I have a nice sized colony of three breeder bins holding one male and two females, and I also have two separate grow-outs for males and females. All in all there is about 100-125 AFS's in the rack and I only smell an odor out of the grow-out tubs after the bathroom corner is drenched. It's not usually bad, but after a week, it sometimes gets a little bit over the top if I don't spot the bathroom corners.

I have seen a tremendous difference in growth and alertnes in my snakes since I started feeding ASF's. I have a BP that had not eaten anything in 10 months, we had no choice but to tube feed her. We found a ASF breeder and bought a dozen or so and began our colonies. The first time we put a ASF in with that snake, she took it dead on no hesitation. tub was open for about five seconds before she took it. Since then, she's never missed a feeding.

The only bad thing about them is the breeders are breeding too fast! Before the oldest clutch is old enough to be weaned, there's a batch of chubs and pinks in the bin! I've been seeing that if I don't remove the oldest group before the third batch is born, the new pinks end up at the bottom of the pile and die of starvation and/or being crushed.

As for the social aspect of them, the grow-outs accept new batches of weaned babies with no problems. I have never had a death in a grow-out bin yet. I can pet and hold the grow-outs and not get bit. If I go anywhere near the breeders, they they charge, bite, and don't let go. I have been using a leather glove I usually use for my scorpions to get the adults out for cleaning day.

Rock on! \m/