We have a colony of them and likely will start a second breeding trio shortly. I do like them for very specific purposes but feed the majority of our snakes from our regular rat colony. The ASF's serve a purpose with our WC adult rescues and a few particularily picky feeders who seem to take them with more consistent responses. Due to issues of prey imprinting, we won't be offering ASF's to any hatchlings we produce unless a customer requested that's what they wanted a snake eating.
Watch your fingers around ASF's. The adults don't play when it comes to protecting their offspring and will nail you if they get half a chance. They are also champion chewers and hard as hades to catch if they get loose. On the upside they are easy to care for, have basically no natural odor and breed like crazy.
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