Why ASFs over regular

What are the pros and cons

ASF's Pros : they dont smell
they never get too big to feed to a BP
large litter size

Cons: they are nasty little buggers who really want to believe that my hands are food lol

i havny tried my hands at rats yet so i cant help you there sorry

Comes down to what size you need to feed. ASF's would be a good choice for small to medium sized snakes because they stay smaller.

That's about the only true difference. Yes, they have an odor!!! They are more likely to bite, they aren't very social with humans, but they do breed very well.

oh connie... i heard somewhere that you have a nose like a blood hound... and then there was something about exploding cadavers... i dunno i cant smell mine at all :D

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Originally Posted by bobbi

oh connie... i heard somewhere that you have a nose like a blood hound... and then there was something about exploding cadavers... i dunno i cant smell mine at all :D

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Yea, ya got three and you just got them. ;)

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

Yea, ya got three and you just got them. ;)

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true true! but i could smell the mice on the way home from the store and the ASF's have been in my bedroom for a whole day now and i cant smell a thing...

Regular rats smell worse than asf's

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Originally Posted by llovelace

Regular rats smell worse than asf's

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How do you figure?

In intensity? I say ASF's win in intensity. In permeation? Regular rats are about 3 times as large, and so is their poop. They outta have "more" odor.