Would you buy an ASF eater?

[spitzu]

Just trying to get an idea of everyone's' feelings towards this subject.

[Wh00h0069]

No, I wouldn't.

[Focal X]

If I think I have a good chance of converting, I might, i.e. hatchling. If it's an adult that will only eat them, no.

[Inknsteel]

I breed them, so I would. But even if I didn't, if I found a snake that I really wanted, being started on ASFs wouldn't be a deal breaker. It would just make me try harder and be more determined to get them to switch, knowing that I got the exact animal I wanted...

[coldbloodaddict]

No.

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[decensored]

I would never buy an adult that has been on a steady diet of ASF. Never again. I would consider buying a hatchling so that I have the opportunity to get them onto F/T to problem. My buddy is a well established breeder in my area and he feeds ASF. He is also breeding his own stock.. LOL.. His animals are amazing quality and at good prices so I do/ will continue to buy from him even though his hatchlings are fed ASF hoppers.

[snakeman13]

I only have a few that are not ASF eaters.
If I buy a ball that is a rat eater, they soon become an ASF eater.
That is still thier natural food.

[snakesRkewl]

I have bought snakes that eat only asf's, but then I breed them so it's no issue for me.
The problem is most people do not breed them or have access to them, so you are limiting your potential sales to that small group that does.

[rjk890]

I would, and I would much rather purchase an ASF eater then a mouser.

We started our BP collection in '07, and I started breeding ASF's at that time.
Our collection was made up of mostly '07 hatchlings at that time.

ASF's are so prolific that I was able to feed our collection of 50 snakes every 5 days from 12 ASF breeder colonies of 1.5 each.

Once our hatchlings reached somewhere around the 500g mark, it was taking too long for the ASF's to grow out to be a decent sized meal, and the snakes were getting 2-3 ASF's per feeding.
Our collection was not only growing in size, but also in numbers.

I decided to start breeding regular rats to feed everybody, and with the exception of one snake, I had no issues switching them over.

I had picked up an Adult female Normal from Eugene Bessette back then, that was also an ASF only eater.
She is an aggressive rat eater.

I also picked up two female Cinnamons from Mark Batch that he swore were ASF only eaters and would not take regular rats.
I never fed either of those snakes an ASF, and they are both very aggressive rat eaters.

[jcooper7211]

i would, but i started the post below so that is kinda obvious. The snakes poop less with them, seems like they put more of the rat on than a norway (even though norways get bigger) they consistently eat on them, easy to breed, and here in michigan pretty easy to find, smell less than norways and its bp's natural food, so naturally they all love them.. haha i love this banana guy