Swtching From ASFs?

Hey I'm getting an awesome deal on two breeder sized morph females but the only thing is they've been eating asf exclusively for a while now. Does anyone have experience with switching and is it difficult to do? I can get my hands on a few and the girlfriend gave me the ok to breed but id prefer not to if i didnt have to

I do not have experience with them; however, most people call asf's "crack for bp's" so i would venture to guess that it can be a challenge to switch them. Every snake is different though.

You won't know til you try, all snakes are different. I have a couple small colonies of ASFs and will toss a BP one every now and again when numbers are up or I'm retiring breeders. Next feeding they take their typical norwegians without a hitch.

it can be hard. doesn't mean it will be. I usually switch mine right after them having a clutch of eggs. if you don't want to breed, you can try and offer and then wait them out.

I don't think they will have a problem if they are pretty reliable feeders. I feed all my snakes a combination of ASFs and F/T rats and everyone switches back and forth just fine.

I don't really think ASFs are like bp "crack" any more than how some snakes are strictly mousers or rat eaters. It depends on the snake and what mood its in.

ok glad to hear the reassurance, now im looking for opinions both are 1200 grams i can get a female pinstripe for 400 a female pastel for 300 or both for 600. looking at my collection in my signature what would you suggest i do?

I would get the pin and save the money from the pastel to get a nice 2 gene male boyfriend!

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Originally Posted by Anthony Renna

ok glad to hear the reassurance, now im looking for opinions both are 1200 grams i can get a female pinstripe for 400 a female pastel for 300 or both for 600. looking at my collection in my signature what would you suggest i do?

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sounds like these might be problem feeders. someone selling females at 1200 grams and on soft furs. he might of had a hard time getting them to this size. I don't like buying beeding size females unless they are well over 2000 grams.

9 times out of 10 a good deal turns out to be not so good of a deal in the end. buying females at this size is a gamble. good luck

I've had no problems with my ASF eaters eating rats when that is all I have available. Mine switch back and forth all the time. That crack cocaine remark is used a lot, but I've not experienced it. Although, it is possible and there are a few people on here who have had ASF eaters that would not switch. I think those are the exception rather than the rule.