Dehydrate/rehydrated foods

[nanabanana296]

I have lots of hermit crabs and make my own foods by dehydrating fresh. Can I dehydrate fruits and veggies for my beardies and then rehydrate? Does anyone here do that? This allows me to take advantage of seasonal foods and sales.

 

[nanabanana296]

Bump-I REALLY NEED SOME INPUT HERE. thanks

 

[w0554096]

Hello,
I would not reccomend it, as dehydrating, as well as freezing vegetables can destroy alot of the vitamins and minerals in them.
There are ways that you can dehydrate to reduce the loss of some of the nutrients, such as blanching the vegetables first. You will still lose some of the vitamins and minerals, but that would also help to retain them during storage and rehydration. The problem with that is you will lost all of the water-soluable nutrients.
Rehydration can also destroy some of the remaining nutrients.

I understand how much easier it would be, as we dehydrate alot of foods and herbs from our garden, however nutritionally your dragon would probably end up getting something nutritionally equivalent to lettuce with trace amounts of the nutrients that were once in the food.
Sorry.

 

[nanabanana296]

Thanks. I was wondering concerning the dragons because I have been dehydrating foods for my crabs for years and they molt successfully and are quite large and very healthy. I think I can mix the two when needed. Thanks again, I appreciate.

 

[w0554096]

No problem.