ASF's have changed a lot over the years. More people should consider them.

My first asf's ever, in early 2009, were nasty and would go after you and attack each other.

I culled when I moved to Arizona. In Arizona I picked up 50 or 75 of them from one guy. He had put all the males in one tank, all the females in another.

No fighting.

Then I took them all out, paired them up, and only had 2 groups that killed the mail (i did a 1:2) I culled those groups.

I noticed that the light tan ones are notoriously nastier. Of all the groups of asf's I had, I noticed this. I have also talked to a few other people who feel the same way.

Anyone else notice this??


btw, i got the most amazing asfs from Rhasputin!!

I agree with this.. The darker ones with a more wild type color seem more aggressive. My pink eyed ones are the nice ones.

I made the mistake of letting my colonies get too thin and I had to buy more from a different source. I only have one pink eye left so I'm using him as a breeder male in one colony to get that blood line going again.

I'm tired of the other ones. The females still stand up and try to bite me when I put my hand in :(

It's a shame these guys are illegal in CA :/

I will be starting back up again.

Im sick of the mice. They were revamped with new groups, produced well, now that i have babies that hatched, all the hoppers and fuzzies are dieing or being ate when i need them.:rage:

Im done so I will slowly move over to ASF for hatchling food to get them started next season. Nothing in collection eats mice but hatchlings so mine as well stop breedign them.

I will also be starting up again with ASFs, assuming this deal doesn't fall through like the others. Husband is getting sick of the rat smell.

My first batch were terribly aggressive, and I'm hoping these won't be. I'm going to try and breed it out of them as best I can, at any rate.

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Originally Posted by bad-one

It's a shame these guys are illegal in CA :/

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thats why i cant find them anywhere

Apparently I have bad luck when it comes to ASFs. The woman who told me she had them thought that I meant "normal rats with soft fur". Guess I'm going to give up on these for now. :confused: