[QUOTE=vikki;659823]This kind of links with my other thread with regards fast weight gain and it seems some think that providing dried weeds/food can help to slow weight gain as obviously in the wild they would not always have lovely lush weeds but would spend quite a period of the year eating very poor/dry vegetation.
Hi Vikki. I think it's worth saying that when plant matter dries out the material that is left is a lot more concentrated. Most of the water is gone but the bulk of matter is a lot less. The nutrient value of it isn't reduced all that much by drying but the size of it is.
For this reason I'm doubtful that drying food and feeding it would lead to slower growth.
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