ASF trio

[PigsnPythons]

This is a great thread! I've been considering breeding my feeders (f/t is such a pain, and live from the pet store just isn't cost effective), but living in an apartment I just didn't think I could handle the smell. These sound just like what I need. I don't want them as pets so the biting isn't an issue. Is it easy to get the snakes to switch from regular rats to these guys? About how big compared regular rats are the ones that you feed? Like the size of a weaned rat pup? or a small rat? Thanks!

[monk90222]

Also I am sick of chewed waterbottles...I wrapped the top of the bottles with aluminum tape...we'll see if it works...but I think it might??

UPDATE: Nope it didn't work....so i went with glass water bottles. $6.99 a pop in the bird section of PetSmart.

[frankykeno]

I like my glass Crush soda pop bottles way better. $1.25, I get the pop to drink and the spigots from the destroyed water bottles fit perfectly.

[J.Vandegrift]

Also I am sick of chewed waterbottles...I wrapped the top of the bottles with aluminum tape...we'll see if it works...but I think it might??

Try these: http://www.petco.com/product/5415/LM...er-Bottle.aspx

They can not chew these.

[Ginevive]

It seems weird, but my ASFs do not drink that much water. The bottle is not stopped-up, and every day, a little more is gone. But overall, compared to my "normal" ratties, I have filled their bottle only once since Friday! Maybe this is related to them coming from hot, dry Africa?
I added some clean wheat straw (same thing I use for horse bedding) and they made a cute nest with it. They seemed so stark and out-in-the-open on the pellets alone, even with boxes to hide in; this gives them some landscape. And NO smell, save for the slightly woody pellet smell.

[mooingtricycle]

I like my glass Crush soda pop bottles way better. $1.25, I get the pop to drink and the spigots from the destroyed water bottles fit perfectly.

Yummy and useful! cant beat that!

[frankykeno]

Yummy and useful! cant beat that!

And a great way to recycle too!

[Ginevive]

I like my glass Crush soda pop bottles way better. $1.25, I get the pop to drink and the spigots from the destroyed water bottles fit perfectly.

Wooooah.. wait a minute. Did you say "pop?" Yay, I am not the only one around who understands this word! I thought that everyone that wasn't from western NY said "soda." Thanks for proving this wrong!
On a side note.. glass pop bottles? I don't see those anymore here Maybe the NYers are too violent with broken glass or something?

[PythonWallace]

I thought pop was a midwest thing. I always see the glass pop bottles in Mexican take out restaurants around here, if you're looking for some.

[Ginevive]

Well, Mexican takeout is good too.. lol
I really took a liking to these evil little rats. I will go in and look into their tank, and the bigger female will just stare at me. If I go to reach for the water bottle to fill, she stands her ground but does not attack. And when I put their food in, they all rush for it like rabid little starving piggies!