Strange ASF

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