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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Mark on May 09, 2008, 18:06:26 PM

Title: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Mark on May 09, 2008, 18:06:26 PM: Just a reminder about leaving catfood out in the heat too long. Flies love to lay eggs on warm cat food :sick:
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on May 09, 2008, 20:34:33 PM: They just love to lay em on cat food period grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Bazsmum on May 10, 2008, 12:32:11 PM: I hate flies......I am curious to know why the cats love the taste? :sick: :sick: :sick:
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Michelle (furbabystar) on May 10, 2008, 12:37:53 PM: Tell me about it Mark -
Had to throw a tin away yesterday...~So food in fridge now !
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Bazsmum on May 10, 2008, 12:41:21 PM: Have to say that this is one of the time's when you know pouches are worth the extra! :shify:
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Mark on May 10, 2008, 13:01:50 PM: I have started splitting pouches - Alice and Kylie shared this morning
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Bazsmum on May 10, 2008, 13:10:49 PM: I was thinking of doing that as my cats would not eat a full pouch in one go! Just means I will have to feed the 10 of them 4 xs a day! :sick:

OOps 9....one of them is dry only! :shify:
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Gwen on May 10, 2008, 13:46:51 PM: Ours eat wet food as soon as I put it down which is a blessing really in this weather.

I do leave dry down though,maybe I should just leave it until they ask for some,God I'll be on cat food watch all day now :rofl:
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on May 10, 2008, 17:57:25 PM: Quote from: Gwen on May 10, 2008, 13:46:51 PM
Ours eat wet food as soon as I put it down which is a blessing really in this weather.

Same here. They lick their dishes clean as soon as it's put out. So no problems with flies here! ;D
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Christine (Blip) on May 10, 2008, 18:11:25 PM: Quote from: Susanne (urbantigers) on May 10, 2008, 17:57:25 PM
Quote from: Gwen on May 10, 2008, 13:46:51 PM
Ours eat wet food as soon as I put it down which is a blessing really in this weather.

Same here. They lick their dishes clean as soon as it's put out. So no problems with flies here! ;D

Yep, here too. Blip does not leave a molecule for the flies 8)

But the advice is good :)
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Den on May 10, 2008, 19:00:22 PM: Wet food lasts ages here. I'm going to have to work out a system here he has 1/2 a pouch both am and pm which can last ages. One thing I hates about working in a Cattery were the flies :sick:
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: swampmaxmum on May 10, 2008, 19:19:13 PM: I take up the uneaten nosh and put it back in a glass container (not too easy to get these days) and into a coolbag. Then it's not as cold as in the fridge but seems to keep better. We have a plague of flies so far this summer for some reason :sick:
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Kirst on May 11, 2008, 08:57:26 AM: Beavis has tirned his nose up at breakfast do into the firdge it goes! :Crazy:
Title: Re: Catfood heat and flies
Post by: Mark on May 11, 2008, 09:12:55 AM: Quote from: swampmaxmum on May 10, 2008, 19:19:13 PM
glass container (not too easy to get these days) and into a coolbag.

We got some a few years ago from Ikea - not sure if they still sell them? They have lids with a rubber seal round.

I have seen some tubs in Wilkinsons that have gel in. You freeze the tub and then you can keep food cool in them.