ASF vs Gerbils? NEED HELP!!

[Hardt]

Of the two I would pick ASF's. If you ever need to re-home one of your ball pythons you don't want to list it as a gerbil-eater, that's worse than a mouser IMO. Almost no one breeds them as feeders so the pet shop would be your only source for live gerbil feeder, and those get sold as pets so they won't be cheap.

It would be important to list or tell the potential buyer what that snake eats. Why would you even think of not disclosing that information? That's just plane bad business and bad ethics. Let a buyer know, what if they were buying the snake for their kid as a gift, the kid can't get the snake to ever eat and it dies. I would think it would make the kid think twice about getting another snake because (they are just to hard to keep alive) remember we are trying to help our reptile industry, and bad representation only hurts it no matter how small the cover up is.
Not implying you would cover it up just agreeing with you. I wouldn't want to have to post a gerbil-eater either.

[Crazymonkee]

It would be important to list or tell the potential buyer what that snake eats. Why would you even think of not disclosing that information? That's just plane bad business and bad ethics. Let a buyer know, what if they were buying the snake for their kid as a gift, the kid can't get the snake to ever eat and it dies. I would think it would make the kid think twice about getting another snake because (they are just to hard to keep alive) remember we are trying to help our reptile industry, and bad representation only hurts it no matter how small the cover up is.
Not implying you would cover it up just agreeing with you. I wouldn't want to have to post a gerbil-eater either.

I believe he meant he wouldn't feed gerbils due to the fact he wouldn't want to HAVE to list it as a gerbil eater. Not that he wouldn't disclose the info but that he wouldn't want to have to.
And yes I'd rather see mouser than gerbil eater

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[bcr229]

I believe he meant he wouldn't feed gerbils due to the fact he wouldn't want to HAVE to list it as a gerbil eater. Not that he wouldn't disclose the info but that he wouldn't want to have to.

And yes I'd rather see mouser than gerbil eater

LOL yes that's exactly what SHE meant. I could have worded it better. If selling an ASF-only eater is hard, selling a gerbil-ony eater would be almost impossible.

[Crazymonkee]

LOL yes that's exactly what SHE meant. I could have worded it better. If selling an ASF-only eater is hard, selling a gerbil-ony eater would be almost impossible.

Omg I am so sorry!!

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[bcr229]

Omg I am so sorry!!

Haha don't be, it's no like my screen name gives any clues.

[Awaiting Abyss]

What is wrong with a snake being fed mice?

[Marrissa]

What is wrong with a snake being fed mice?

It's a bigger hassle because you have to hope the snake wants to eat multiple mice each feeding so they can get up to weight as fast as they would with eating one appropriately sized rat.

There's nothing wrong with feeding mice, just an only mouse eater, a mouser, can be more hassle.

[Awaiting Abyss]

Oh, I see. So for larger snakes, you mean? Therefore, its no problem for a snake such as a hognose to eat mice.

[Crazymonkee]

Oh yes we're talking about balls here. My first female is a mouser, I've tried everything... rats, not even ASFs. She also eats when she wants to.... but I love her

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[bcr229]

Oh, I see. So for larger snakes, you mean? Therefore, its no problem for a snake such as a hognose to eat mice.

It's a cost issue. One live large ASF or small rat per week to feed one of my ball pythons runs about $1.50 from my local rodent supplier since I don't breed my own. The equivalent meal of large mice would cost $5. The difference doesn't sounds like a lot until you multiply it by 52 weeks per year, plus you have to hope the ball python doesn't decide it's full after eating just one live mouse.