This is a informative video. I like the way you you take your time to explain every detail. The treatment of the animals seems to be respectful. Very good work!
ive bred in the past I averaged 15-22 babies per litter, gave the mothers at least 2 weeks off after they finished weaning, but I separated females once pregnant into their own smaller tub, easy to make sure all getting fed and keeping mothers and litters straight, good video :)
I constructed some mice racks using another video and have run into some issues with the tub fit. I *really* like the way you have these constructed, just looking at the first few frames of the video I can see how you solved a lot of the problems I'm fighting right now. Dude, well done on those racks. I'll be watching your rack build videos and building out a new set of racks soon.
FYI - Pine is very toxic to rats and literally makes breathing painful for them. Aspen would be a better wood choice. I understand these are feeders and aren't pets but the pressure on their respiratory system from the pine is very strong.
@@Uuxaul Sure, sure. However, if you have a breeding program chances are you want to produce the best possible snakes. If you want to produce the best possible snakes you feed them the best quality food. In order to feed them the best quality, we have to make sure their food(the rats) are being taken care of just as well as the snakes. Quality produces quality my friends.
Awesome video man...I built a small rack a while back (4)tub rack and just recently picked up a (6) tub rack off craigslist for cheap..came with tubs and watering system...had to change a few things..thanks to your watering video I was able to go back and see how to do the water...still need to adjust a few things but awesome videos...keep em coming..
Those rats are cute!! I have pet rats and I love hearing the rat squeaks. I’m getting a snake in the near future (not gonna feed my pet rats to her tho lol). If I get more snakes I’d consider breeding rats because it ends up being cheaper and I can know exactly what the rats eat.
@@Damaris972. with that logic I hope you are a vegan that never takes medicine or gets a vaccine. Snakes have to eat too. Humans breed animals for food, and many of the animals used in research are killed after the research ends or even as a result of the research.
@@madelineu7971 yea which is a shame sometimes and i also wish the living conditions for a lot of those animals were better, like if we’re just gonna kill them we should give them the best possible life beforehand ya know?
@@Damaris972. nothing wrong with feeding pet rats or mice sometimes the rats or mice get sick and got no cure so having a handy pet snake is always a good way to rid of those sick ol rodent pets
I like you're setup. Matter of fact I have a guy making me a rack now in LA. Not sure how many levels I need. I also need to figure out how to set up the watering system.
Very detailed video! I'm not in the snake business but I find these videos very interesting. I like the organization! I agree with you on the clear tubs getting more light which seems to me is more healthy for the snakes. The water bill is obsolete in my opinion. I work in irrigation and a typical (Residential) irrigation system runs about 12-15 gallons per minute. Depending on the time of year it could run from every day to 3-4 times a week for lets say 40 minutes. That's 520 gallons each cycle! If you fill your tubs every week totaling 15 gallons each time. That's a little over 800 gallons per year which is only two cycles of a sprinkler system. Probably too much information but thought I'd share. Well Done! I'm enjoying you channel!
Enjoy watching and learning new ideas from you to incorporate them into my collection and hopefully turn my hobby into PT fun money soon. I have a question regarding any type of mite preventative you might do in your collection like one does with their reptiles throughout the year. I just started a colony and have wondered and thought I would ask you and /or anyone reading this comment :) Thanks again for the hard work on making these videos for us and the new logo is SUPER SWEET !!!
Thanks! Big key is buy quality stock and then keep your own grow ups. I clean and disinfect the tubs every week. Also find "Hot Shots 2" in the insect section at Home Depot. Cut it up into 1/2" squares and put on top of the racks. That will attract and kill any little buggers
Ya I use f-10 about every 6 days when I clean with a fresh bedding. I just wasn’t sure if I needed to do a preventative on them like my reptiles. Thanks again for the reply !
Trust me. I'm in touch with my feminine, non-technical, utterly useless side of construction. "A child could assemble it", used to be in DIY manuals. I needed that child, but they were never provided.
TH-cam has needed this rodent breeding video for a loooong time! Very nice selection of talking points and great presentation of the information without getting long winded or deviating from each bullet point. Only criticism is the music was too loud for me, otherwise wonderfully done!
