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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2005Can I Freeze Gooshy Food?
With Persia on a diet <snork> I've felt bad about depriving her of her gooshy food. Hill's makes her prescription x/d in cans, too. I just opened the last can I had and gave her half of it. Technically I should now only give her 1/4 cup of dry this afternoon. In old practice, before her bladder surgery, I would only give her gooshy food once a week (it was Fancy Feast, which comes in very small cans). This x/d food in cans is very expensive and also a larger can by weight. I can't have her expecting it all the time. I'd like it to be a once a week treat again but even well-covered I wouldn't expect it to keep in the fridge for 7 days. (*I* wouldn't eat leftovers I'd kept in my fridge for 7 days!) So, any reason I couldn't put half the can contents in a small air-tight plastic container, freeze it, thaw it in the fridge the night before and serve it the next day? I can't think of a single reason not to. Again, this stuff is expensive. Heck, her x/d kibble is $12 for a 4 lb. bag; think double that for 24 cans and you can see where I'm coming from. Jill  SignatureI used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. jmcquown skrev i meddelandet <5zJGe.40311$sJ4.33540@bignews5.bellsouth.net>... >With Persia on a diet <snork> I've felt bad about depriving her of her >gooshy food. Hill's makes her prescription x/d in cans, too. I just opened [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Jill Of course you can! I have done that all the time with Hugo Katt's food. He only eats wet food. But he likes variety. Not the same food two days in a row, thank you! I thaw the food in the micro oven. Carefully, it mustn't be too hot. Elisabet > With Persia on a diet <snork> I've felt bad about depriving her of her > gooshy food. Hill's makes her prescription x/d in cans, too. I just [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Again, this stuff is expensive. Heck, her x/d kibble is $12 for a 4 lb. > bag; think double that for 24 cans and you can see where I'm coming from. I froze canned food before when Rusty was on a prescription food which came in large more economical size. Of course he preferred it fresh from the can, but he still ate it. Now with Hill's I/D, the small can ony lasts a day especially since Rusty doesn't get any dry as recommended by the vet. I know what you mean about the prcie, I am tempted to supplement Rusty's expensive canned food with dry I/D. At a can a day, I am spending close to Cdn $50 a month just on food. Wish I/D come in more economical larger size. Hill just raised the price recently too. Wish I knew about it and stockpiled some food before the raise. Winnie > Jill > > With Persia on a diet <snork> I've felt bad about depriving her of her > > gooshy food. Hill's makes her prescription x/d in cans, too. I just [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > > Jill Mine aren't even on prescription food and I'm spending what DH says is a small fortune on food (Fancy Feast is $.45 per can and my four girls eat 6 cans a day, so about $3.00 a day (if you include taxes). Plus they still eat a bit of SD Senior Advanced Formula - about $20 a month worth. So that's about $115 - $120 a month on cat food. Still, if you look at it in a different way - you couldn't *possibly* feed four people for even $5 a day, so cats are still cheaper than children! ;> Hugs, CatNipped R U kidding? Cheaper than kids....oh, yeah. Cats don't eat sweets nor need dental work usually for a long time; cats don't drive (never mind "Toonces, the Drivin' Cat) therefore don't increase your car ins. premium nor endanger your family vehicle; they don't require trendy outfits to impress their pals; whine to be taken to major rock concerts; treat you as if you're mentally deficient when they hit age 13 or so; mandate parent/teacher "conferences" @ their learning facility w/teacher doing all the talking; the list goes on and on. No contest. Cats require less effort all 'round than offspring! >> > With Persia on a diet <snork> I've felt bad about depriving her of her >> > gooshy food. Hill's makes her prescription x/d in cans, too. I just [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > CatNipped > treat you as if you're mentally deficient when they hit age 13 or so; No, cats do this naturally from the day they're born. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > With Persia on a diet <snork> I've felt bad about depriving her of her > gooshy food. Hill's makes her prescription x/d in cans, too. I just [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > container, freeze it, thaw it in the fridge the night before and serve it > the next day? I can't think of a single reason not to. Probably best to ask Persia. If she can'r taste the difference, it's OK. > With Persia on a diet <snork> I've felt bad about depriving her of her > gooshy food. Hill's makes her prescription x/d in cans, too. I just opened [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > container, freeze it, thaw it in the fridge the night before and serve it > the next day? I can't think of a single reason not to. No rational, human reason - but I have yet to find a cat who would eat food from the same can a second time! (Even warmed up in tne microwave and cooled to room temperature, not fresh from the fridge.) > Again, this stuff is expensive. Heck, her x/d kibble is $12 for a 4 lb. > bag; think double that for 24 cans and you can see where I'm coming from. > > Jill |
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