mice vs asf ?

[Kirks_Herps]

i have a 1000 gram female pinstripe and a 600 gram male pastel. that will only eat mice.
i have tried to switch them to rats with no success. my local supplier has asf's. is there a better chance they will eat the asf over a regular rat?

thanks kirk

[ClarkT]

Yeah, they should take asfs more readily than rats. However, how hard have you tried to get them on rats? How hungry have you let them get?

How big of rats have you offered? Maybe try a rat that's the same size as a mouse. Then gradually raise the size.

[Kirks_Herps]

right now the female pin is at 77 days and the male pastel just went almost 8 weeks no food.

ive tried weanlings to smalls. the pastel has srtuck and coiled but wont finish the job.

just talked to my supplier and ordered 15 asf weanlings gonna see what happens.

i raised my first 6 bp's on mice 4 switched over easily these 2 not so much. definetly learned my lesson i raised the rest of my snakes on rats..........thanks kirk

[Clint Bundy]

I have an Albino male that had never even been offered a rat before and he went on a hunger strike. Just for a last option I put a rat in his cage and BAM you would have thought it was cover in snake crack or something. I have no clue why his taste buds changed but he still won't touch a mouse but kill a few rats in a heartbeat. Just keep trying.