Strange ASF

So I have been breeding ASFs for about a year and a half and just recently found a weird thing going on.

I have short haired , long haired , and a combination of both.....Never noticed this before....

Pictured is one with long hair on the sides and short hair on the back.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e358ece3a8.jpg

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Congrats your asf's have mullets! :rofl:

That's really unusual... I've bred mice for years & had some fancy silkie & satins with long or short hair, but never was that (long hair) trait combined like that?

I found it really odd. Like I said there are long hair, short hair, and a few like the one pictured. I'm curious if anyone has seen this or know what might cause it.

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I'd assume it's just a genetic defect. I guess you could selectively breed for mullets now...;) & start a whole new trend?

I plan to see if I can reproduce it.

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I probably would too, just out of curiosity.

I no longer sell fancy mice, mine are only feeders & breeders now, so I let the silky/satin genes go...they weren't as prolific. I like genetic diversity but some
quirks have a down-side; my mice are still in all colors but not the fancy hair-dos.

Good luck! Maybe something else will show up too?

I’ve not seen this with mice, but I did have a hamster that was a cross between a short haired variety and a long haired variety. My guy, Bear, had short hair on the front half of his body and long hair on the rear half. It looked like he was wearing puffy pantaloons. :D

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Originally Posted by Dianne

I’ve not seen this with mice, but I did have a hamster that was a cross between a short haired variety and a long haired variety. My guy, Bear, had short hair on the front half of his body and long hair on the rear half. It looked like he was wearing puffy pantaloons. :D

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If hamsters were more social creatures, he'd have been teased off the playground! ;) Sounds pretty cute though.

Thats a strange looking ASF period and i see the fur too. Maybe its the pic angle or that i cant see it good but that doesnt look like my ASF’s at all.. looks more like a Norway.
My ASF’s have very large eyes, pointed ears and a bit of a Alien like look.
Is that just a 3-4 week old maybe?


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About 4-5 weeks old. Its definitely an ASF

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Originally Posted by Lost571

About 4-5 weeks old. Its definitely an ASF

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Ohh i believe you, just saying it has a kind of mouse, rat look. My ASF’s are really,, well different looking.


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I don't deal with these so I went looking up other photos of them out of curiosity, & came across this info...maybe this is why yours don't look the same?
(and notice that some are "rats" while others are labeled "mouse")

Praomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa. It contains the following species:

• Praomys coetzeei
• Dalton's mouse, Praomys daltoni
• De Graaff's soft-furred mouse, Praomys degraaffi
• Delectable soft-furred mouse, Praomys delectorum
• Deroo's mouse, Praomys derooi
• Hartwig's soft-furred mouse, Praomys hartwigi
• Jackson's soft-furred mouse, Praomys jacksoni
• Lukolela swamp rat, Praomys lukolelae
• Least soft-furred mouse, Praomys minor
• Misonne's soft-furred mouse, Praomys misonnei
• Cameroon soft-furred mouse, Praomys morio
• Muton's soft-furred mouse, Praomys mutoni
• Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse, Praomys obscurus
• Petter's soft-furred mouse, Praomys petteri
• Forest soft-furred mouse, Praomys rostratus
• Tullberg's soft-furred mouse, Praomys tullbergi
• Verschuren's swamp rat, Praomys verschureni

When I kept ASFs some of the female breeders were so aggressive that they would barber (remove the hair) from their offspring. This led to a variety of coat patterns as they grew. Sometimes the fur did not grow back correctly. I did have long hair/short hair versions as well, but, production and reliability was so poor on my ASFs (they kill offspring at all age points pre-weaning) that I gave up and fed them all off.

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Originally Posted by Lord Sorril

When I kept ASFs some of the female breeders were so aggressive that they would barber (remove the hair) from their offspring. This led to a variety of coat patterns as they grew. Sometimes the fur did not grow back correctly. I did have long hair/short hair versions as well, but, production and reliability was so poor on my ASFs (they kill offspring at all age points pre-weaning) that I gave up and fed them all off.

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Ive had several nasty lines. Fighting, killing young even at 3-4 weeks once weaned and still they ate them. I got rid of all of those and found another line a man had as a hobby. They were totally different. These ones take care of the young great and i can pet them up until they start to breed.. of course then they change temperament but know wheres near the devils the others were. I know Deb had some evil ones too and got rid of them hahahahah


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lol i need this line my last ones could sytrip your flesh off bone at times. but i did keep mixing the babies every 3rd litter i put them all in a container as i cleaned then counted the babiest into each tank so they kept even numbers and i feed off oldest asfs so young could keep up production lol