I would say about half of my collection looked at ASFs like they didn't know what they were, so no I'm not surprised about your female's response. People tend to think ASFs are the cure all for tough feeders, but that's definitely the case. A friend of mine tried a couple ASFs with a female he couldn't get to eat and she wasn't interested in them either. I prefer to stick with mice and rats since they are easy to get a hold of and I stopped breeding ASFs.