Hey there!

I already asked 'mcavana' and he gave me some good advice but I figured I'd branch this question out to anyone breeding ASFs.

I recently picked up a trio of ASFs because I'm in college and simply couldn't stand the smell of mice in my apartment anymore! I've read plenty of info about ASFs and they seem to be doing well in their environment.

My question is regarding your production. Because they are aggressive and you can't simply pull the male out when you want to limit production of babies like you could with mice/rats, how do you slow down or limit future production? I only need the ASFs for my small collection of snakes, so I don't want to become overrun with ASFs because of their large birth numbers and their back to back breeding. Any tips of ideas of how to keep from getting over run? (My only idea is to feed one of my adult females off once I see that the other is successful at breeding)

My other question is regarding how you raise your ASFs... Do you simply pull the weanlings out at a month old and separate the boys into one tub and the girls into another?

How do you then pair up new trios, or does it not matter because of their youth?

Any other insight you could give from your ASF experience would be greatly appreciated!


I love these things compared to mice!! No smell at all!!!

Thanks,
Mitch