I'm going to the GR show on the 8th and I know they will have some ASF rats there.
I have both rats and mice, however, unless I get a new hatchling or 2 when I'm there, I'm afraid I've outgrown the mice.
Are there any advantages of having ASF rats?
Can their nippiness/agressiveness be selectively bred out of them?
I see random info out there, but would prefer the voice of experience, rather than some advocacy page, merely because someone in enthralled with them as their pet.
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ASF vs. rats or mice, advantages?
caz223
Jul 05, 2007 09:16 AM
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Rflagg
Jul 05, 2007 04:00 PM
They need less space than rats.
They get about 2-3x the size of mice, although it takes a while.
They don't smell much.
Nutritionally, I don't have any data, but my corns seem to grow faster on ASF rats than they did on mice.
They tend to bite, but it's not really a problem if you are careful and don't try to handle them much.
