• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Kibble bags tend to be the best storage space but they need to seal closed. A bag in a sealed container is your best bet for maintaining fresh.

    The fats and essential vitamins and nutrients are sprayed onto kibble and that’s the first thing exposed to go bad. A little subtle rancidity is detectable to cats.

    If you dump kibble into a plastic pin: thosr rancid fats can leach into the plastic and remain there tainting all subsequent kibble with at least the odor of rancidity.

    If a bag sits open unsealed for a week it’ll be stale as all hell and much less healthy.

    • Ithi@lemmy.ca
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      4 days ago

      Oh damn I didn’t know about the plastic container thing. Thankfully I haven’t been doing it too long yet. Only just started my older cat on dry food as she just doesn’t eat enough anymore otherwise.