多隔室独立饲养小鼠的分隔式鼠笼
By designing a multi-compartment, independently housed rat cage, the problems of high space requirements and heavy workload in cleaning feces were solved, enabling independent housing of mice and hygienic management within the cage, thus reducing management costs and animal welfare risks.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Filing Date
- 2025-08-25
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-17
AI Technical Summary
Existing mouse cages have problems such as high space requirements, high management costs, and a large workload for cleaning feces. In particular, when male mice are kept in groups, fighting and deterioration of hygiene are likely to occur, which affects the reliability of experimental results and animal welfare.
The design incorporates a multi-compartment, independent rearing cage. This cage is created by installing first and second partitions within the cage to form four independent small compartments. The bottom plate has perforations to collect feces, and feeding pipes and covers are installed to ensure independent feeding and hygiene management.
This approach reduces fighting among mice without increasing space requirements, ensures each mouse eats independently, facilitates feces cleaning, maintains cage hygiene, and reduces animal welfare risks and management costs.
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Abstract
Claims
1. A multi-compartment, independently housed mouse cage, comprising: a cage (1), wherein a first slot (102) with a vertical structure is provided at the middle position of the inner end face of the front, rear, left, and right side panels of the cage (1), and two observation windows (103) are respectively provided on the surface of the left and right side panels of the cage (1); characterized in that, First partition (2), the first partition (2) is located inside the cage (1), the length of the first partition (2) is the same as the length of the cage (1), and a second slot (201) is opened in the middle of the front and rear surfaces of the first partition (2); second partition (3), two sets of the second partition (3) are symmetrically arranged, and a second limiting block (301) is installed at the front and rear ends of the second partition (3); feeding box (4), the feeding box (4) is fixedly installed on the inner end face of the front and rear side plates of the cage (1), and there are four feeding boxes (4) in total. A partition plate (401) is installed inside the feeding box (4); cover plate (6), there are four cover plates (6) in total, and the cover plate (6) is rotatably connected to the upper end face of the second partition (3).
2. The compartmentalized mouse cage for individually housing mice in multiple compartments of claim 1, wherein, A collection box (104) is fixedly installed on the lower end face of the cage (1), and through holes (101) are evenly opened on the bottom plate surface of the cage (1).
3. The compartmentalized mouse cage for individually housing mice in multiple compartments of claim 1, wherein, A first limiting block (202) is installed at each of the left and right ends of the first partition (2), and the first limiting block (202) is respectively engaged in the first slot (102) on the surface of the side plate at the left and right ends of the cage (1).
4. The compartmentalized mouse cage for individually housing mice in multiple compartments of claim 1, wherein, The second limiting block (301) at the outer end of the second partition (3) is engaged in the first slot (102) on the front and rear side plates of the cage (1), and the second limiting block (301) at the inner end of the second partition (3) is engaged in the first slot (102) on the surface of the first partition (2).
5. The multi-compartment independent mouse cage according to claim 1, characterized in that, The cover plate (6) has a cross-shaped protective net (601) installed inside. A retaining ring (602) is fixedly installed on the outer end face of the cover plate (6). The retaining ring (602) is snapped onto the outer end face of the left and right side plates of the cage (1).
6. The compartmentalized mouse cage for individually housing mice in multiple compartments of claim 1, wherein, The front and rear side panels of the cage (1) are respectively equipped with two sets of feeding tubes (5). Each set of feeding tubes (5) consists of two tubes. The lower end of the feeding tube (5) is divided into an inclined structure, and the upper end of the feeding tube (5) is divided into a funnel-shaped structure. The outlet end of the feeding tube (5) is located inside the feeding box (4).