Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
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Rules for General Chat
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I have a question:
Why is it that when I leave a dish of sliced chicken out for my cats, it attracts flies; but when I leave out a dish of dry food cereal from the pet store, the flies won't go near it?
I remember the ants used to love my dog's dry food.
Meat, as it sits out in room temperature, will have bacteria/growth on it that will have an odor to attract flies. Dry food, not having as much moisture for a culture to thrive, will not have the same effect.
Flies have standards.
Us frogs like flies 🐸
Dude, no. It's not about processed food.
Flies are also attracted to piles of shit. Don't make this into some processed food soapbox.
Does that mean there's something wrong with the chicken I leave out? Because it's the exact same chicken I eat myself.
Its the opposite.
Ok for some reason, the outside cats prefer the dry food cereal from the pet store, but my inside cat who has never had cereal from the pet store, prefers the chicken. It's almost as if my inside cat doesn't recognize the cereal from the pet store as real food. I should mention that the outside cats are some random neighborhood cats that decided I'm supposed to feed them.