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Saving uneaten canned food?
Newbie questions about canned food:
If I open a can but only use part of it, how long can the unused portion be saved refridgerated? How long can the uneaten canned food be left in the bowl (room temperature) before it is best to discard it? For those times when the cat eats very little, can the uneaten food from the bowl be saved for later? If so is it ok to put it back in the original can or should it be kept separately from the truly unused portion? |
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"Newbie" wrote in message ... Newbie questions about canned food: If I open a can but only use part of it, how long can the unused portion be saved refridgerated? Up to three days, if you keep the lid on. I know it won't be tight, but it's better than without it at all. How long can the uneaten canned food be left in the bowl (room temperature) before it is best to discard it? I wouldn't recommend more than maybe twelve hours or so. Of course, if you've got a dinner plate for yourself that has been left out in room temperature for twelve hours, you wouldn't dare etaing it, but cats have got a different digestion system than us, so they can easily handle it. Just think about how cats live out in the wild... For those times when the cat eats very little, can the uneaten food from the bowl be saved for later? If so is it ok to put it back in the original can or should it be kept separately from the truly unused portion? That depends... I would have kept them in separate cans, but if you don't wait too long to serve it again, it doesn't matter, I guess.. Hans |
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Newbie wrote: Newbie questions about canned food: If I open a can but only use part of it, how long can the unused portion be saved refridgerated? How long can the uneaten canned food be left in the bowl (room temperature) before it is best to discard it? For those times when the cat eats very little, can the uneaten food from the bowl be saved for later? If so is it ok to put it back in the original can or should it be kept separately from the truly unused portion? When you get down to it, think about what is in it. cow foreheads, chicken lips, pig, bull and horse testicles, gravel, wharehouse dirt and so forth...Im sure it will be fine fo a few days. (these are the by-product ingredients) Ingredients within the ingredients. Like, old utters, ground pig teeth, chicken heads, and an occasional wharehouse worker finger. It's basically like potted meat with more corn in it. (Remember that lady who found a finger in her chili from Wendys?) and this was people food. |
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On Fri 22 Jul 2005 09:04:17p, whitershadeofpale wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav roups.com): cow foreheads, chicken lips, pig, bull and horse testicles, gravel, wharehouse dirt and so forth...Im sure it will be fine fo a few days. (these are the by-product ingredients) Ingredients within the ingredients. Like, old utters, ground pig teeth, chicken heads, and an occasional wharehouse worker finger. It's basically like potted meat with more corn in it. If it's floating in gravy, my cats would eat that! LOL -- Cheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields |
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whitershadeofpale wrote:
Newbie wrote: Newbie questions about canned food: If I open a can but only use part of it, how long can the unused portion be saved refridgerated? How long can the uneaten canned food be left in the bowl (room temperature) before it is best to discard it? For those times when the cat eats very little, can the uneaten food from the bowl be saved for later? If so is it ok to put it back in the original can or should it be kept separately from the truly unused portion? When you get down to it, think about what is in it. I'd rather not! Eew! (Remember that lady who found a finger in her chili from Wendys?) and this was people food. That was a hoax, btw. Pam |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message ... On Fri 22 Jul 2005 09:04:17p, whitershadeofpale wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav roups.com): cow foreheads, chicken lips, pig, bull and horse testicles, gravel, wharehouse dirt and so forth...Im sure it will be fine fo a few days. (these are the by-product ingredients) Ingredients within the ingredients. Like, old utters, ground pig teeth, chicken heads, and an occasional wharehouse worker finger. It's basically like potted meat with more corn in it. If it's floating in gravy, my cats would eat that! LOL -- Cheryl I'll never forget the time I was shopping at Pathmark and decided to buy some bologna. I don't know what prompted me to read the ingredients but when I saw lips listed I put it back and haven't been able to eat bologna since. W |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
... On Fri 22 Jul 2005 09:04:17p, whitershadeofpale wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav roups.com): cow foreheads, chicken lips, pig, bull and horse testicles, gravel, wharehouse dirt and so forth...Im sure it will be fine fo a few days. (these are the by-product ingredients) Ingredients within the ingredients. Like, old utters, ground pig teeth, chicken heads, and an occasional wharehouse worker finger. It's basically like potted meat with more corn in it. If it's floating in gravy, my cats would eat that! LOL Mine are just the opposite, they'll lick up all the gravy but won't eat the meat - they'd rather the "paste" type canned. -- Cheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields |
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"Newbie" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... : Newbie questions about canned food: : : If I open a can but only use part of it, how long can the : unused portion be saved refridgerated? up to two days : : How long can the uneaten canned food be left in the : bowl (room temperature) before it is best to discard it? up to one day : : For those times when the cat eats very little, can the uneaten : food from the bowl be saved for later? If so is it ok to put : it back in the original can or should it be kept separately : from the truly unused portion? keep it separately in a Tupperware Carola |
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