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11-21-11, 06:00 PM
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ASF's (African Soft Fur)
So I'm getting closer to not having to buy food for my BP now  I started breeding ASF's and she has just had her first litter (8). I chose ASF's as the are what BP's naturally eat in the wild.
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11-21-11, 06:03 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
You must be stoked!
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11-21-11, 06:17 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
Cool what size is your bp eating. They look just like mouse pinks
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11-21-11, 06:25 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
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Cool what size is your bp eating. They look just like mouse pinks
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They are rats so yeah they tend to look like mice
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11-21-11, 06:29 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
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Cool what size is your bp eating. They look just like mouse pinks
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^^^yeah but they taste like chicken.
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11-21-11, 06:25 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
My BP eats adult mice (30-34 gram). the adult ASF's I have are young adult and weight 72 grams. The pinkies they have are the size of mice pinkies maybe a little larger.
KORBIN,
yes I'm super happy. I'm getting sick of going to the pet shops to find out they only have 14-18 gram mice. And here in Calgary there's only 2 shops that sell live. ( I don't feed live, I feed fresh killed.)
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11-21-11, 06:29 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
They look like marsupials
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11-21-11, 08:25 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
Looks like a cute little gerbil/kangaroo thing. Are they expensive?
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11-21-11, 09:12 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
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Originally Posted by spots
So I'm getting closer to not having to buy food for my BP now I started breeding ASF's and she has just had her first litter (8). I chose ASF's as the are what BP's naturally eat in the wild.
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Please, please don't stir up that bee hive accidentally.
They do NOT even come from Africa, they come from so far away, they could have never met in the wild.
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11-21-11, 10:02 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
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Please, please don't stir up that bee hive accidentally.
They do NOT even come from Africa, they come from so far away, they could have never met in the wild.
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Good to know, Thanks 
So what are they really called, and where do they really come from?
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11-21-11, 09:21 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
SE Asia yo.
Why are the called African anyways? can't find any info.
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11-21-11, 09:23 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
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SE Asia yo.
Why are the called African anyways? can't find any info.
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Exactly, they confuse the hell out of people with this.
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11-21-11, 10:19 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
scientific name: Millardia meltada
location: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
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11-21-11, 10:20 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
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scientific name: Millardia meltada
location: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
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Thanks
Now to get the true information on them
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12-02-11, 02:57 PM
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Re: ASF's (African Soft Fur)
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scientific name: Millardia meltada
location: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
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Not to derail the thread, but are you sure about this? Natal Multimammate Mouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Any information I can find on Millardia meltada it is the "soft-furred rat" not "African soft-furred rat." An article about Millardia meltada with a picture: http://la.rsmjournals.com/content/12/2/73.full.pdf
The Millardia look different than the African soft-furred rats I have. I'm pretty sure mine are Mastomys natalensis, which very well could be one natural food source of Python regius.
I'm no scientist, either one of us could have misinformation, but it might be worth considering.
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