Alright, so I was just thinking that because there have been a million threads in the past few weeks about ASF's I've been wondering something..
WHY?! When did these little guys become so popular!?
I bought them at a pet store at the beginning of the year to breed for snakes thinking they were just a weird breed of mice. Where the heck did these guys come from? I've never seen them before.
Also, I thought I would post a few pictures about ASF's.
This is my breeding setup.. it's nothing fancy.. I've been reusing that top tank for pets and breeders for years now. The bottom tank is just a newly purchased 10 gallon for the main breeders.
They never leave that wheel on the top.. All 7 of them try to cram themselves in there. Next week I'm moving one of the girls from the top tank to the bottom for another breeder. I weened most of the babies early so that they would stay small for my snakes.. an adult is edible to my corn but only barely.. and definitely not for my ball.
Top Tank: 5.2.0
Bottom Tank: 1.1.0
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...DSC04906-1.jpg
This two are my main breeders. The lighter one is the female and the dark one a male. Their genes prove that almost all their babies have the same dark coloration.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...2/DSC04908.jpg
This is the food I've been feeding them. I bought it temporarily because the store was out of feeder blocks and I feed seed mix to the main breeder anyway.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...DSC04916-1.jpg
This is how I the little female in the top cage. I hold all of them like this.. it doesn't seem to hurt them and they kind of relax themselves when I do it. Of course I'm gentle.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...C04909-1-1.jpg
This is a nice shot of her. She is soo cute.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...2/DSC04911.jpg
I almost want to frame that picture I like it that much. :]
So who one here has ASFs and why?
When did you get them?
Pictures? :D
