I have used rabbit pellets for all of my colubrids for 15 years. I only started keeping western hogs a year ago and have found the rabbit pellets to be equally effective. There are a few positives and negatives in using rabbit pellets, but if you use them with the appropriate species, ones that enjoy less humid environments and that enjoy burrowing, they are great. You can also feed off of rabbit pellets as if any are ingested, because they are basically ground up alfalfa and what not, they can be easily broken down in the digestive track and easily passed unlike wood shavings or other non-digestible substrates. However, if you live in or need a humid environment, then I would not recommend them as they do have a tendency to mold under humid conditions. Another nice benefit is when defecated upon, they clump up like cat litter and that makes it very easy for quick cleanup. Hope that is helpful

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