# Food Storage How do you store your dog/cat/monkey food? Are they in a special container? Do you just roll the top up? Where do you store them? In the garage? Cabinet? Under the sink? ## Thread In General · started by okiron · 19 replies - **Category:** [General](https://nihonken.org/community/c/general) - **Forum:** [Nihon Ken Forum](https://nihonken.org/community/) ## okiron · 2009-03-31T21:58:35.000Z How do you store your dog/cat/monkey food? Are they in a special container? Do you just roll the top up? Where do you store them? In the garage? Cabinet? Under the sink? ## PLwarped59 · 2009-03-31T22:32:43.000Z I put open bags in a big plastic storage container, keep it in a cabinet in the kitchen. ## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2009-03-31T22:36:03.000Z Tupperware, my friend! ## Ryu · 2009-03-31T22:38:45.000Z In a flip-top tupperware container (holds 20 lbs) on the floor in the pantry. ## baanton · 2009-03-31T22:42:12.000Z We use a relatively big plastic tub (rectangular) with a tight-fitting lid. We dump the food out of the paper bag. It will hold approximately 1/2 a 40 lb. bag of dog food. The remainder sits in the bag with the top rolled up until the tub needs replenishing. The "extra half bag" is often stored in the garage (at peril for mice when it's fall, winter, spring). Sometime the "extra half bag" gets stored in the screen porch (safer for the mice problem). The tub sits in the family room most of the time, but is supposed to be stored in the bottom of our kitchen pantry. It is small enough to take with us in the car when we travel overnight. It was purchased to store Joe's food (our dog we had for 11 years), then stored away with his prized possessions (leather collar, blanket made by my mom, etc.) inside of it when we had to put him down. When we found Josephine (9 days later) the tub was opened up to hold her food, and Joe's possessions became her legacy. I think she uses it all! ## Sangmort (moderator) · 2009-04-01T00:19:48.000Z Hmmm....the kitty food is in a large plastic container...they're the ones that you can buy cheezeballs in bulk kind...like gigantic tupperware. They hold a 30lb+ bag. Iguana food is in the fridge as it's just greens, veggies, & fruit. [ we eat the iguana food as well haha ] The bird's food stays in it's respective bag in the large storage spot under their huge cage. ## okiron · 2009-04-01T01:34:36.000Z Oh man Osy I love you!!! The cheeseballs container would be perfect and cheap! I have to go to Sams Club now and get me a couple things of cheeseballs lmao. ## Sangmort (moderator) · 2009-04-01T01:40:13.000Z lol We use them to hold rice as well :) ~ ## okiron · 2009-04-01T01:51:24.000Z Lol that's what we plan on doing :P I made the thread to see what we could store our rice and rabbit pellets in. We have a container for the cat food but they're a bit pricey. I swear, storage containers are more expensive than the things we put inside them. ## Kaddy · 2009-04-01T04:53:04.000Z Sooo true Rina!!!!! We have a big Tupperware thingy, that was too big for the two little dogs, but works out perfectly for the trio :oD It's just an airtight bin that we store food in, and it stays in the office :o) ## lindsayt · 2009-04-01T09:06:52.000Z Rolled up in the bag in a tupperware in the pantry. ## KFontaine04 · 2009-04-01T10:31:44.000Z I use a tupperware bin with a locking lid. It' fits the whole 30lb bag of food. Cat food is in a smaler tupperware. ## sunyata · 2009-04-01T11:53:35.000Z We have a large plastic air-tight storage conatiner. It holds up to 50 lbs of food (although we only buy the 33 lb bag) and keeps it fresh for over 2 months. I think we paid $15 for it a PetSmart a couple of years ago. It even has wheels. We store it in the kitchen next to their bowls. ## brandon_w (admin) · 2009-04-01T12:00:21.000Z Our food is stored in food storage bins that I ordered from JB Wholesale a few years back. They seem to work well enough. ## Calia · 2009-04-01T12:23:23.000Z Question...What do you guys think about wooden containers. We were given a nice wooden, hand-made container and can't figure out what to do with it. Was thinking of storing the dry kibble in there, but wasn't sure if one would ruin the other. Didn't mean to thread jack, it just sort of came to mind when reading. ## SophieMonster · 2009-04-01T13:39:13.000Z Similar to everyone here we have two 20-30 lbs plastic containers with lids that snap shut...one for the cat and one for the pups. we keep them in the containers in the kitchen. They weren't too bad in price, think we got them at walmart. I've never had a wooden container but I would imagine it would be alright to use, I suppose people used wood or clay and such before we had so much plastic! ## Sangmort (moderator) · 2009-04-01T17:24:54.000Z Beth...I think if it's air-tight you're ok. ~ ## Kaddy · 2009-04-01T17:49:57.000Z I would probably line the wood with some sort of plastic bag or something... I'm just paranoid about potential oils and whatnot getting into the wood or vice versa. I really have NO solid reason to think that they would, so this is just from my neurotic obsessive side ;o) ## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2009-04-01T19:55:42.000Z Wood does have an absorbent nature, so lining it would probably be a good idea. ## Sangmort (moderator) · 2009-04-01T20:27:01.000Z It would probably be a pain to clean too if it's not lined D: ~ --- **Navigate:** [Forum home](https://nihonken.org/community/?format=md) · [Sitemap](https://nihonken.org/community/sitemap.xml)