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Last week I posted that I was delighted to find that we have a holistic pet food store in town. I bought a bag of Stella and Chewy's freeze dried raw to offer as treats and snacks to my 3 cats and they looove it. They are currently eating grain free canned and were so-so on a couple of new brands we are trying. This morning I crumbled one nugget of Stella and Chewy's on each dish of food and they licked their bowls clean!
So today I went back to the store and bought some Nature's Variety Instinct Raw. (I know Rad Cat has more of a sure thing for first timers reputation but I went with what is available locally.) I plan on offering little bits for treats and snacks at first. (I figure I'll pinch off about an ounce at a time and roll it in Stella and Chewy's crumbles if it is totally snubbed.) Medallions would have suited my purposes better but the 8 oz patties were a dramatically better deal.
Here are my questions...
1) The package says to offer it cold to the touch (for food safety reasons.) Do you really do this? Seems like it would be unappetizing. I'm sure you wouldn't want to microwave it, but is there any way to get it room temperature safely? Or are cats really okay with it cold?
2) Since I'll be offering little bits at a time, I will thaw out one 8 oz patty at a time. But that will probably last a few days if I'm just offering one oz per day to each cat. Will it be okay in the refrigerator for a few days?
Thanks!
So today I went back to the store and bought some Nature's Variety Instinct Raw. (I know Rad Cat has more of a sure thing for first timers reputation but I went with what is available locally.) I plan on offering little bits for treats and snacks at first. (I figure I'll pinch off about an ounce at a time and roll it in Stella and Chewy's crumbles if it is totally snubbed.) Medallions would have suited my purposes better but the 8 oz patties were a dramatically better deal.
Here are my questions...
1) The package says to offer it cold to the touch (for food safety reasons.) Do you really do this? Seems like it would be unappetizing. I'm sure you wouldn't want to microwave it, but is there any way to get it room temperature safely? Or are cats really okay with it cold?
2) Since I'll be offering little bits at a time, I will thaw out one 8 oz patty at a time. But that will probably last a few days if I'm just offering one oz per day to each cat. Will it be okay in the refrigerator for a few days?
Thanks!