ASF's - How and why I breed ASF's for my Ball Pythons - African Soft Fur Rats

[@hollywilliams5301]

I have a rehab BP that had not eaten in a year. I spent a month getting him rehydrated and warmed up and he took a live ASF without hesitation. He’s now had 3 and I’m getting a small group this week so I can start a feeder group for him. I don’t necessarily love the idea of taking on a rat colony for one snake, but the only place I can get my hands on live ones is 10 hours away. 🥴 Maybe this is my cue to have more BPs. 😂Thanks for all the awesome info!!

[@elizabauer8882]

Have you seen the females with the bumps all over their bellies? Someone said to me that it was warts. Does anybody know?

[@michaelbauman2792]

Awesome Video, have watched it a few times already! I have a few ASF’s I was running 3 to 1 and my problem was I couldn’t get them to breed and when they did they would eat there young! I got a few new colonies and giving it a second shot. Thanks for the info.

[@zacharyprince4713]

They problem need more protein in their diet

[@Lilmikey1494]

I just recently moved from California to Oklahoma and was wondering if I can get asf in Oklahoma or not and possibly future wise breed them as well

[@NextLevelMorphs]

Awesome video! Easily one of the most informative I've seen yet. Thank you!

[@redsovine1592]

Great video man. Ive been breeding them for about 6 months and the bit regarding the cannibal moms was really helpful. Until now i just tried to cull the ones displaying the behavior. Looking forward to trying the dietary adjustment.

[@cuddletimecritters]

Where have you been?!

[@andycristea6784]

Hello! Thank your for sharing your experience. I have two colonies at the moment. I also feed them all kind of insects. They all eat meal worms and superworms. But females love to eat even big dubia roaches. My question is, are 8 formales to many for only one male ? I see them maitig, but he is getting beat up lately.

[@eldonreynard9649]

Sorry im no good english , what did the asf eat beside vegetable ?

[@darkninaj]

What if I just wanna have one as a pet?

[@jennifertashik298]

Great info for someone learning! Thank you great video

[@terrikemp8751]

Great informational video. I live in North Central Texas. Do you know where I can purchase ASFs to start a colony?

[@juliegravel7776]

do you sell any asf? i cant find them anywhere by me here in new port richey fla. or if you know of anyone. please let me know. thank you

[@TotoTortoiseNFriends]

Why put food at outside of the tube and under knee bedding?

[@TotoTortoiseNFriends]

Why i didn't see water

[@crae1972]

Could you feed catfish pellets, it's a high protein pellet feed

[@curtisframsey]

How many asfs do you think you produce weekly? Or stated differently with the one fb10 rack and your fb70 grow out rack how many ball pythons do you feel you cam feed?

[@BriansReef]

Hey, If you run a 1:4 and clean weekly then you should easily produce more than 1000 per month. Maybe even double that if you start to cull females that only have 8-10 babies and only breed those females who drop 15-18 at a time. Depends on how much time you put into the colony to be honest.

[@TotoTortoiseNFriends]

I can see you care and put the feeling to them... How u control your feeling to feed them for your ball python?

[@corbin8876]

Where are you at in Texas?

[@jazminesanchez7449]

I saw you had a bag of pine shavings. I’m not sure if you knew but pine and cedar shavings are the most toxic for rats. Just a heads up?

[@Ashley-vm1bd]

actually kiln dried pine shavings are completely safe, raised rats for years using it

[@timothyschwartz9767]

Kudos. Good video.

[@chrisbane7022]

i cant find them for sale anywere in va would you be willing to sell me 3 females and a male man

[@watercityreptiles]

ASF rats are regulated. You can’t ship live ones across state lines, only frozen can be shipped across the country. Live can only be shipped within the same state. Your best bet would be to keep searching for someone in your state that breeds and would ship to you

[@chrisbane7022]

@@watercityreptiles o I didn't know that I'll look around thanks

[@EpicATrain]

I love this video! Thank you!

[@alleric357]

Good video, but I have one question, how well do they work for large female ball pythons who would normally take a large fancy rat? Especially when it's time to fatten them up for breeding, do you have to feed them multiple asf's?

[@royalkreationz]

Just fine. Actually better probably. The females won't be "hungry". I feed every 10 days, and my girls eat like crazy

[@watercityreptiles]

Agreed. I’ve recently converted to a primary ASF diet for my BPs and have seen great results. The females tend to grow faster and their waste is smaller. My opinion is that the ASF have better nutrition so less goes into their waste. I do throw a regular rat in there from time to time and they take the rat with no issue. I really only have one male that won’t take anything but ASF. The rest of my collection don’t hesitate between ASF or regular rats

[@watercityreptiles]

I also shorten the time between feedings for my breeder females. So instead of one med-large rat every 10-14 days I’ll do a large ASF every 7-10 days.

[@johncase2408]

Are ASF(Ass So Fucked) rats 🐀 more nutritional than other rats? Do they taste better? These are just some questions that I was wondering about.

[@commercialelectrician133]

Great video

[@iamLeBlu]

Great vid

[@ApexRoyals]

So I have a ton of ASFs I've been breeding for my balls and I found out you should only give them to animals that you plan to keep and should never feed them asfs unless you have a readily accessible source because they are addictive and trying to switch a BP back to regular American lab rats has been proven to be pretty tough.

[@milogreg4871]

Great video advice Thank you 🙂

[@Solomon0424]

Can you feed these guys to a cat (Frozen/raw, NOT LIVE)?

[@samknaak]

How are you not getting bit! Mine bite like crazy. Nasty little suckers. I wear gloves.

[@connykersey698]

My ASF turn into biters when they have babies. In my colonies the Cinnamon’s are the most aggressive. The tan & white are gentler while the grey & white are unpredictable.

[@ihatecitydoglover]

When I had them I used soft tip tweezers and gloves because once they have babies they are vicious 🤣🤣

[@EpicATrain]

Do you by chance sell and ship ASFs?

[@moritzlaszlo3115]

Very nice video 👌

[@BriansReef]

Thank you very much!

[@iamLeBlu]

New subbie

[@Wlduser]

My asfs are my least favorite to breed, but mine reproduce great and mine are great moms.

[@EpicATrain]

Do you sell and ship ASFs? Where you located?

[@beachaddict7653]

The problem is they are hard to come by unless your breeding them yourself.

[@M0053yfate]

Yea seriously. Only place I see people say is "go to next reptile expo near you"

[@tonyaction5284]

Awesome video brother!!!’ Forget the negative feedback and the animal cruelty fanatics!!!! If the world food supply would come to extinction and rats were the only source to survive on… you best believe all those idiots “WILL” devour these rats “and” their reeds!!!!!😂🤣

[@Aisha-721]

The ASF rats are cute

[@cjnel3616]

no they are not from Africa man get your facts right. that was indoor bread and do not come forth here at all

[@nuclearblast119]

BALL pythons in the wild also rob bird nests and eat baby chicks. While they may be clumsy climbers they can and still climb and do if given the opportunity!

[@Aisha-721]

I have no problem with feeding ASF rats to Ball pythons

[@rickyworld2435]

Like

[@eppyfemboy]

Bobsballs 😭

[@vegankatie6772]

Mice are intelligent and social creatures, people that breed them into existence to feed to snakes and reptiles who don't want or enjoy being pets are sick and twisted. Mice and rats are more intelligent than dogs. This animal abuse for the sake of imprisoning a snake in a glass box for you to gawk at. Such cruelty.

[@hammylover4life225]

As i agree its the circle of life if you have a dog or cat you feed them meat that means innocent cows were killed to feed them its no different for snakes they need to eat