What to pay for a male and female?

Found someone selling a nine mont old pair. Asking $25. Are they to old is that to much? He claims the female is preg.

It's on the high side, but if it's all you can find, it's all you can find.
9 months is not old for ASFs at all. And if the female is pregnant, the deal seems much better. Ask if she's been bred before, too.

It would be better if you could get more females, but like i said, if it's all you can get, it's all you can get. I know it's harder to find ASFs once you leave the east coast.

Seller says she has had a couple litters but she bites.

Well if she's a good breeder, and you're willing to pay, then let her have her litter, wean them, then cull the mother as soon as they're weaned. Mess with the weanlings all the time, and they'll be much less inclined to bite. Then you'll have better non-aggressive stock to work with.

25$ ouch, we get them for $2-$3 locally but I'm sure it's all about location location location :)

Location, and quality/purpose.

They're rare here in Virginia, and i mostly sell for pets in rare colorations, so I get $10 per animal normally. Sometime I do $10 for females, and $5 for males.

I get backed up sometimes, but about 2 times a year someone cleans me out in a major way and I make some good money on them.

There's a show in PA coming up, and I'm sold out already. All of my animals are reserved!

Here on the West Coast, its $25 for 1 asf *sob* TT__TT

Buy 'em, sell 'em, be the ASF master, make some dough. ;D

If I was selling at $25 a piece, shoo-eeeee, I'd buy my rats a fancy steak dinner. :D

$25 for two is way too much. I've seen them for as little as $1.50 and up to $3 each, depending upon size. Keep looking.

I normally sell them for $1-$3 but do sell pregnant females occasionally for $10. I agree that $25 is a bit much for a 1.1 pair, but if it's a one time purchase to start a breeding group it shouldn't matter too much.

Man, If there was a $25 market here for a 1.1 I would sell for profit in a heartbeat!

Don, you're also on the opposite side of the country. :P

You don't happen to have any Ruby eyed agouti do you? I could use some.

Before I moved to NY I bought about 100 asf rats and only spend .50 each. I lived in Arizona.

Generally they were 1.00 each.

I can't find them locally here really.

25 for a mature bred female is a very good price imo.. 27 days ur looking at arround 10 pinks.. So 25 bucks for 12 asfs really... Not bad

I found some on Hoobly for $2 each here in Indiana.

I got them. The female does bite. Didn't draw blood though. Guess ill see how they go.

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Originally Posted by Rhasputin

Don, you're also on the opposite side of the country. :P

You don't happen to have any Ruby eyed agouti do you? I could use some.

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Don't know, post a pic and i will let you know. Next time im driving through VA i will drop them off or Oct 15th in pa. I know have a few with Ruby eyes.

Neat! I'm looking for ones that are mostly brown, with ruby eyes. I have white ones with rbuy eyes already.