Maggots! What The....?

[Sonoran Silkies]

In the heat, maggots can hatch in only a few hours.

 

[Laurajean]

Wow, I had no idea they could hatch/develop/whatever that fast. Gross. Actually my cats love dry food, I was just told by my vet that canned is better. Dry food would be much easier for me, and more affordable. Maybe I should start a Dry vs. Canned cat food thread. I don't want to cheat my kitties on nutrition, but if dry is okay, I would be more than happy to switch over for many reasons.

Oh, sourland: Coons aren't a problem, that cat's are strictly indoors.

 

[JetBlack]

Your chickens will drag you down, for that bowl of cat food, with maggots in. Your life is probably not worth as much as that bowl, to them.

 

[Laurajean]

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Actually JetBlack, I thought of that. I seriously considered giving it to them because of the maggots, but then I got thinking about the rancid tuna cat food and second guessed myself. It smelled pretty putrid from being in the heat all day, and I wasn't sure if it's even okay to give cat food to chickens, never mind it smelling rancid.

 

[Imp]

About 10 years ago, I left a bowl with just residue of catfood on the counter. A couple days later I saw hundreds of maggots crawling across the counters, in the sink, on the floor radiating out from the bowl.
Thankfully they cannot crawl up walls- I would have moved.
As it was, I just ripped out the kitchen.

Imp- needed remodeling anyways.

 

[dedicateddourly]

Cats really shouldn't be fed dry food exclusively. The moisture in canned food (or raw, for that matter) helps stave off kidney disease later in life.

I feed my cats a mixture of raw, canned and dry, and I have to feed them 2 separate meals a day and leave nothing out because 1) my dog would go after it, or 2) my piggy kitties would eat it all.

 

[sourland]

Imp, sorry that just sounds like an excuse to get a new kitchen. Hope the Princess doesn't read this thread. She's been mumbling about a new kitchen. Hey, I'm the cook, and I like things as they are.

 

[CoopCrazy]

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TRust me it doens t take long for maggot eggs to hatch.. My first time buitchering I killed all the birds first then processed .. well the last one had been out about 1 /12 and when i went to finish it it had freshly hatched maggots on it.. I was amazed.. oh and BTW i did NOT eat that bird....