i am so happy that my 09 male pastel is off of his 8 month feedin strike,, i had tryed everything from pinks to hamsters and he finally took a ASF hoper so i throw another 1 in and he ate it right up and then the 3rd 1 he grabbed also thought for sure i was going to have to replace him when he pasted away but now ill see if i can get his weight back up after losing 200 or more grams in the 8 months just so happy he is eattin had to share with everyone else