JimD
Well-Known Member
After reading several different opinions about this, I would like to know:
#1) How do you store your pellets?
#2) How long do you keep them?
~Jim
#1) How do you store your pellets?
#2) How long do you keep them?
~Jim
Something about hay that was mentioned was,"Do not store hay in sealed plastic bags,hay needs to breathe."
The bags that the Kaytee comes in have holes in them.
You're right, pellets will degrade faster. I keep mine in the originalpackaging and try to use them within 2 weeks. You can smell thefreshness is less after a week or so of opening. My concern of moldand/or toxins will probably keep me with this practice.Thanks Jim! I didn't know that pellets had to bein breathable containers too. I thought theygotstale and lost nutrientsfaster that way? I'll haveto look into that.
There's a lot of good sources that outline the quality of hay. I'll seeif I can find the thread we had on this. I posted a chart thatexplained everything.I know anotherproblem with hay is whether or not it was rained on while it wasdrying. If you buy from a farmer, they should be able to tellyou. Hay that was rained on is more likely to getmoldy.
One of the thing I read the really surprised me was, "Do not freeze pellets. Although it may prevent mold, it mold growth, it may actually induce mycotoxin production."
I won't be freezing my pellets anymore.
~Jim
Hi Pam,JimD wrote:One of the things I read the really surprised me was, "Do not freeze pellets. Although it may prevent mold,it may actually induce mycotoxin production."
I won't be freezing my pellets anymore.
~Jim
I haven't been able to find any sites that recommend against freezing rabbit pellets and no scientific studies to support the fact that freezing rabbit pellets may induce myxotoxin production. I would like to see theresearch that the publication based it's statment on.
Pam
I'll see if they reference the resources for this article.I was prompted to ask about this because of an article I read about mold and mycotoxins in the 2006 Annual Rabbits USA mag.
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