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Originally Posted by noushka05
wow your mice are Amazing! i love your new Devil dogs ones!  |
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Originally Posted by thedogsmother
Tell me more about the ASF ones pleeeeze, I have never even heard about then till your post.
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Let's see, from the research I'm done on them, most of the original ASF stock comes from ones that were captured in Natal, Africa. They are also known as Natal Multimammate rats or Common African rats. Also Devil Dogs, I like that one.
They are called multimammate because the does have more teats than any other rodent, and it's fur is considered to be the softer then any other rat. Some scientists believe the ASF is the link between mice and normal rats, but so far no definite determination has been made, so the ASF has been considered to be both and either by different classifications. And some newer research has shown it to not be directly related to either mice or rats so the debate doesn't look to be ending anytime soon. They normally breed at four months and produce large litters that wean at four weeks. The pups are born with hair and their eyes usually open after two weeks.
That's the basics.