ASFs vs Rats smell?

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Originally Posted by Wapadi

My snakes are not nippy or anything soo I must be cleaning an ok amount. I would think if they smelled really bad my snakes would always be hunting...

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Do your snakes prefer the scent of rodent excrement to the scent of the rodents themselves???:rofl:

I agree. the rats smell.. asf seems to smell different, not as pungent or gross.. they all smell but as long as you keep them clean you wont notice. I hate keeping norway.. they are grosser.

I breed rodents, in a VERY small "bedroom" (which is more like a den, but the landlord gets to charge more if it's a bedroom I guess) and I can say that rats STINK. A HELLUVA lot more than ASFs. Way worse. When I had ASFs none of my friends even really knew unless they were over at night and said "hey, what's that clicking sound?" (The ASFs drinking from the bottles). But now that we have actual rats people can smell them in my house. Someone said it perfectly, it's a warm-animally smell, sometimes mixed with "musk" that the males seem to emit. Not sure if it's their poop, or what, but they definitely have a distinct odor. Their pee is a lot more overpowering as well. See ASFs don't really drink a lot of water, therefor they don't pee a lot which REALLY reduces their smell.

But, they produce a lot better for me than ASFs did, so I just get over the smell. It's a lot of work. Lots of cleaning and maintenance, but it saves me lots of money also, so I don't mind. Also, they're so cute! And nothing beats having every size rat you could possibly need on hand at any given time.

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Originally Posted by SquamishSerpents

I breed rodents, in a VERY small "bedroom" (which is more like a den, but the landlord gets to charge more if it's a bedroom I guess) and I can say that rats STINK. A HELLUVA lot more than ASFs. Way worse. When I had ASFs none of my friends even really knew unless they were over at night and said "hey, what's that clicking sound?" (The ASFs drinking from the bottles). But now that we have actual rats people can smell them in my house. Someone said it perfectly, it's a warm-animally smell, sometimes mixed with "musk" that the males seem to emit. Not sure if it's their poop, or what, but they definitely have a distinct odor. Their pee is a lot more overpowering as well. See ASFs don't really drink a lot of water, therefor they don't pee a lot which REALLY reduces their smell.

But, they produce a lot better for me than ASFs did, so I just get over the smell. It's a lot of work. Lots of cleaning and maintenance, but it saves me lots of money also, so I don't mind. Also, they're so cute! And nothing beats having every size rat you could possibly need on hand at any given time.

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x2 to ^. Couldn't agree more and very well said. If I could find a way for my females to conceive sans males and make it cost-effective (so not AI), I would in a heartbeat. The boys are just NASTY! as far as smell, lol! Huh...reminds me of me on a bad weekend, come to think of it...BWAHAHAHAHAHA! :D