My new asf colony

[truthsdeceit]

Thank you I did read your whole post, yes the whole thing lol. I have decided to to put only a few trios together to start out with and seperate the rest of the males and females. After a month or two I will have more know how, and clientele. I thank all of you who have been kind and helped me. And for the ones who werent so nice, well use your imagination

A good plan!!!

Once again I wish you luck.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Thank you I did read your whole post, yes the whole thing lol. I have decided to to put only a few trios together to start out with and seperate the rest of the males and females. After a month or two I will have more know how, and clientele. I thank all of you who have been kind and helped me.

Now that is a good plan!

I look forward to personally doing my best to provide answers to the thousands of questions you will soon have. I certainly don't know it all, and look forward to learning things from you as well. You and I are much more alike then you think!

For the record, just a prediction... the whole not a pet, ony a feeder deal.... Wait until the first time that an ASF YOU produced grows up, and has her first litter. Wait until that day you walk in and see her brand new babies and she looks up at you with scared / unsure eyes as she nurses her new children.... From that point on, your feelings on this subject will change forever.

You'll see.

Sincerly,

Mike

[JohnNJ]

[anatess]

For the record, just a prediction... the whole not a pet, ony a feeder deal.... Wait until the first time that an ASF YOU produced grows up, and has her first litter. Wait until that day you walk in and see her brand new babies and she looks up at you with scared / unsure eyes as she nurses her new children.... From that point on, your feelings on this subject will change forever.

You'll see.

Awww Mike! You made me have this silly warm-fuzzy grin on my face... For me, though, it wasn't even the ASF I produced... it was the first time I saw those cute little fuzzballs in your car!

[rabernet]

And last but not least I have many pet stores lined up already,

I think that you're going to find that your pet stores aren't going to be buying a lot from you. My local pet store just got some, and he HATES them. He said they are mean (many do bite) and that he hasn't sold any of them, because none of his customers even know what they are. He plans to feed them off to the snakes he keeps in the store and be done with them.

Unless your petstores have a lot of clients who also are part of online communities, the general one or two snake keeper has no idea what an ASF is, nor is actively deciding to use them as feeders over rats and mice.

I don't think your pet stores will be selling them as well as they think they may and may make the decision that my pet store made, which is to wash their hands of them.

[hobbyist]

sounds like you all like to jump the gun to conclusions. Not one of you know me or anything about me, all I did was start a thread about how excited I am to start my colony, it may be a very large colony to start with but who are you to decide. I am not going to let your comments hinder my project for I feel that I will be good at breeding the asf rats, and am not expecting to make a million off of it, nor do I even expect to make a living. Some of you say that I have jumped the gun, maybe a little but I think alot of us have been guilty of this before. I have done alot of research on them, and I know the kind of care they require. I already have the racks(housing), feed, and substrate that they require, to give them a good healthy life. I am sorry that we obviously have different opinions of feeders, some of you have rats/mice as your pets. Im sorry but I look at them as feeders, they are rodents and they are here to serve one purpose to feed reptiles. I will treat them accordingly feeding,watering, and making sure that they always have a clean healthy tub. Many of you obviously already have your mind made up about me, and what Im about, so the only thing left to do is prove you wrong. I understand that everybody has an opinion and a way of going about things, but just because I am not going about it your way does NOT mean that it is the wrong way. I wish you all a very merry xmas and happy holidays! -Matt

Matt,
I applaud you for taking the incentive to get this project of YOURS off and started. I know many people have shared their concerns, and regretfully in harsh tones, sarcasm, and criticism. Yes, many people may share concerns, but they do not know you nor your capability to deal with the issues that are sure to arise via murphy's law. Also, I can't vouch that we're all adults here (certainly doesn't seem like it), but I would hope you hear the end of sarcasm and start receiving constructive criticism and ideas.
I wish you the best of luck with this project, and I think I speak for everyone when I say "We want pictures!"
Keep us updated- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[Mischke]

Yeah, I'd actually like to see some pics.

[MDB]

I will defintely post pics when they arrive

[truthsdeceit]

I will defintely post pics when they arrive

YAY!!!

[hoax]

Hey MDB when will they be delivered?

I thought you said a few days ago they would be here in a couple of days and by my guess that was Saturday or did you mean business days which I think will be Monday? Any who keep us updated. I think that you will be surprised how supportive these guys can be. Mike has helped me answer EVERY question I have. Little Indian Girl is great also she has been very helpful.