Morph Mixology Reptiles you’re welcome. I’m trying to learn and most of these outdated videos are horrible and it’s not like I can ask my female friends for info on snake keeping I’m a unicorn 😭
I have a hole roll of carpet padding when I did a house. So tear it up give then warm beefing and leaves and sticks out my yard. Cause they are outside in cold but in garage
Great video. So I'm having a hard time finding females...I have two, I only have 4 snakes to feed. local pet stores have females for sale for $25-$30 each.. should i bite the bullet or wait and raise my own..?
I have two ball pythons, and then ended up having a male and female rat that I got from the store and neither snake was hungry. So now the medium rats I bought are large and the girl has had 2 litters. Currently they are all together in a small cage and I’m about to make a rack. Im thinking one single rack should be enough?
Great video bro. Just started a tiny colony myself getting it up and running. Might expand a little bit, hoax the smell with all 3 racks going in that room?
Great video. I built a rat rack but it didn’t turn out as good as your so I didn’t want to show it. I need to build another one but this time I will get better wood to start with. Once your mama rats have babies do you take out the male
Just wondering can you tell me......how much time in weeks do you give your breeder female rats a break before getting them pregnant again??......and at what age do you retire your female breeder rats??...... at what age does a male rats fertility drop??.....
Hello Big! First of all a very useful video and thanks! I would like help from you! if you can! With 5 baby snakes (150 to 250 grams now), how do you advise me to do? How many racks and how many tanks per rack? And how many mice or rats to put in (male and female)? Another thing I did not understand is the rotation of males and females? remove the male? and pregnant females must be divided and alone? how often do you have spare parts to get new breeding machines? And last thing ... how do you do with the smell? you say that close to the ball python can stay .. but how do you smell it? I would like to keep them at home in the snake room .. can I? Thanks for all!
Finally !!! Someone really making the numbers in terms of reproducing rats. Seen hundreds of videos but.. this one .... 48 females = 400 up pinkies a month that's what it should be.....
What do you think about supplementing mice/ rat food with dog or cat food. Obviously I wouldn't feed them only this but I would give them half to a third of the dry food as supplement dog / cat food. And on top of that I would still feed them vegetables. I mean I've seen a dozen different people on TH-cam having success with this method I was just wondering if you I have anything against it?
Hello! Please give your rats more space... While I understand that they are feeder rats you still want them to have a humane life. I'd suggest a bit taller and more toys! Again though this is just constructive and in no way trying to start any drama. Thank you for your consideration.
Any tips for quickly identifying males? Maybe a blue dot on their back or something? Sure would be easier then checking every rat until you find the male
Really good video and tips ......I have my reptiles and now like the costs of mice and rats I need is getting expensive and I need to cut down but I want to do it in a good way and I’m looking into breeding rats/mice and how to go on about doing it ? Have u got messyrements or anything for me to make a rack like yours? As they look awesome!
I will never understand how some people get angry at people that breed feeder mice and rats. It's not the snakes fault that it was born the way it is. It can't go vegan just because you want it to 😳😆😆
Cedar shavings as well as pine are very toxic to rats. Aspen is the only safe variety of wood-shavings. If you're trying to breed rats then avoid those at all costs.
I built one rack but built it up height at 5nhalf feet only 8 or 10" high. So I can build 3 or 4 more. So I have one male in with 2 females now I think
I'm paying $8 for a med rat at my pet store for my rattlesnake ,,, I've thought about raising rats but i only have one snake so probably not a good idea for me ...
I like your rat rack! What are the dimensions of your tubs? Also, you said the retired nursing females aren't bred but nurse the babies when needed. Don't they have to have been pregnant to produce milk even as a surrogate?
No as long as they are still nursing, they still produce milk without getting pregnant. I'm guessing because they are communal breeders and share the workload
Yes they will need to have been bred at least once to get their milk production going but as long as they continue to nurse babies and have a quality food with high protein/fat they will continue to produce milk
I have 7 snakes all sizes to feed, thinking about breeding my own rats. What do u recommend? This is costing me 40$ every 2 weeks, need to go cheaper...
