The Innocage® Mouse is sized for 5 mice. It provides 5 inches (12.7 cm) of headroom and over 81 in² (530 cm²) of floor space. The amount of floor space in an Innovive cage exceeds what is recommended for 5 mice in the US Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. It also complies with the European Type II long caging specification.
The Innocage® Rat is sized for 2 rats. It provides 7 inches (17.8 cm) of headroom and over 140 in² (900 cm²) of floor space. The amount of floor space in an Innovive cage complies with what is recommended for 2 rats (each up to 500g in weight) in US Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. It also complies with the European Type III caging specification.
For Innocage® IVC Mouse, most users perform cage changes every 14 days. Some have extended beyond 14 days when there are less than 5 mice in the cage.
For Innocage® IVC Rat, most users perform cage changes every 7-10 days.
For Innocage® Static Mouse and Rat cages, most users perform a cage change every 5-7 days. It can also be extended beyond 7 days depending on the size and number of animals in the cages.
As part of a continued effort to improve sustainable practices, Innocage® bottoms are made with up to 30% post-consumer recycled plastic. The recycled plastic is melted and thermoformed in high heat, and then the resulting Innocage bottoms are fully irradiated to ensure that it has zero bioload.
The mix of recycled plastic can slightly affect the color/hue of the Innocage® bottom, but will not affect the clarity or quality of the Innocage® bottom.
The shelf life for caging supplies is 1 year when kept in original packaging and in good storage conditions (dry environment under 115°F/46°C).
The temperature for storing Innovive caging components should not exceed 115°F/46°C.
Used cages can be autoclaved for decontamination purposes. Please consult with your Innovive representative for the decontamination protocol.
This is not an intended use for Innovive disposable cages. Reusing cage bottoms introduces the risk of contamination.
Research-Ready means that all Innovive products arrive securely double-bagged and irradiated, and are ready for research use.
Any standard Innovive cage can be used to transfer animals between facilities. We also offer the Innocage® Mouse Transportation lid that can be used for longer trips that span up to a week in duration.
Innovive IVC cages utilize Reemay® filter paper. Innovive static cages utilize Uniblend filter paper.
We offer corn cob or ALPHA-dri® for bedding in our pre-bedded cages. We also offer corn cob bedding enriched with Innorichment™.
M-BTM-C8/C8E – 450 cm³
M-BTM-AD – 450 cm³
R-BTM-C8 – 850 cm³
R-BTM-AD – 850 cm³
The exact volume is 34.8in³. Volume of food will vary on packing density and size of the food pellets.
The M-FEED can hold approximately 360 grams of unautoclaved, standard pelleted rodent diet. The weight of food can vary based on factors such as the type of food pellet, ingredient composition, and environmental factors.
Your wire bars can go through a washer, an autoclave or hand wipe/sanitize as you would clean other lab supplies.
Bottoms: PET1; Must be free of animal bedding.
Lids: PET1, Paper; No separation required (grates are PET 1 and paper dissolves)
Water Bottles: PET1 HDP; Bottles and caps accepted – some require an empty bottle check with recycler. Accepted in all municipal programs.
All Feeders: PET
Cage Card Holder: PET
You would use the Innovive Recycling program: 1. If your municipal program does not accept open neck containers: Many municipal programs do not recycle open neck containers as they do not have a Material Sorting Facility. We see this often on the East Coast. Water bottles are universally accepted in all local area programs. Lids and bottoms can then be recycled through the Innovive program for a fee with the added advantage of not having to dump cages. 2. If you do not want to dump cages: Many of our customers opt for the Innovive recycling program as they prefer not to dump bedding from cage bottoms.
Users typically pack cage bottoms and lids in the bags they came in. Next place the bags in cardboard gaylords using the packing instructions provided. You can purchase gaylords from www.uline.com or www.cardboardboxes4u.com or many other office/warehouse supply companies.
Depending on volume and pick-up frequency, most customers dedicate 10'x10' space to store cages to be picked for recycling.