So I only own ball pythons. Though I'm giving up rat breeding, I was wondering two things:
1. Is anyone trying to tame ASF's?
There was that silver fox study and I hear they are usually nasty.

2. Are people breeding your average rat smaller for ball python eating? Or does everyone have a larger snake to take care of the issue?

I would think it would be a bit advantageous to have smaller rats that have a maximum size suited for an adult ball python.

I tried this with some success, but I didn't have new rats to introduce to help it along... Originally, fancy rats were bred bigger, so smaller can't be that difficult.

I'd be interested in both breeding projects and their advancements...