Leave it to men to screw it up.
I'm not home tonight, and left Matt with simple instructions to feed the cats. Easy. Wait until the meat is fully thawed, split into two portions. Feed and supervise.
Well apparently the cats were getting hungry before the food was thawed, and Matt saw that there was a little left in another bag in the fridge, so decided to let them eat that to tide them over until their real dinner was ready. It wasn't much, only one oz of food each. Buddy wolfed it down, Nya refused. This is when Matt phoned me to ask if it was a problem that Nya wasn't eating. The REASON she didn't want the food he'd given her, is because it has been thawed in the fridge for over 5 days, and has probably gone off. I wasn't planning on feeding it and was going to throw it out when the garbage was going outside. It was a pre-made turkey raw (with veggies etc). Do you think there's a problem that Buddy ate an ounce of bad meat? I'm slightly worried, especially since I'm not home to check up on him.
I'm always so careful with their food, treating their meat like I would my own, cleaning up properly, and not feeding them anything that may be off. I know there's little risk of illness from FRESH meat, but what about if it's gone or going bad?
I'm not home tonight, and left Matt with simple instructions to feed the cats. Easy. Wait until the meat is fully thawed, split into two portions. Feed and supervise.
Well apparently the cats were getting hungry before the food was thawed, and Matt saw that there was a little left in another bag in the fridge, so decided to let them eat that to tide them over until their real dinner was ready. It wasn't much, only one oz of food each. Buddy wolfed it down, Nya refused. This is when Matt phoned me to ask if it was a problem that Nya wasn't eating. The REASON she didn't want the food he'd given her, is because it has been thawed in the fridge for over 5 days, and has probably gone off. I wasn't planning on feeding it and was going to throw it out when the garbage was going outside. It was a pre-made turkey raw (with veggies etc). Do you think there's a problem that Buddy ate an ounce of bad meat? I'm slightly worried, especially since I'm not home to check up on him.
I'm always so careful with their food, treating their meat like I would my own, cleaning up properly, and not feeding them anything that may be off. I know there's little risk of illness from FRESH meat, but what about if it's gone or going bad?