hey there, i recently had a batch of ASF babies be cannibalized. i have read a lot of places that ASF's don't generally eat their young, even if you move them to clean their cages. since it was cleaning day, i went ahead even with the newborns in there. well, as soon as i had moved the whole group back to their fresh tanks, they started eating the babies.

it's actually quite gross to watch, they're so meticulous with their cannibalization!

i knew there was nothing i could do, so i just let them be. i think 3 out of 9 survived so far, and another mom dropped a litter since and they seem to be doing just fine, no more eating the young.

but then i got to thinking, since the ASF's have such a good system of helpin' each other out, could i have saved the babies by taking them from the cannibalizing parents, and putting them in the other tank, with the other colony? has anyone ever done this and had success?

thanks.