Quote Originally Posted by mcavana View Post
Very happy. My local pet shop had some ASF's today, so I picked up a trio... two females and a male.

The biggest reason I got them is the idea of less stink, and full grown adults that my balls can eat. I plan to use these three to build a colony to feed my entire snake collection.

So, I kicked two of my breeder rats out of their tank, (a 20 Long)
and set up the ASF's in them.

Quesitons.

1. I have been feeding my mice and rats Beckys rat mix from this web site. Can I continue to feed the ASF's the same mix? I saw things about carrots and spinage and millet... Can I use the rat mix as my basic food, then just throw in daily treats of carrots and spinage and millet?

2. what is millet?

3. Do all of you knock out the ASF's prior to feeding, or do you feed live? I can already tell, they are WAY more agressive then the rats.

4. I have been putting vanilla in my water for the rats and mice... I assume that is not necessary with the ASF'S? and i should just use plain water?

5. Last question... temperatures. being that these things origionate from africa, are their tempertature needs / allowances different then rats and mice?


Thank you for your help! I am so excited!!!!
1- It seems to work. But i use wild bird seed, Oats, K-Flakes Fruits and veggies everyday and they love leaf lettuce.

2- Its a small seed. You can buy it in strips.

3- Co2

4- Just water is fine

5- Watch your room temps if it gets to cold you will see them start to spin and die.

Good Luck