Prairie Mom
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Just giving a brief update...
I can't tell you guys how pleased I am to have begun freezing these foods! Winter comes quickly where I live and my tortoise has been living off of food that I preserved for her for quite some time now.
She is eating like a QUEEN! So many of the grass and flowers I've frozen and discussed in this thread have been thawing so close to the fresh food! It is wonderful! The chopped and frozen squash vines are a big hit and she loves having bags of frozen grass after eating my own dried hay lawn clippings after a few days.
I mentioned in my first post that I was uncertain about the Sunflower leaves, and I do think those are not good when thawed. Yes, they retain their texture, but they change color and have an odd smell. My tortoise isn't going for them and she is NOT PICKY whatsoever. I bet they would be fine dried though.
Hooray for preserving for winter!!! Free healthy varied tortoise food!
I can't tell you guys how pleased I am to have begun freezing these foods! Winter comes quickly where I live and my tortoise has been living off of food that I preserved for her for quite some time now.
She is eating like a QUEEN! So many of the grass and flowers I've frozen and discussed in this thread have been thawing so close to the fresh food! It is wonderful! The chopped and frozen squash vines are a big hit and she loves having bags of frozen grass after eating my own dried hay lawn clippings after a few days.
I mentioned in my first post that I was uncertain about the Sunflower leaves, and I do think those are not good when thawed. Yes, they retain their texture, but they change color and have an odd smell. My tortoise isn't going for them and she is NOT PICKY whatsoever. I bet they would be fine dried though.
Hooray for preserving for winter!!! Free healthy varied tortoise food!
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