Vacation feeding

fred fishstone · 09/21/2009, 01:04 PM

Soon I'll leaving town for a week, and a neighbor is coming in to feed my cats and check on things. I was thinking about thawing some frozen food in RODI water and leaving several portions in small containers in the refrigerator, with instructions to feed one container every other day. No danger of overfeeding that way!

Does that sound like a good plan, or do you think the thawed food would go bad?

JeF4y · 09/21/2009, 01:49 PM

What we did was put food in babyfood jars and leave it in the freezer with instructions to take one 'bulb' (like a turkey baster) of tank water and put it in the frozen food and let it thaw (10 mins tops) and then feed...

That way we didn't have to leave anything thawed and it was just what we wanted.

That said, I have left thawed food in the fridge for 4 days and used it with no problems. I don't know beyond that...

DT's_Reef · 09/21/2009, 01:53 PM

If your critters will take flake food, I tell the pet sitter to just put a pinch of flake in every day (submerge in water a few seconds, then release so they don't float on the surface).

goochesfish · 09/21/2009, 01:55 PM

I leave the frozen food in little dixie cups in the freezer, all my sitter does is thaw with ro water and dump in tank. I don't worry about phosphates from the thaw water when on vacation.

tydtran · 09/21/2009, 02:23 PM

thawed food will be fine in the fridge for a week.

09/21/2009, 01:04 PM	#1
fred fishstone Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 242	Vacation feeding Soon I'll leaving town for a week, and a neighbor is coming in to feed my cats and check on things. I was thinking about thawing some frozen food in RODI water and leaving several portions in small containers in the refrigerator, with instructions to feed one container every other day. No danger of overfeeding that way! Does that sound like a good plan, or do you think the thawed food would go bad?

09/21/2009, 01:49 PM	#2
JeF4y El Conquistidor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,057	What we did was put food in babyfood jars and leave it in the freezer with instructions to take one 'bulb' (like a turkey baster) of tank water and put it in the frozen food and let it thaw (10 mins tops) and then feed... That way we didn't have to leave anything thawed and it was just what we wanted. That said, I have left thawed food in the fridge for 4 days and used it with no problems. I don't know beyond that... __________________ I've made a small fortune in Reefing! I just started out with a large fortune and the rest came easily. Want a Cleaner Wrasse? Consider a shower! ;-) Current Tank Info: 60 Cube!

09/21/2009, 01:53 PM	#3
DT's_Reef Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 3,083	If your critters will take flake food, I tell the pet sitter to just put a pinch of flake in every day (submerge in water a few seconds, then release so they don't float on the surface). __________________ 85g starphire system, 38"x26"x20", 250w Radium SE + Galaxy Ballast + Lumenmax Elite reflector, Tunze Nano Wave Box, 2 Tunze Nano Streams, Profilux dosing system (2-part + vodka), ATB 840 Skimmer, Eheim 1262 return pump.

09/21/2009, 01:55 PM	#4
goochesfish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,305	I leave the frozen food in little dixie cups in the freezer, all my sitter does is thaw with ro water and dump in tank. I don't worry about phosphates from the thaw water when on vacation. __________________ The Gooch, my Beagle, may she RIP 1995-2011 Current Tank Info: 150 gallon Starfire set up July 22,09, 30g QT

09/21/2009, 02:23 PM	#5
tydtran Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 853	thawed food will be fine in the fridge for a week.