participate in animal killing, but I think it's a matter of where we personally decide to draw the line of these kinds of natural interventions.
You're an animal lover but put these intelligent animals into tiny jail cells for the rest of their lives... The least you could do would be add enrichment such as toys and hides.
How many large rats will fit in that 44-4?
That's cute a few of the mums are bringing the little ones to the front of the tub to say look what I got.
I keep Guinea Pigs, another prey animal and have kept Rats in the past too. Naturally I love my animals, but I'm also aware that in nature they would likely be food for predators such as snakes. I am pleased to see that your 'feeder' set up is clean, monitored and in excellent condition. It is so good to see the animals are healthy and cared for during their life span, which in nature is usually very short. Well done!
Great video Paul. I really like the idea about putting the compressed pellets on top of the shavings. I've been doing it just the opposite for years, but I like your way better. Thanks for the tip.
Fantastic system love the look of these racks and your rats look super healthy.
Thanks a lot
Wow what a set up mate! I know you’ll never be out of there! Immaculate set up! High standards from Mr Pristine as always! 🤣
Thanks mate. Hoping to do another rodent vid tomorrow on how I sort through them on cleaning day and obviously how I clean them.
@@urbanconstrictors. looking forward to it mate! Find it really interesting! Loving the FB rodent racks mate!! 👌🏼
Brilliant set up, your rats look so healthy, great work mate
Eyyyy you finally monetised your channel ! Good man
Yea man I feel my channel was getting put to the back of the queue for not been monetised. Even though YT says that’s not the case.
@@urbanconstrictors. definitely, they wouldn’t admit it, but it benefits them to push a monetised channel 👌🏼 watch how fast the subs roll in over thre next few Months
Best rats breeding video on the tube, thank you!
Finaly someone explaining how to rotate, thanks a lot! Can you tell a bit size and gain numbers? Not sure how much to set up
Pretty much exactly how I do it. I have 1 rack so far so I put 2 females in maternity tubs until the babies are weaned. And start the process over
Wish i had the space and time to breed my own rodents. Great video paul as always. That is an immaculate setup and system you have developed there pal. 👏🏻
It's a lot of work mate, but the quality of rodent I can produce is worth it for my snakes....
100% mate the benefits are evident.
They are clean and healthy! You can ask for more
Awesome video!!! Definitely one of the best I’ve seen on rodent breeding!
Thanks a lot 🙏🏼
Just rediscovers this channel I'm a working dog, aquariams guy and this so intresting
At what temperature do you keep your rats
What make are those rodent racks? If you could tell me the manufacturer I’d appreciate it. Excellent info in this video and I will be using this to expand and improve my rodent project
Hello please I have a question can you live on breading rodent ?
That orange is amazing. Are they called something special?
Awesome set up!! I'm still using the diy racks I built in the beginning but I now know I do want to invest in the FB rat racks soon as it's feasible for me, looks amazing and I'm sure cleaning would be far easier than the tubs I use right now.
Nothing wrong with diy as long as they work for you and your animals. But for anyone that plans to breed long term I would say they are worth the investment. They are so good and will out live me
Loving this. Thanks for posting.
Thanks a lot
You explained this very well, thanks so much!
Thanks a lot.
We’re did you order racks from
What are your bin combinations? I’m looking at getting the fb rodent rack and like your setup with maternity/birthing bins on top and breeding on the bottom.
Breeding tubs are 721 I have a total of 6 levels of 3. Top ones (maternity) are 1050 and I have 8 levels of 5. The huge rack is 44-4. I’ve also just ordered the other rack I found out I need that’s call the 824. I’ve ordered 6 levels with two levels of the maternity tops on top. I believe this will give me as many tubs and breeding groups I need to feed all my snakes
I have looked through there website and I cannot find the same rack you have. I can only find the one single rack you have all the way to the right
Great set up
Excellent
Thanks for the great video. I see you have your feed hoppers and waters in the front, do you find that adequate? I know some breeders place the feeders in the back and the waters in the front. Is there anything you would change at this point? Thanks again for the great video.
Can you get freedom breeders in the UK ?
No you buy direct from FB in the US
Great setup and healthy rats but it's a bit unfortunate that they don't have full range of motion / ability to stand up and stretch. Would also be very grateful for a bit of enrichment like bits of cardboard, I think.
This is why im gonna use 50qrt tubs so i can have like 1 male to 5 females and they have plenty of space until the babies are ready to be weaned. (I use water bottles too so the water nips are not a problem)
What brand/company are your racks?
Thank you for the info I learned a lot !!!
Great video!
About how many rats can stay in the really big grow out tubs?
I need to know the rat of food consumption. Thank you
Thank you for this video!
Can you please tell us what tub sizes your using. The freedom breeder website doesn't break it down fully. I don't need to breed on a huge level. But I think I could use one rack like yours to feed my small collection.
