Dry Cat Food as Fertilizer

[Garf]

I wonder if leftover dry cat food is any good as fertilizer?

[Cole_Robbie]

Surprisingly, as long as you don't attract critters, it does seem to work, at least from what I read. Any protein can be fertilizer.

But if you're just trying to get rid of some unwanted cat food, it would be easier to simply donate it to your nearest animal shelter. You can find your nearest shelter by going to petfinder.com and searching for a cat in your area. They will be grateful for the donation.

[Garf]

My feeding procedure for my cat takes a bag of dry food and divides it into 3 pint ziploc bags. I place food in the dish every 4 hours and take the food up that he doesn't finish. Near the bottom of the ziploc, most of whats left is fine particles. At a certain point, I break out a new bag and dump the old one. I'm thinking about mixing the remainder into a container. I guess it may draw stray cats. My main question is will it help the plants.

[kevn357]

Compost it.

[Garf]

2 days ago, I stirred about 2 oz of dry cat food into one of the smaller pots. So far, nothing has disturbed it. After 1 or 2 weeks, I will place a small plant into the pot and see what happens.