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Joined: Apr 08, 2005 Posts: 17 Location: San Diego, CA
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject: freezing fruit mix
Does freezing fruit, lose any nutritional value?
I mix different fruits in a blender and mix them up and place them in an ice cube tray and freeze them. Before feeding them to Hooch, I'l thaw it out.
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My microwave is on its last leg and occaisionaly the ground turkey gets a little bit cooked. Should I worry about feeding him partially cooked turky?
Joined: Nov 06, 2004 Posts: 972270 Location: Central Maine
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject:
I never microwave my turkey. I buy packages of lean ground turkey and then open each package and place the meat into Ziplock(tm) baggies. I then freeze. When I need a package I pull one out and put it in a sink full of hot tap water (still in the ziplock(tm) baggie). It will thaw and warm. I feed and reseal the unused for tomorrow.
As far as freezing and thawing fruits/veggies, I can not answer that. I know fresh would probably be better, but I assume since we freeze and thaw fruits and veggies for our own diet, it must be find for animals too. (But I am not a "Betty Crocker" type guy so don't go on only my word) lol
Joined: Mar 07, 2005 Posts: 328 Location: Chesterfield, UK
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:19 am Post subject:
As long as the fruit and veg are 'fast' frozen, they will retain almost all of their natural properties. In a normal slow freeze, you still only stand to lose about 10% nutrients.
As with the turkey, I would also thaw it in warm water. A microwave can encourage bacteria to go into overdrive, which although is quite possibly harmless to a teg, carries a big risk of infecting yourself with salmonella, which believe me is not a pleasant experience. Take the worst diarhoea you've ever had, couple it to violent vomiting, and multiply it by ten.
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 613 Location: The Netherlands
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:29 am Post subject:
talking out of experience drfish? Sounds really nasty..
I tend to give my red grapes, he likes them (even our B&W eats them...well only one...maybe by mistake?) and I sometimes let him pluck them from the branches they are on. They thend to stay good a really long time when they are placed in the fridge. I havent found any other fruits he likes altho he will take some banana occasionally (think he doesnt like it sticking to his upper yaw tho )
But you can keep fruits good for a long time in your fridge if you didnt cut them up already.
And cutting them every time you want to feed them is as much work as tawing them I think... _________________ 1.0.0 T.rufescens
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Joined: Mar 07, 2005 Posts: 328 Location: Chesterfield, UK
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:19 am Post subject:
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talking out of experience drfish? Sounds really nasty..
Oh yes, had salmonella a few times. Unfortuntely used to live on cheap nasty burger's from dirty burger vans and mobile food vans. Very unpleasant experience let me tell you.
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