Yes of course. Here you go
The tubs on the bottom where I have 1.5 are called Rodent 721-30
The maternity tubs are Rodent 1050-10 and the huge holding rack is Rodent 44-4
Plus the rack not shown as I haven’t got it yet but I talk about it is Rodent 824-20
Since the Rodent 824, 1050 and 721 are all 21.5” front to back. They are all compatible with each other. So all you need to do is make sure you have one castle level for each rack and then mix and match the rest of the levels.
I hope that helps!?
@@urbanconstrictors. it does thanks man! I’m going to look up on freedom breeder right now and see what you mean specifically. Did you just ask freedom breeder that you needed this specific tubs or???
@@kennethandrew3709 hey man. I’ve just posted a video what will help you. I’ve had enough people ask me this info to make me what to do a vid to help. So give it a watch and then you should know all you need to :)
Just decide how many levels of each one you want and email Jessy. He’ll then sort you out. You can also say you want the same as Paul Milner from Urban Constrictors but X amount of each and he should be able to pull up my order and copy it.....
@@urbanconstrictors. thanks man! My notification just came in that you posted a video so I’m watching it now
What type of betting are you using
Love rodent videos!!
Great video brother!! I do it very similar I just have limited space so I just take the babies from mom about 3 weeks and put them in a same sex shallow grow out tub. Also due to limited space I selectively pick baby females from females that give large litters. I also retire them after 6 months to keep the litters big.
It sounds a good system you have mate. I hear a lot of people saying they retire females after 6 months but I have females that are over 2 years old dropping 16 plus babies. So they aren’t going anywhere yet 😆
@@urbanconstrictors. Well I'd keep them also!! You have great genetics in your rats as well!!
Love the set up amd logistics! Those fully striped rats are beautiful.
Great video sir. I have not seen this style of rack on FB's site. I assume it was a custom order?
Thanks man. Yes it’s the 721 and 1050 if I remember correctly.
What do the rats drink?
Oh I see now they have bottles through the top. I was confused.
Great video buddy
I’ve had two colonies of rats for over 5 months now and they haven’t bred yet. Does anybody have any idea what I could be doing wrong?
Are you sure you have both a male and females in the same tub. This sounds daft but it’s quite surprising how many people have groups of girls thinking one is male only to find out much later down the line they are all female.
@@urbanconstrictors. I’m confident I have 2 males but honestly have never been sure on females
@@tbrakensiek it’s easy to find out. Males have massive bollox and females have multiple nipples.
Awesome video, thank you!
How is the odor in that room?
On day 7 (cleaning day) it’s pretty smelly. But the day I clean to day 5 it’s not bad at all. I clean everything really well and use a mix of wood shaving and wood pellets what helps a lot with odour. In warmer months I have the fan attached to the wall running 24/7. So no smell at all. But if I do that in colder months the rats get too cold. Then they’ll stop breeding. So I’m trying to just get it right. Not much sell and max production.
Do you use the maternity system for asf/multi's ? I breed both and tired of converting tubs so getting racks built for a big expansion.
No I don’t. It’s not really possible with ASF. They’ll kill any new comers to the group. Even ones that was a part of that group and is been returned. The best way imo is to put 1.6 or 2.10 in a tub and let them get on with it. Then if or when you loose one from a group it’s best to let a baby group up in that group. I hope that makes sense
@Urban Constrictors yeh that's sorta what I've been doing but not in such big groups mostly 1 male 3 females but will try a bigger group.
Amazing video. Couple of questions if that's ok, 1) do they not gnaw on the plastic box? And 2) do the rats not bite?
5:00 what are they ? Mice ?rats?hamsters ? I’ve never seen these?
African fur rat
What kind of food your using for your rats?
arkwrights dog food then lots of veg, nuts, seeds etc
@@urbanconstrictors. So when the rats are hungry they just reach into the holes and work the pellets around until some drop through? I'm just a little unclear on how that works.
Amazing setup. How many do you have on the go?
how can I order such a stand?
I am just curious, do the rats get enrichment or do they not need it? Awesome video the room looks great!
EDIT: I ask this because I would like to understand since I commonly see rodent care with "toys/enrichment" or other items. I understand having those things in a rack would be difficult/impossible. Your care for the rodents looks amazing!
Yes they do. But maybe some don’t think about this as they are bred in a farming type way. It’s also the same way for the supply to big box stores.... since they get a mix of fresh foods each day. They is good enrichment for them. Plus I put in toilet roll tubes and other small boxes... but they typically destroy them in a day
@@urbanconstrictors. they definitely do think about it. Farm bred or not they still have the same intelligence. Maybe but some wooden chew toys in for them or something just to give them some quality of life and enrichment whilst they’re alive
Really cool rat set up! Great video. I would love to breed my own but I've only got 10 royals (at the moment! First season hopefully getting some eggs!) Is it worth doing on a smaller scale and how many adult rats to snakes would you say? Cheers, Lisa
Hi Lisa
Only you can answer if it’s worth it or not. I don’t know how much spare time you have. Also if you are an appropriate room to breed them in. But for 10 I wouldn’t personally breed rodents. Once you get up to 30 plus I would say then reconsider
why is there no drinking water? isn't the food dry ..
