Plastic animal cages provide warm surfaces ideal for housing laboratory rodents and are convenient to use and maintain. Cage bodies are designed with corner lugs (side-arms) for stackable storage without scratching or jamming. Autoclavable cage bodies are available:

• Clear standard polycarbonate
• Clear polycarbonate with grommet for access to sipper tube on rack
• Clear polycarbonate with cut-away bottoms for removing waste products
• High-temperature clear polysulfone for repeated autoclaving and better chemical resistance
• polyetherimide for maintaining superior strength and transparency after 1000 hours of autoclaving at 134 °C (273 °F)

For a complete integrated cage system for housing laboratory rodents that meets NRC guidelines, use cages with mix and match components.
For stainless steel wire cage lids and feeders, see 10713-066 series.
For raised wire floors, see 10714-025 series. For filter covers, see 10715-120 and -321 series.