Tameness

[I-KandyReptiles]

My ASFs are not vicious or aggressive by any means. They don't bite, but they are still rather skiddish in comparison to my Norways. They allow me to touch them or pick them up. But I do have to hold onto their tails, like you, because they will try to randomly try to bounce away.

I can tell they are not totally comfortable with me(even though I have handled many of these rats since birth), so I try not to handle them too much and stress them out unnecessarily. There are a select few in my colony that are bold and friendly. But those individuals are not related to my original breeding pair, in which most of my colony has descended from. I'm trying to breed those nicer ASFs into my stock. So hopefully in a few generations, I will have a friendly bunch of ASFs.

BobbaFett here has a very friendly group of ASFs. She can hang out with them on her bed and they won't run away or try to hide. They don't bite and she can free handle them without worrying that they will jump away.

Haha yay I was mentioned!

Those girls have passed away

I've only come across one colony that was mean, and they were offed before producing.

Every ASF I have is tame. And I haven't had any that have become aggressive just because they had a litter.