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  • 10-25-2012, 04:47 PM
    DDG312
    Question about ASF feedability
    I currently have a very small scale breeding set up of ASF's at the moment which I use to supply feeders for my 2 snakes as well as several friends. We all have smaller species, so ASFs are a great choice for a life long prey source. However, recently I have considered keeping a larger species of snake, and am looking to see if anyone could give me some advice as to which species of snakes can expect to feed off of ASFs their entire lifetime. Obviously, breeding feeders significantly lowers the costs of owning a reptile, as well as ensuring the quality of food that it receives. I'll list a couple of species that I have looked into, and am open to suggestions if anyone has one!

    Dumeril's Boa
    Dwarf Burmese Python
    Super Dwarf Reticulated Python
    Tree Boa (Emerald or Amazon)


    Thanks in advance everyone!
  • 10-25-2012, 05:48 PM
    Andybill
    Dums can get pretty big and you would need to feed multiples as they start to outgrow the prey size. I have no idea about the burm and the SD Retic but I imagine a Tree boa could feed on ASFs for their entire lives as they dont get huge but I could be mistaken because I have never owned a tree boa. Maybe somebody with more experience could give you some more info on this...
  • 11-25-2012, 04:10 PM
    Kaorte
    I think a tree boa would do fine on ASFs. They start out on fuzzy mice and eat that for at least their first year, maybe more.

    Though I just feed mine F/T fuzzy mice since they are so cheap :P
  • 11-25-2012, 05:06 PM
    TheSnakeGuy
    Re: Question about ASF feedability
    The list you have is pretty solid. Super dwarfs are awesome, but pricey. A carpet python would also be a great addition.
  • 11-25-2012, 05:38 PM
    carlson
    Carpets are fun my female is almost seven feet long an she doesn't eat too big of rats I think about same sized as a full grow AFS I don't have a scale so I can't give you a for sure tho
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