Quote Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny View Post
We got a pair of ASF's from a guy looking to find them a new home. Each came with their own 10g tank, hides, bedding, water bottles, and food dishes. Both are fully grown. I've heard that ASFs are aggressive and territorial. How best can I find out if they are male or female? Is there any hopes of breeding them if I find out they are opposite sexes?
Get a pair of long hemostats or long tongs. Wrap the tip with duct tape (well, anything to soften the tip) and pick up the rat with the tongs by the tail. You should be able to see their bottoms then. If the 2 holes on their bottoms are far apart, then they're males. If they're close together, they're females. If the rat is big enough, you can also see their scrotum bulging out - but sometimes when they're hanging by their tail, the scrotum lays flat to their bodies so it's hard to tell from that. Anyway, there are pictures up there somewhere on one of the stickies...