I am asking this, because I am also a rat breeder in Indonesia ..
If you watch the video you’ll see where the water is and where it comes from.
My rats are 1 year females and 2 males 7 months why they not pregnant
Oh man i use to work at a mice/rat farm an i can remember the smell lol. Not saying ur cages are dirty but having that many mice/rat has a smell in its self. Lol. An its crazy how the female will eat the babies if over stressed. An i seen none of that in ur racks. Nice an calm rats. We had almost the same set up where i use to work. Nice set up.
On day 7 it does smell...But that's cleaning day, so to be expected. It's not bad enough you can't enter the room, but it's bad enough... I just leave the door open for 15 mins and then go in. It doesn't smell at that point. Days following the clean is only smells of the wood shavings I use. Quite a nice woody smell. It's nice haha....
@@urbanconstrictors. oh yea for sure i wasnt being negative but its a smell u wont forget it was fun tho there was a snake farm on the other side of the property so we got to feed the dead babies or the eaten omes to the turtles or monitors ect. Realy cool that the project is coming togwther nicely. Nice job
Great video. If the wife lets me breed rats going to do this method.
Thanks a lot mate
can u plz make a video with a rat... having babys plz/????
beautiful rats
😀😀
Ur maternity tubs are for mice. they can barely even stretch going up..
No that’s not correct. Plus they are in them for 14 days max!
@@urbanconstrictors. I see.. I stand corrected.
Oh my god. My 2 hatchlings will be arriving in Apriland I've been wondering about the rodents and trying not to think about it. but seeing them in those drawers has made me burst into tears. Because they cover a lot of ground in real life don't they. And the way that mother was picking up her babies and trying to look after them in such a pitiful tiny space.It has made me feel so sick and conflicted.😩
It's not as bad as it seems. They don't need toys because they are always busy mating or taking care of babies anyways (although temporary chew toys can help if they are stressed). Typically they gather in groups inside dark, tight spaces to breed naturally. The only time they explore is when looking for a new home or food, both of which are taken care of. You can always provide a larger individual setup, but if these rats were stressed you'd see marks from self harm and behavioral issues.
Purely out of interest how do you dispose of the waste from your rats? I'm growing to a size now where the snake and rat waste is getting a bit hard to dispose of in my black bin!
This is my biggest problem. In summer I fill up two garden bins for our local council to take and compost. But from Dec to April they don’t take them. So I compost it all along with garden waist like leaves and branches and also all my snake bedding (ReptiChip) as long as I turn it well once a week (on cleaning day) wet it and add some food scraps it stays hot (over 120f) and breaks down. It’s a lot of work when it gets big. But I don’t want to have to drive it somewhere to dispose of. So it works for me
Great content very educational fun and entertaining , i can see and appriciate the work you put in your craft and you have gained a new fam. when you have time if you can check out our channel and see the content and if you like it we would love for you to join the zulunation family.. Happy holidays and god bless..
Thanks for your kind words. Yes I’ll check it out mate :)
It sounds grim but I'm still intrigued as to how these are euthanized and would be interesting to know
The most humane method I've seen is pumping a container with CO2. They pass put very quickly and die without being stressed. I believe the most common method for facilities is freezing them, but they aren't as kind as most DIYers.
That sick I just had to put my sick 😢rat down made me cry what you said
At least provide some enrichement...
No rats should be in boxes like that
Hahaha who watches or subscribes to a snake breeder channel and would be offended by a rodent breeding video? This world......
It’s not the subscribers mate. It’s the people that stumble across the video when looking for rodent (pet) videos...
They are the ones that get offended and start to kick off. Then they go shopping and buy meat to eat 😆😆😆
@@urbanconstrictors. I'm one of those people that stumbled across your video. Although I don't really feel offended and I do appreciate that you are treating them nicely until the time comes, with all due respect, I wouldn't go as far as to equate humans satisfying one of their own basic needs (such as eating fully nutritious stuff) with having a pet :) Yes, most of us do participate in animal killing, but I think it's a matter of where we personally decide to draw the line of these kinds of natural interventions.
You're an animal lover but put these intelligent animals into tiny jail cells for the rest of their lives...
The least you could do would be add enrichment such as toys and hides.
Rats drink water
the poor rats cant even straighten their backs a little... its wayyy too shallow
Lol….. rats in the wild live in burrows with so much air space. I can even stand up in them 🤣🤣 you don’t have a clue what you are talking about!
@@urbanconstrictors. yea they can "burrow deeep" in ur set up..