Hi Jeremy



Yeah, I'm doing ok. It's been a rough last couple of months, but I'm toughing it out!



In regards to rabbit pellets, I started using them in the early 90's with corns and kings when I lived in hot and dry Southern California and never had a problem with either shedding or feeding while kept on the pellets. I've even witnessed quite a few ingestions of pellets stuck on mice without any issues as it's just a clumped fine alfalfa which easily breaks down into passable "fiber".



Since I have moved up to Washington state where it's a lot wetter/humid and colder, I have noticed mold issues using rabbit pellets in limited instances, perhaps it was from a damp bag I got at the feed store or temperature fluctuations in our house before I had a dedicated snake room. However, now that I have a dedicated snake room and it's consistently warmer, I've noticed a reduction in mold. Having said that though, I do get the occasional water bowl spills or very large defecations that can start a mold clump to appear. Usually it's very easy just to scoop up the clump and remove the mold but sometimes, if unchecked, it can spread and then the entire tub should be dumped and washed out. I've learned over time to only fill the medium to larger sized water bowls half as much to avoid evaporation/humidity build-up and that's helped tremendously as well, especially considering the the snakes never drink but a small portion of the water I offer them every week anyways.



As of today, I keep Western Hogs, Southern Hogs, Cal Kings, Grey Bandeds and Greeri on rabbit pellets successfully. The only 2 species I don't keep on pellets are my Balls which I keep on newspaper and Mandarins which I keep on aspen.



I'd take some new pix of Twix to share, but she's currently blue and looking extremely gravid!!! I paired her with my original Anaconda this Winter, so wish me luck for some Supers this Spring.
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Troy Rexroth

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