Cutting, Portioning and freezing fresh veggies???

[ferretgirl]

Hey I haven't had much luck finding any info on this subject...I have an extremely fussy Beardie when it comes to veggies. As in she just won't eat anything willfully except her worms and crickets.
Ive basically exhausted the beautiful dragons list of fruits/veggies, with all kinds of mixtures but no luck. Ive tried stopping feeding anything but greens for three days and she ate nothing for three days so I gave in, I couldnt stand to make her starve! Shes one of my babies!
I won't stop offering greens though, since she is nearly 8months old she should be transitioning foods soon...
Where I live its hard to find a good range of plant matter for an affordable price (for my Beardie at least, I don't eat squash or dandelion greens lol or many of the things beardies should have) especially in the winter months! Only option is to buy a whole (HUGE) bunch or bag of whatever veggies I need, and that's wasteful in my house since maybe three leaves from the 2lb bag get eaten. So I'm wondering if I buy my assortment of veggies and portion them out for a few days at a time and then freeze the baggie, can't I just thaw them out in the fridge and offer those?
I'll never feed her pre packaged frozen veggie mixes though, blah!! ;p
Anybody ever done this to reduce waste??

 

[Taterbug]

I don't usually freeze veggies cause the come out gross and wiltywhen I do it. I don't know how long frozen salads last or the best procedures for freezing/thawing them. What the lizard doesn't eat goes to the roaches, so it's not wasted here.

If you chose to go this route read up on the effects of freezing/thawing on vitamins. For example, Thiamin (b1) can easily be destroyed when thawing frozen food. This has been linked to thiamin deficiency in iguanas when used long term. That doesn't mean it can't be done just that extra supplementation may be needed for certain vitamins.

 

[Corty]

Have you looked into the vacuum seal bags at all? It's expensive to buy the set up but after that initial cost you just need bags (or containers or whatever) ... I have had success with the vacuum bags in the fridge saving a great deal of greens from rotting before i could use them .. It's also great for leftovers, freezing uncooked meats, etc....but I bought my set specifically for my scaly babies.