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hello, I have been a lurker here at kingsnake. I have a bearded dragon , Owen, two water dragons, Draco and Drogo, a Mali Uromastyx, Clay, a spint tailed iguana, Griswald, a Green Basilisk, Gollum, two yellow lined plated lizards, Clark and Chloe, and a mountain horned dragon, Mesa. Whew.
okay my questions is, with these guys I keep and make up a lot of salad with all different types of greens. But after almost a week many of these greens start turning brown and are unedible anymore, so I wind up tossing them out. Is a week about how long they last on average? Or is there a way of keeping the greens fresher longer?? I've been keeping the greens in the original bag that I place them in , in the grocery store.
thank you for the help.
Rachel

make sure you arent washing or cutting them until you are ready to feed them out, i know some do cut and wash and seal them in tupperware bins, i know this to work also to help keep them fresh, sorry i wasnt able to help more

But its Bill Mears of BorderviewDragons idea.

Add a bit of parsly to the mix, it keeps it fresher longer and the dragons love it. Then place the greens in a plastic tub with a papertowel on the bottom to absorb excess moisture.

Mix the veggies up separately and only add to the salad as you feed the dragon.

With this routine they stay fresher longer!

Tupperware has made a special “vegetable container” (in different sizes) that works wonderfully! I was skeptic at first – but they WORK. The bottom of those containers isn’t flat, so you can keep a little bit of water in them to keep the veggies moist. There are also two ventilation-holes at the side so that air comes in.

When I buy veggies I let them soak in the sink for half an hour or so, to get them full of moisture. Then I make a salad for my dragons with mixed veggies and put that one in one Tupperware container, the “uncut” veggies goes in a bigger Tupperware container.

My veggies last a LOT longer these days. I just wish I could afford to buy more of these containers..! They are quite expensive – but in the long run, they are worth it.

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Teo - A Bearded Dragon

Tupperware makes stuff called Fridge Smart. It is unbelievable. Will keep my strawberries fresh for 2 and a half weeks. If you just have one or two order the mini set you get 2 for $10. I keep my greens in it. Don't mix with veggies because they "breath" differently. Tupperware has a vent system with it. Keep your unwashed in one and your prepared in the other. Lettuce can last for over a month. Yeah that's right a month. Good luck.

Do these containers from tupperware hold a lot of greens? Between all the herps and my rabbit I buy close to six or seven "heads" of different tpes of lettuce a week ( would be less if I could keep them fresh longer ) Tupperware probably has a web site where I could look into it. Thank you everyone for the suggestions, I knew you guys would have ideas and understand my dilemma.
Rachel

It was mentioned before that wrapping greens in papertowel and put them into a bag (not a ziplock, just a regular bag, even the bag you can put greens in at the grocery store) keeps the moisture down as too much moisture can cause the greens to rot. I have been trying this and it works very well, have collard greens in my fridge that are three weeks old. They are a little wilted but once I wash them and let them soak a bit, they crisp back up quickly.