Feeding and Nutrition :: Freezing surplus pellets...

[Chrisbarnett]

Okay, I did a search for this but didn't find a real clear answer. Since I just got a 1lb bag of Mazuri pellets, needless to say I have a lot of extra than what fits in the 2cup snapware container that I keep readily available for turtle pellets.

So will it compromise any nutritional value if I freeze the surplus pellets so they will last longer?

also, should I just freeze it in a freezer bag, or buy a large snapware container, and put the surplus in there, then freeze it?

[zoologist]

i dont think it would hurt the nutritional value specially since the pellets are dried out anyway.

if you want to make sure they stay superfresh look into vaccum sealing them. other then that i'd just put them in a ziplock with the air pushed out.

[Selera]

You could do what I do when we buy family sized packets of meat.. when we put them in ziplock bags for multi meals I take a straw and manually remove the air from within the ziplock bag. It doesn't get all the air out but it gets most of it. Otherwise that should work fine from what I know.

[TheComputerGremlin]

I don't know if I would freeze it because when you thaw it, the moisture might cause them to get mushy. However, I swear by the new Reynolds vacuum bags, they are normal quart and gallon sized freezer bags that have a special vacuum hole on them that you use their vacuum pump thing to seal it. We haven't had any freezer burn since we started using them about 6 months ago. I bet if you just sealed them up and put them in a dry, dark place, they would be fine there, rather than in the freezer. Oh, and the Reynolds starter kit costs like $10 and you get a few bags with it.

[Daniel3507]

my mom got a foodsaver as a gift and for about a month i vacum seal everything i could just because it was fun. haha. if you vacum seal them it would prevent and moisture getting to them when they thaw