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View Poll Results: What do you think abotu AFS rats?

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  • They're awesome

    89 82.41%
  • I like that they're low odor, would use them but not breed them

    2 1.85%
  • They're ok, but I prefer other means

    9 8.33%
  • They really are stalking you....I don't like 'em

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Thread: ASF Rats

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    Re: ASF Rats

    so has anyone noticed a difference, as far as snakes prefernce goes ?? i have no clue, im just wondeirng if Dude would refuse and ASF when hes so used to the albino lookin things hes been eating all his life ??

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    Re: ASF Rats

    Quote Originally Posted by mikeamy2007 View Post
    so has anyone noticed a difference, as far as snakes prefernce goes ?? i have no clue, im just wondeirng if Dude would refuse and ASF when hes so used to the albino lookin things hes been eating all his life ??

    i had a picky eater....i gave her some ASF and now shes a beast.......but now it seems she'll eat anything...she wouldn't take regular rats, now she pounds them.....try to figure that out! i think she thinks a asf is coming....so she strikes and grabs anything that moves.....including my hand!
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    Re: ASF Rats

    I've gotten two very picky captive bred eaters slamming down food by offering ASF's. Also an adult w/c female that had refused to eat for quite a while is now a healthy and still gaining, 1,600 grams.
    ~~Joanna~~

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    Re: ASF Rats

    I have a VERY picky eater, I have tried everything, than I started looking for ASF and sure enough 5 seconds with an ASF cured a 179 days fast.

    I definitely looking forward to produce enough to try those on my mousers and see if they will switch.
    Deborah Stewart


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    Re: ASF Rats

    I have two adult WC females that only eat maybe once a month. I've had them for almost two years and they are thin.

    I've tried everything imaginable to get them to eat weekly but they're only eating enough to stay alive.....then I bought some ASFs... .... and I think that is the answer to my WC balls not eating. These snakes are pounding those ASFs like they're going out of style... or maybe they're just hungry.

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    Re: ASF Rats

    From our experience the two WC adult female BP's we took in feed much better on the ASF's then anything else we tried with them. We can occasionally sneak in a regular rat but usually when I try I get a disgusted snake look that pretty much says..."hey stupid human, where is my tasty ASF!"
    ~~Joanna~~

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    Re: ASF Rats

    Quote Originally Posted by JeffFlanagan View Post
    I like the babies with the thin, stand-up hair the best. So ugly they're cute.


    This cracked me up. They are ugly little boogers for sure.
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    Re: ASF Rats

    ASF's are definitely great to breed. like others have said, they're very low-odor. after awhile they kind of smell "rodent-y" but they don't get that really dirty ammonia smell like mice do. at work i clean the feeder mouse cage and it absolutely REEKS again within 2 days. ASF's can have really large litters too, i think the biggest i've seen with my colonies so far is 18. \

    it sucks that they're nippy, because i've COMPLETELY forgotten to put a glove on before sticking my hand in...and when you have a colony of 1.4 with 4 angry mothers...let's just say you'll be bleeding. i actually had one latch on to my pinky and not let go; she was actually flung right out of the cage when i pulled my hand back from the ambush of other bites!!! the worst part was, after that i had to go CATCH her and got bit a couple more times. so i haven't forgotten my glove after that!

    oh, and to the OP, you think YOUR ASF's are stalking you? check out this pic:


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    Re: ASF Rats

    Katia I LOVE those dark eared ASFs! I have 3 separate bloodlines with hundreds of rats and not one of the little buggers has anything but pink ears. I need to find a few of those guys so I can do some selective breeding... ;-)
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    Re: ASF Rats

    Quote Originally Posted by katia View Post

    oh, and to the OP, you think YOUR ASF's are stalking you? check out this pic:


    WOW that is incredibly cute!

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