Im gonna breed few rats only as I need and seek few to the one pet store we have here. So the ones they dont eat I house feed water and try mybest to keep alive mine won't eat frozen thawed yet. So what do you feed your breeders
We could never have the rats in our home in any way. Do you not notice any allergies at all. When we do work out in our rat shack we need to mask up and get in and out or we are sneezing, stuffed up messes. Is it just is?
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This video is why iv had good luck breeding rats by far best breeding video on TH-cam
Thanks so much! Appreciate it
Just starting and really loving this in-depth video!
This is a informative video. I like the way you you take your time to explain every detail. The treatment of the animals seems to be respectful.
Very good work!
Thank you!
@@MorphMixologyReptiles you are welcome!
By far, the most informative video I've watched on maintaining rodents for snakes. THANK YOU!
Anytime 👍
ive bred in the past I averaged 15-22 babies per litter, gave the mothers at least 2 weeks off after they finished weaning, but I separated females once pregnant into their own smaller tub, easy to make sure all getting fed and keeping mothers and litters straight, good video :)
I constructed some mice racks using another video and have run into some issues with the tub fit. I *really* like the way you have these constructed, just looking at the first few frames of the video I can see how you solved a lot of the problems I'm fighting right now. Dude, well done on those racks. I'll be watching your rack build videos and building out a new set of racks soon.
FYI - Pine is very toxic to rats and literally makes breathing painful for them. Aspen would be a better wood choice. I understand these are feeders and aren't pets but the pressure on their respiratory system from the pine is very strong.
mills lmao you have no clue
I use pine bedding been using it for 4 years no issues. Do your homework.
Who cares? They're food.
@@Uuxaul Sure, sure. However, if you have a breeding program chances are you want to produce the best possible snakes. If you want to produce the best possible snakes you feed them the best quality food. In order to feed them the best quality, we have to make sure their food(the rats) are being taken care of just as well as the snakes. Quality produces quality my friends.
mills never had any problems with pine
Uuxaul they are still live animals you asshole..
Awesome video man...I built a small rack a while back (4)tub rack and just recently picked up a (6) tub rack off craigslist for cheap..came with tubs and watering system...had to change a few things..thanks to your watering video I was able to go back and see how to do the water...still need to adjust a few things but awesome videos...keep em coming..
Awesome good luck!
Those rats are cute!! I have pet rats and I love hearing the rat squeaks. I’m getting a snake in the near future (not gonna feed my pet rats to her tho lol). If I get more snakes I’d consider breeding rats because it ends up being cheaper and I can know exactly what the rats eat.
Eww you piece of shit. How can you feed your snake rats and WORSE breeding rats when you have pet rats yourself like , disguting
@Gaïa what do you suggest people feed their snakes? Please, enlighten me
@@Damaris972. with that logic I hope you are a vegan that never takes medicine or gets a vaccine. Snakes have to eat too. Humans breed animals for food, and many of the animals used in research are killed after the research ends or even as a result of the research.
@@madelineu7971 yea which is a shame sometimes and i also wish the living conditions for a lot of those animals were better, like if we’re just gonna kill them we should give them the best possible life beforehand ya know?
@@Damaris972. nothing wrong with feeding pet rats or mice sometimes the rats or mice get sick and got no cure so having a handy pet snake is always a good way to rid of those sick ol rodent pets
I love this hobby but i really love the community!
By far the best Rodent Breeding video I’ve seen yet! Very well explained and from beginning to end! Great Job Jason👍👍👍
Thanks man! Much appreciated
Great video man! I am almost finished with my rack and should be picking up some of my breeders this weekend. Thanks for the help!
Awesome. Good luck. Glad we could help
Just built mine and it’s sick thank you for the info my friend
Very helpful video, thanks a million, answered all my questions and worries
Jus started my breeding rats and last night one of my females had her first litter, 👍🏾
Great info, Jason! Really appreciate it! I just started up rat breeding and built a couple racks very similar to your design.
Awesome. Good luck!
