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Is it engineered wood fiber safety surfacing?  Who was the vendor?  Engineered wood fiber looks like mulch but is actually created and tested to meet certain ASTM standards, ensuring that it has a certain level of impact attenuation for falls, that it is ADA accessible, and that it's not flammable.  Engineered wood fiber is tested to make sure that all the pieces of wood are of a similar size & shape-- that way they knit together after installation in such a way that there's so little air in between the pieces it won't even burn!  It's this feature that also, in my understanding, makes it an unfriendly environment for our furry & scaly friends.  None of the vendors KaBOOM! uses for engineered wood fiber has ever received a complaint about rodents or snakes.  If you used a vendor we know, I'll be happy to help get you in touch with the right person there to ask them this question too!  I hope this helps.