New ASF Colonies

[jsmorphs2]

First, Cool looking little animals

Second, this is purely for my own curiousity! I don't mean to come across wrong so bear with me.

I'm just curious because I see lots of posts about ASF colonies. Do you keep ASF to feed your BPs? If you do, do you sell BPs? And do you tell people that they are ASF only eaters? I know for some people ASFs are really hard to find and that noticeably depreciates the price of an animal, excluding it from consideration by many. Especially when it can be hard to convert ASF feeders back to rats and mice. Your thoughts would be appreciated!

Regards,

B

Good questions and valid points. I breed ASFs to feed to 4 of our breeders who are stinkers. I have also started some babies on ASF hoppers too but they always switch to rats with no problem. I haven't sold any babies that weren't eating well on rats and I always include feed/shed/genetics records with the ones I've sold. Generally I start babies on hopper mice then switch to rats asap. If I ever sell the breeders that eat ASFs I will absolutely disclose that they are ASF eaters. I feel any and all responsible breeders will disclose that to possible buyers. While some people shy away from ASF eaters, I actually shy away from mouse eaters personally. As a breeder I don't want the hassle of feeding 2,500g female multiple mice and I don't want to breed mice either. The smell permeates our house even when we only have a few in the basement. So it all comes down to preference and availability.