How long does it take to freeze dry a cat?

by Sean Kelly

Posted: 15 years ago 6 replies

OFF TOPIC

Type this into Google:

how long does freeze drying take?

Amazingly, the first result is from wikianswers:
"How long does it take to freeze dry a cat?"

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...Nnfbe8mglUClCg

lol

I heard a rumour that Reilly was behind the question... :p

Sean

Star69 15 years ago

Why the hell would anyone want to know that?!

It depends on how large the cat is and if you can get the thing to hold still long enough.

Wear long-sleeve leather gloves...
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- myob 15 years ago
  
  As a rule of thumb, it takes generally about 3-3.25 hours per pound in a home freezer, then air drying at 180 degress in the oven for approximately 1 hour per pound. Don't over do it, though, otherwise it will become tough and brittle. You want the cat to stay nice and soft and fluffy. Commercial cat freeze driers are available using liquid nitrogen for flash freeze drying at a fraction of the time. But they are very expensive.
  
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  Killer Joe 15 years ago
  
  My wife has one of those freeze dried cats.
  
  It took about 15 years...
  
  KJ
  
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John M Kane 15 years ago

Isn't the hardest part getting Fluffy to sit still
Seems like something in a Hitchcock script but, not a cat involved
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- myob 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by John M Kane
  
  Isn't the hardest part getting Fluffy to sit still
  
  By quickly throwing the cat into a vat of liquid nitrogen, you will have frozen the motion.
  
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BudWells 15 years ago

this post made me lol and sad at the same time
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