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Can you freeze wet cat food?

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elorahd - 03 Aug 2006 12:10 GMT
I've got 3 cats that I feed seperately from my other three and they all
eat wet food.  Mostly because I had a crystal issue with one of the
female cats and put her on wet food to prevent that from happening
again.  It's worked out.  They all love it and I think they get a lot
more moisture in them than when they were eating the dry stuff.  Here's
my problem:  I feed them all 1 (smaller) can 3 times a day.  I'm at
home all day so it's usually not that big a deal.  But sometimes I want
to sleep late or I need to go away for a day or two and having them on
this schedule is difficult.  I would like to get an automatic feeder
that I can put canned food in but I don't want the canned stuff sitting
out there all day.  I know you can put those ice packs in the feeder,
but still.....I guess I don't trust it that much.  I ran across this
one page about making this special kind of food for your animals and it
said you could make it in batches and freeze it.  I'm not interested in
using their program, but it got me thinking....  Could I pre-freeze
their canned food so that when I put a frozen portion in their feeder
it would be thawed and ready to eat by feeding time?
Funkadyleik Spynwhanker - 03 Aug 2006 15:10 GMT
It's worth a try.  People food is frozen all the time and they only notice a
slight taste difference.

I would try it before actually going away though, to see if the cats will
eat it.

(Dont freeze it in the can, it will probably burst the can in the process.)

> I've got 3 cats that I feed seperately from my other three and they all
> eat wet food.  Mostly because I had a crystal issue with one of the
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> their canned food so that when I put a frozen portion in their feeder
> it would be thawed and ready to eat by feeding time?
~*Connie*~ - 03 Aug 2006 23:00 GMT
I know someone who freezes wet food for that exact reason.

I personally put it in a timed feeder and leave it out.  The feeder is set
to go off in six hours, and there is never any left over when I get home.

Cats have a much shorter digestive tract, built for eating prey and
carrion.. so leaving wet food for half a day isn't a problem.

> I've got 3 cats that I feed seperately from my other three and they all
> eat wet food.  Mostly because I had a crystal issue with one of the
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> their canned food so that when I put a frozen portion in their feeder
> it would be thawed and ready to eat by feeding time?
 
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