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Old July 22nd 05, 11:36 PM
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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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Old July 23rd 05, 12:14 AM
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"Newbie" wrote in message
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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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Old July 23rd 05, 02:04 AM
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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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Old July 23rd 05, 02:08 AM
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On Fri 22 Jul 2005 09:04:17p, whitershadeofpale wrote in
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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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Old July 23rd 05, 02:09 AM
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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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Old July 23rd 05, 02:18 AM
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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On Fri 22 Jul 2005 09:04:17p, whitershadeofpale wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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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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Old July 23rd 05, 02:31 AM
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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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


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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Old July 23rd 05, 06:14 AM
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"Newbie" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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: 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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