Thanks for posting. I'm using all frozen from rodent pro. But, seems like eventually breeding and going live with rats is the way to go.
I like you're setup. Matter of fact I have a guy making me a rack now in LA. Not sure how many levels I need. I also need to figure out how to set up the watering system.
Hey man, great videos! I was curious what size tubs you are using. That would be very helpful. They look like the mixing tubs from Lowes. Thank you
Very detailed video! I'm not in the snake business but I find these videos very interesting.
I like the organization! I agree with you on the clear tubs getting more light which seems to me is more healthy for the snakes.
The water bill is obsolete in my opinion. I work in irrigation and a typical (Residential) irrigation system runs about 12-15 gallons per minute. Depending on the time of year it could run from every day to 3-4 times a week for lets say 40 minutes. That's 520 gallons each cycle! If you fill your tubs every week totaling 15 gallons each time. That's a little over 800 gallons per year which is only two cycles of a sprinkler system. Probably too much information but thought I'd share.
Well Done! I'm enjoying you channel!
Thanks!
Enjoy watching and learning new ideas from you to incorporate them into my collection and hopefully turn my hobby into PT fun money soon. I have a question regarding any type of mite preventative you might do in your collection like one does with their reptiles throughout the year. I just started a colony and have wondered and thought I would ask you and /or anyone reading this comment :)
Thanks again for the hard work on making these videos for us and the new logo is SUPER SWEET !!!
Thanks! Big key is buy quality stock and then keep your own grow ups. I clean and disinfect the tubs every week. Also find "Hot Shots 2" in the insect section at Home Depot. Cut it up into 1/2" squares and put on top of the racks. That will attract and kill any little buggers
Ya I use f-10 about every 6 days when I clean with a fresh bedding. I just wasn’t sure if I needed to do a preventative on them like my reptiles. Thanks again for the reply !
Yep. Good luck
Awesome video brotha! Keep up the great work, next vid should be a snake feeding! I'm sure everyone will enjoy that!
🙏
Thanks! I know some would enjoy that but TH-cam is very sensitive to feeding videos.
I have the manual skills of a chimp. Building a rat rack would result in me booking six paramedics and a helicopter before I even picked up the tools.
Haha it's not that hard 😂
Trust me. I'm in touch with my feminine, non-technical, utterly useless side of construction. "A child could assemble it", used to be in DIY manuals. I needed that child, but they were never provided.
Dairy rats is an hilarious concept to me lol
Very nice vídeo, thanks for sharing your experience. I'm going to start a rack soon.
Awesome thank you! Good luck with your build
awesome video brother, I'm getting started in the next week. currently spending around $400 a month in feeders. it's about time
Yeah, it's about time.
@@ajsreptiles410 😑
TH-cam has needed this rodent breeding video for a loooong time! Very nice selection of talking points and great presentation of the information without getting long winded or deviating from each bullet point. Only criticism is the music was too loud for me, otherwise wonderfully done!
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome video yet again! Keep up the great work dude!
Thanks!
So clean and neat and informative. Thank you.
Thank you
Morph Mixology Reptiles you’re welcome. I’m trying to learn and most of these outdated videos are horrible and it’s not like I can ask my female friends for info on snake keeping I’m a unicorn 😭
I have a hole roll of carpet padding when I did a house. So tear it up give then warm beefing and leaves and sticks out my yard. Cause they are outside in cold but in garage
awesome video the best so far
Great energy you bring 👍🏽 voice sounds great aswell it’s not like boring or sad great job with the vids
Thanks
Really appreciate the content m8 keep up the good work 🙏
Thanks for the support!
Awesome video man! Thanks for all the info, and Ill hit you up if I ever have questions lol
Of course! Good luck 👍🏻
I watched your video on how you made the racks and setting up the water system. Excellent. Where do you get those black trays from?
Lowes
Awesome and detailed video, intending to open a breeder facility in my country. Would love to connect with you soon
Where do you get those tubs at?
Love your video it is really helpful
Youre awesome man, thanks for the help I wish you great success
thanks so much. glad you enjoyed it
Great video! Really good information. Thank you
Thanks Reagan!
