Canned food when away for longer than 12 hours?

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I just started feeding canned food over the last few months, to great success, but I'm wondering how to deal with canned food when I'm away for a long day, say, morning to late-ish at night. They usually eat all of their food at a single feeding.
 
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Frozen pucks of food that thaw and are nibbled as they thaw, with or without a feeder (test it and see what happens). Silicon muffin pans work - the frozen puck comes right out.

A friend to come in and feed.
 
you can also freeze in ice cube holders, plastic containers, even plastic baggies. I found it takes about 2 hours to thaw and my guys would eat it within that time.

The timed feeder may be your best approach, so that you can assure that the food is spaced out and available at the intervals you want. Another option is to see if a neighbor or friend could come over to put out food on those occasions when are you gone for long hours.
 
depending on how hot it is where you live....adding water also helps prolong the freshness of the food....
I live in a cool climate so I can add water and make it soupy.... and it will last overnight.
mine won't eat it when it gets hard and crusty....

and you are getting more water in your cat.... an added bonus....
 
All great ideas and all work great taking into account your specific needs. What I do overnight so I don't get woken up early is refrigerate a can of Fancy Feast and place a little less than half a can in their bowls and then on top of the refrigerated food I place another half can in a nice round mound. The refrigerated food keeps the fresh food cool and fresh and by the time they get to the center that food is ready to eat. This works for about 6-7 hours. You could also go the frozen route with fresh food around and on top of the frozen one, it should last longer.
 
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