How often do you guys feed fresh whole fish/salmon?

[magicre]

Thank you for your replies, I have read upon the salmon poisoning from the pacific indeed. The fish that I picked up yesterday were from whole foods and they were just whole sardines. So should those be kept frozen at all times before feeding as well?

it is for that reason that i only feed cooked salmon and only as a treat....i'm paranoid enough to stay away from it, tho others feed it without issue.

[JoeynZoey]

I say freeze all fish before feeding just to be on the safe side, especially since it doesn't hurt the nutritional content of fish to freeze it.

Well I fed her one whole sardine yesterday without pre freezing, so I'll make sure to take this into action next time, but how long would it be adequate enough, to freeze them before feeding?

[JoeynZoey]

it is for that reason that i only feed cooked salmon and only as a treat....i'm paranoid enough to stay away from it, tho others feed it without issue.

Yeah I recall being paranoid by feeding a canned salmons, before I was able to beware about the poisoning from pacific salmons. Those were ready to consume however, and they were not from the pacific.

[Dude and Bucks Mamma]

We feed as often as possible. On average they get fish once every other week. Sometimes it is half a pound and sometimes it is their whole meal. It depends on what I can get.

I feed fish from the Pacific Northwest (since I do live here) but the freshest fish I have fed has been frozen for years. I got a bunch from a farmer who went fishing in the early 2000s and just never ate them and they had been in his freezer the entire time. I have been buying packaged sardines since I am still in the process of finding fresh, whole fish for an affordable price.