ASF Handling Tongs

[Rhasputin]

If your stock is so violent that you have to consider handling them with tongs, get rid of them. :/

Not only that, but other posters are correct, using tongs will only make them want to bite more, because it's uncomfortable, and they can sense your fear and how uncomfortable you are.

I live with a person, who showed me a bin of rats she described as 'evil', so of course me being the ASF expert, I decided to find out how evil they were, because I've never seen a truely mean ASF before, I was curious! None of the trio bit me even once. I reached right in and scooped one up, and even set it on my shoulder while I handled the others.

In my opinion, and ASF can be handled with your bare hands, as long as you're not afraid of it, and you handle them gently. Picking them up by the tail, then gently setting their feet on the back of your opposite hand, seems to do the trick every time.