How quickly should dried food be used once bag is open?

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• kate vonk BoiseMember Posts: 1,313

  10 July, 2007 edited 10 July, 2007

  besides a clip you might want to invest in an airtight tub. they make ones for pet foods specifically or you can find them a lot of other places that are jsut made for everything storage..

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• Ashley Skala San FranciscoMember Posts: 92

  10 July, 2007 edited 10 July, 2007

  That's just what my mom did Oscar, she got an airtight container for the food. Mine looks like the smaller one in the picture: http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?searchId=9474407&itemIndex=1&CATID=74065&PRODID=66205 (sorry don't know how to put a click-able link here) It's got a seal around the lid and clamps down with the handle. It works well and the food stays fresher longer. %:D% Meow, MuShu

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• Lisa B Western WashingtonMember Posts: 129

  10 July, 2007 edited 10 July, 2007

  MuShu- Thanks for posting that! Meowmy LOVES the container store and is now so excited to see that container that you posted since the bigger one rolls and our current one doesn't and meowmy moves it around a lot to clean and get to. :-/

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• melissa mutter West ChesterMember Posts: 10,189

  10 July, 2007 edited 10 July, 2007

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• melissa mutter West ChesterMember Posts: 10,189

  10 July, 2007 edited 10 July, 2007

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• emma clarke Nottingham Robin Hood CountryMember Posts: 6,819

  10 July, 2007 edited 10 July, 2007

  Yes, good idea to put it into an airtight tub. It was just that mum wasn't sure if the food would start to deteriorate when the packet was opened, regardless of whether it was stored in an airtight container as 100 days does seem to be a very long time for something to stay crunchy once the packet has been opened. Thanks everyone!

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• Patty Stephens BostonMember Posts: 197

  10 July, 2007 edited 10 July, 2007

  Blade just be sure to keep it in a cool place in the house. Mommy once did this and it was sitting in a warm spot and fly's where in the container....YUCK! I think they came from the food bc the container was sealed. Not sure though but after that it stayed in a cool spot or sometimes the fridge and we had no problems.

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• Karyn Lehmann redlandsMember Posts: 247

  12 July, 2007 edited 12 July, 2007

  once a bag has been opened (of a naturally preserved food) the general rule is that once air hits the food, decomp starts. You need to go through it in 6-8 weeks in warmer temps and 8-10 weeks in cool temps. you can freeze some and that will stop decomp but an airtight container will not undo time like freezing, but it will help a bit.

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• Nanaho Sawano Member Posts: 108

  13 July, 2007 edited 14 July, 2007

  My human puts our dry food in plastic airtight baggies. If the dry food bag is small enough (ie, under say 4 lb) she might just put the entire dry food bag in one bag. But otherwise she measures out and puts servings of dry food in individual plastic ziplock sandwich bags, and then puts all the full sandwich bags into the original dry food bag (to keep the stuff away from light). She's hoping that that's enough precaution...

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• kate vonk BoiseMember Posts: 1,313

  13 July, 2007 edited 14 July, 2007

  i'm going to seperate some and freeze it. thanks!

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• Ima Kitten Nacogdoches, TXMember Posts: 164

  13 July, 2007 edited 14 July, 2007

  Just so you know, it's good to keep the food in an airtight container, BUT, it's also good to keep the food within it's bag inside the container. The actual inside of the bag helps instead of just dumping the contents.

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