Great video. So I'm having a hard time finding females...I have two, I only have 4 snakes to feed. local pet stores have females for sale for $25-$30 each.. should i bite the bullet or wait and raise my own..?
The way the racks look I’ve taken that they do not need sunlight
I have two ball pythons, and then ended up having a male and female rat that I got from the store and neither snake was hungry. So now the medium rats I bought are large and the girl has had 2 litters. Currently they are all together in a small cage and I’m about to make a rack. Im thinking one single rack should be enough?
Have you had an issue with the rats chewing through the mesh on top?
Great video bro. Just started a tiny colony myself getting it up and running. Might expand a little bit, hoax the smell with all 3 racks going in that room?
Really not bad at all. The bedding helps and just regular cleaning
Very helpful!. Looking to build the same rack as you for rats, just gotta get the girlfriend to give me the ok lol. Awesome video as always
Thanks! Good luck! Let me know how it goes!
Great video. I built a rat rack but it didn’t turn out as good as your so I didn’t want to show it. I need to build another one but this time I will get better wood to start with. Once your mama rats have babies do you take out the male
Not normally no. I just rotate them down one rack every two weeks regardless.
Morph Mixology Reptiles thanks for replying
Of course
Awesome, alway enjoy watching.
Thanks!
Just curious where are you buy your tubs??
Just wondering can you tell me......how much time in weeks do you give your breeder female rats a break before getting them pregnant again??......and at what age do you retire your female breeder rats??...... at what age does a male rats fertility drop??.....
Do you have complete plans to print?
Hello Big!
First of all a very useful video and thanks!
I would like help from you! if you can!
With 5 baby snakes (150 to 250 grams now), how do you advise me to do? How many racks and how many tanks per rack?
And how many mice or rats to put in (male and female)?
Another thing I did not understand is the rotation of males and females? remove the male? and pregnant females must be divided and alone? how often do you have spare parts to get new breeding machines?
And last thing ... how do you do with the smell? you say that close to the ball python can stay .. but how do you smell it? I would like to keep them at home in the snake room .. can I?
Thanks for all!
Finally !!! Someone really making the numbers in terms of reproducing rats. Seen hundreds of videos but.. this one .... 48 females = 400 up pinkies a month that's what it should be.....
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
what's the cleaning process? completely replace the bedding in all tubs and wash them every 2 weeks?
What do you think about supplementing mice/ rat food with dog or cat food.
Obviously I wouldn't feed them only this but I would give them half to a third of the dry food as supplement dog / cat food.
And on top of that I would still feed them vegetables.
I mean I've seen a dozen different people on TH-cam having success with this method I was just wondering if you I have anything against it?
I don't have anything against it but I have great success with the Mazuri rodent breeder.
Thanks
What bedding do you use? Looking to pick some up this week at a local store!
Great video
Are you really averaging 10 babies per litter? My litters are significantly less. Do you have any chew outs?
Thanks
Wow this videos amazing
I need help with temperature for rats ? I live in Florida and wanted to do this outside in a shed
Great info! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Hello! Please give your rats more space... While I understand that they are feeder rats you still want them to have a humane life. I'd suggest a bit taller and more toys! Again though this is just constructive and in no way trying to start any drama. Thank you for your consideration.
Any tips for quickly identifying males? Maybe a blue dot on their back or something? Sure would be easier then checking every rat until you find the male
www.kentscientific.com/products/ear-tags/ Colored ear tags on your males make identification and tracking of individual breeders.
So, if you move the weened rats to another tub, do you put them together or do you separate the males and females to limit them reproducing?
Great video! I haven't really seen any videos on feeder program.
Thanks!
How well do those pine equine pellets work to keep the smell down?
Pretty well. I really like them.
Really good video and tips ......I have my reptiles and now like the costs of mice and rats I need is getting expensive and I need to cut down but I want to do it in a good way and I’m looking into breeding rats/mice and how to go on about doing it ?
Have u got messyrements or anything for me to make a rack like yours? As they look awesome!
Hey do you feed off the males and save the females ? Thanks
What is that connector called that your drinking tubes fits onto the reservoir with? Been looking everywhere
Incredible Great Job.
can you share a link where buying the black cages?
Home Depot. Medium mortar tubs
Is 1/2 wire mesh ok for the wean babies ?
How much is your pine bedding and how many bags do you go through in one rack a month?
Can you use something like the coco blocks for bedding or have you tried something like that?
Great video thank you!!
Thank you!
How often do watering systems get stuck in the flow position?
I've been tempted to try a watering system but I don't want to flood the tubs.
I will never understand how some people get angry at people that breed feeder mice and rats. It's not the snakes fault that it was born the way it is. It can't go vegan just because you want it to 😳😆😆
so are the rales and frame the screen is attached to all made out of 2x3's
Yea
So do retired breeders constantly produce milk? Or do they start producing milk when you bring the new borns into their tub?
My understanding is as long as there's pups present, they will nurse them
At what age do you start breeding the females? How long of a break should you give them between each litter? Thank you
I don’t track ages. And I rotate a male monthly
Where would you
Suggest getting your first adults to start a colony. I do t want a 15$ pet rat from the store.
Why do you not use cedar shavings? wouldnt it control the odor better?
You aren't supposed to have cedar in the snake room. As far as I know
@@MorphMixologyReptiles Ah ok. Do you know why that is? It has peaked my curiosity now lol
I don't know really. I've just heard never use cedar in a snake room. I guess it's poisonous
Cedar shavings as well as pine are very toxic to rats. Aspen is the only safe variety of wood-shavings. If you're trying to breed rats then avoid those at all costs.
I've never heard, and never had issue with pine. But certainly no cedar
Great video!
Thanks
Do they not need something to gnaw on?
I built one rack but built it up height at 5nhalf feet only 8 or 10" high. So I can build 3 or 4 more. So I have one male in with 2 females now I think
I'm paying $8 for a med rat at my pet store for my rattlesnake ,,, I've thought about raising rats but i only have one snake so probably not a good idea for me ...
I like your rat rack! What are the dimensions of your tubs?
Also, you said the retired nursing females aren't bred but nurse the babies when needed. Don't they have to have been pregnant to produce milk even as a surrogate?
No as long as they are still nursing, they still produce milk without getting pregnant. I'm guessing because they are communal breeders and share the workload
Yes they will need to have been bred at least once to get their milk production going but as long as they continue to nurse babies and have a quality food with high protein/fat they will continue to produce milk
W.O.W.
Do you ever have issues with rats chewing holes in those tubs? I've heard they will so I've been thinking about getting ars tubs.
Yes they can. But they can chew through just about anything other than metal
Love the vids brotha.. I got 5 balls rite now but only rent 1 bedroom lookn forward to getn a place so I can do wit u do
Awesome. Good luck!
I have 7 snakes all sizes to feed, thinking about breeding my own rats. What do u recommend? This is costing me 40$ every 2 weeks, need to go cheaper...
Im gonna breed few rats only as I need and seek few to the one pet store we have here. So the ones they dont eat I house feed water and try mybest to keep alive mine won't eat frozen thawed yet. So what do you feed your breeders
how they dont make holes into your plastics bins ?
Awesome.
Thanks man
Do they get any light ☺️just wondering
The tops are mesh.
What is the name of the horse pellets you put on the bottom first?
This is the worst part about keeping snakes imo. I don’t feed live but it still sucks because they’re so cute 😩
You’re a troll. Please go away.
We could never have the rats in our home in any way. Do you not notice any allergies at all. When we do work out in our rat shack we need to mask up and get in and out or we are sneezing, stuffed up messes. Is it just is?
I don't seem to have any allergies to them for now. We'll see
Uhhhh I want to start breeding my own but I’m just worried about the smell of it in my garage
Nice video!!!
Thanks!
Why are they all kept in the dark?
This may be a stupid question but how do you keep the retired moms nursing don’t they stop after their babies are weaned?! :)
As long as they have produced at least once and you continue putting pups in, they will continue to produce milk and nurse
Thank you helpful.
Thank you!
@@MorphMixologyReptiles no problem