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2.5" or 4" Tubs for mice and how many per tub?

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We are currently in the design phases of building an entire rodent building, my father bred rodents for a very long time with a peak production (before I was born) of 10,000 per month. His racks had 4" tubs but I'm really wanting to optimize production, the building, and work flow so I have a few questions for anybody with experiance. The tubs I'm using will be 6"x20" and I'm wondering if I would be fine with the 2.5" tall or should go with the 4" tall tubs. The shorter tubs would be 20% cheaper and allow me more tubs in the same amount of space, otherwise it isn't a huge deal either way unless there's a significant advantage of one over the other. It would also have some advantages with grow out bins as I can do 20x20 grow out tubs in the 2.5" but they aren't made in the 4" deep.

Also, how many mice would you run per tub, I was thinking 1.5 per tub but I'm fine with 1.4 if it's less hassle and less cleaning.

I value any thoughts, input, or insight on this. Trying to find that balance of them not jumping out of tubs but weanlings reaching food and so on. Have any of you produced in short tubs like that?
 
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