New litter

Got the first litter from my newest colony of ASFs. Looks like some pure whites!

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_6291.jpg


Mom

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMG_6290-1.jpg


Dad

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMG_6287-1.jpg

Aw...cute! :D

Cutie little guys:)

They might also be argente, since you bred an agouti (probably carrying argente) to an argente.

They look good! I have never threw a solid from my high white guys (except all white), so I bet the babies will be extremely high white:) Mine usually develop a small speck of color on their backs, but I'm getting more and more pure whites out of my litters now.:D Good luck!

Update: there were two solid whites :banana:, one with black eyes and one with ruby.

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMG_6551-1.jpg

I tried for months to get pure whites, are they male & female?

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Originally Posted by llovelace

I tried for months to get pure whites, are they male & female?

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The black eyed one is a male and the ruby eyed one is a female :).

Lucky you!!

Aw cute! :)

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Originally Posted by jsmorphs2

Update: there were two solid whites :banana:, one with black eyes and one with ruby.

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMG_6551-1.jpg

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Congrats! They look good:)

Awww. I can't wait till I get mine next week :)

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Do you breed these as food items, for pets or to sell?

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Originally Posted by ms381

Do you breed these as food items, for pets or to sell?

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These are feeders.

My brother and sister took a few for pets a few years ago and they just kept escaping and didn't make good pets. It's not to say they would never make good pets but they are challenging and you'd have to work with them a lot.

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Very nice. I was just wondering, ASF = African Short Fur Rat right? Now, what exactly is special about these rats, why not just breed normal rats?

Well asfs are addicting to the balls. Sometimes you get that really picky one that won't come off asfs or won't eat anything else. Theyre the natural food source for balls but at the same time I prefer to never have to use asfs. As they're impossible to Find in my area.

Cute litter though! Theyre all so cute as little ones.


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Cool, I did some reading, they're latin name ends with natalensis which is the same as the Natal Rock Python which is a sub species of the Afroc!

They're weird looking rats, but the white ones look really cool!

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Originally Posted by Jared2608

Cool, I did some reading, they're latin name ends with natalensis which is the same as the Natal Rock Python which is a sub species of the Afroc!

They're weird looking rats, but the white ones look really cool!

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Homegrownscales pretty much answered your first question :). I only have a few colonies for my picky eaters.

They're pretty neat little animals and a completely different species from normal norway rats, Rattus norvegicus. Another name for ASFs is the Natal Multimammate Mouse.

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Originally Posted by Jared2608

Very nice. I was just wondering, ASF = African Short Fur Rat right? Now, what exactly is special about these rats, why not just breed normal rats?

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soft not short, but yeah

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Update: there were two solid whites :banana:, one with black eyes and one with ruby.

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMG_6551-1.jpg

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That's pretty cool!!! Congrats :gj: