hardware cloth

[never25]

im building some mice racks to breed my own mice. a friend of mine built some and advised me to use 3/8 in chicken wire. this way the mice can still eat through (cant through 1/4in) wire and hoppers cant slip through, like with the 1/2 in. but i cant find it. i understand it is a special order item any idea where i can get some?

[presspirate]

im building some mice racks to breed my own mice. a friend of mine built some and advised me to use 3/8 in chicken wire. this way the mice can still eat through (cant through 1/4in) wire and hoppers cant slip through, like with the 1/2 in. but i cant find it. i understand it is a special order item any idea where i can get some?

Hi Dave, I don't think I'm properly envisioning what you are trying to do. But I have found 3/8" hardware cloth at local hardware stores, Menards, Lowes, Home Depot etc. Usually it is green pvc coated so it will not rust. Would it not be easier to use tubs?

[Freebody]

Google Image Result for http://www.rodentracks.com/images/Mice_rack_breeder.jpg (http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rodentracks.com/images/Mice_rack_breeder.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rodentracks.com/Mice_Rack_Breeder.html&h=476&w=433&sz=39&tbnid=HNm_0kW0S9GsbM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drat%2Bbreeding%2Bracks&zoom=1&hl=en&usg=__XFge7JN6Uh9FxwDQPp5kp2Yhl9g=&sa=X&ei=yWZxTK7UFI-esQORhuShCw&ved=0CDAQ9QEwBQ) this is what most people do.

[never25]

[quote=this is what most people do.[/quote]
thats basically what im gonna do. but on top there where the food is is the hardware cloth.

[presspirate]

Neat idea check your hardware stores, or maybe there is a farm supply store near where you live. Big box home improvement stores should carry it in the garden section. Is this something like what you are looking for?

http://www.bridgat.com/files/PVC_Welded_Wire_Mesh.jpg

[Freebody]

its not cloth, its wire mesh like presspirate posted. home depot will have it for sure :)

[slick_slider900]

I have built my own rat racks and after fighting with the right size of hardware cloth I have found it easier to just get a little smaller wire and put the food down inside the bin in a corner. Its up to you but there are all sorts of racks out there just google it.

the Griz.....

[slick_slider900]

its not cloth, its wire mesh like presspirate posted. home depot will have it for sure :)

When you buy it from a hardware store its called "hardware cloth".

[infernalis]

I just use food bowls in my tubs.

I like to check on my rodents at least once a day.

[Freebody]

its called wire cloth in the states? i never seen that term used before. here is called chicken wire or wire mesh. but same stuff it seems then. :P

[mykee]

1/4" for rats, 1/8" for mice. Both found at Home Depot in either 5 or 30 foot lengths.

[catfish307]

Farm stores are usually cheaper than Home Depot or Lowes but they all carry it. I use 1/4 in. for mice and 1/2 in. for my mice and rat racks. No escapes of either using these sizes.

[jmcro55]

Check out some of the wire mesh companies around you that might be able to help you out. I built something similar in the past, and I used Belleville Wire Cloth Belleville Wire Cloth Co., Inc - Woven Wire Mesh | Wire Cloth | Stainless Steel Wire Mesh | Wire Cloth Strainer (http://www.bwire.com/)

They had the stuff I was looking for in stock ready to ship.