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View Poll Results: What do you think abotu AFS rats?
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They're awesome
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I like that they're low odor, would use them but not breed them
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They're ok, but I prefer other means
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They really are stalking you....I don't like 'em
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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
Originally Posted by mikeamy2007
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.
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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.
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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!"
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Re: ASF Rats
Originally Posted by JeffFlanagan
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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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
Originally Posted by katia
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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