Why I do not like African Rats *graphic*

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Is this a common occurrence in your ASF colony or a one time thing? Are you sure this animal was alive 20 minutes earlier or could it have already expired in a corner and was simply being eaten as most rodents will utilize a free source of protein? More information might help to understand why this has occurred.

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It's been common in the past two weeks. All animals were alive as I just changed their bedding and had to take every one out individually.

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Originally Posted by nixer

i got a few questions how many per tub and sex ratio size of tub what kinda feed and protein content. also is it related to the others in the tub or not. on a side note so far this is pretty random from what ive found but im trying to find actual factors that lead to this

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4 tubs of 1.5; the one this female was in consisted of 1.6.

Food mentioned above.

I have a breeding pair and 3 generations of offspring living with them and so far have had no problems. Hope your situation gets better!

Sorry to hear that... I feel for ya hope everything gets better especially when its your snakes food

When I had AFR's I learned that I HAD TO pull out any males at early as 3 weeks old OR the adult male would eat their heads just like your picture.

Also I had a few females would would eat the heads of the male. I don't know why the females would do that at times, they all had food and water day in and day out.

I have had no issues with mine as long as they are kept in smaller groups.. 1.2 is what I usually have them in. And I seperate the babies as they wean and put them into their groups as needed and have never had this issue.