rabbit bones

[judge2010 196]

any good for a dog?

[watchman 256]

any good for a dog?

mine get fed raw rabbit,bones and all

[johnrthrfrd 223]

my 3 get raw rabbit bones and every thing (after its been frozen) to kill any worms and its never done them any harm.

[scalesntails 118]

My dogs got whole raw rabbit from 4 months old. The bones keep their teeth healthy and the marrow has lots of nutrients they can't get elsewhere. You can always tell a dog fed raw meat and bones as they look 100 times healthier.

[judge2010 196]

cheers gents.

[doris 6]

NOT COOKED THO! Rabbit, chicken, lamb and venison bones all good

[Mooch. 177]

Is there not a risk of bone shards doing damage to a dogs intestines? Chicken bones especially are prone to splintering.

[watchman 256]

Is there not a risk of bone shards doing damage to a dogs intestines? Chicken bones especially are prone to splintering.

mine regularly get raw chicken carcasses as part of their diet,never had a problem yet,same with everything iv ever given them game wise just always raw cooked bones become hard and then may well splinter causing problems as you mention

[airbourne 128]

i would never feed chicken lamb or rabbits bones to my dog i remember years ago i had a collie that almost choked to death on a lamb bones but thats just me every body to their own.

[stubby 175]

Is there not a risk of bone shards doing damage to a dogs intestines? Chicken bones especially are prone to splintering.

 

only if its cooked

 

raw is ok,

[Blue one 89]

Is there not a risk of bone shards doing damage to a dogs intestines? Chicken bones especially are prone to splintering.

 

Correct.

Its important, that you mince it well first threw a good mincer.

Feeding a good quality working complete, stops this from happening, but, if rabbits are minced raw, as well as chickens ect, it will be fine.

Avoid big heavy weight baring bones, they will crack a dogs teeth.

I know wild dogs wolfs ect eat them all the time ect, but a lot die in the wild too, far more then dogs that are fed properly.

[decky 79]

Is there not a risk of bone shards doing damage to a dogs intestines? Chicken bones especially are prone to splintering.

if theyre cooked they splinter

[skycat 6,174]

I feed lamb ribs and chicken carcases whole: these animals are reared to die young so the bones aren't hard like a mature adult's bones. Rabbits I only feed whole if they are quite young: even rabbit leg bones can be very hard in old animals. I generally mince whole rabbits then freeze for three weeks to kill tapeworm cysts. General rule is don't feed leg bones (weight bearing bones)

[Mooch. 177]

What do you use to mince whole carcasses? Anything special or just a bog standard kitchen mincer?

[Born Hunter 17,828]

Is there not a risk of bone shards doing damage to a dogs intestines? Chicken bones especially are prone to splintering.

 

Correct.

Its important, that you mince it well first threw a good mincer.

Feeding a good quality working complete, stops this from happening, but, if rabbits are minced raw, as well as chickens ect, it will be fine.

Avoid big heavy weight baring bones, they will crack a dogs teeth.

I know wild dogs wolfs ect eat them all the time ect, but a lot die in the wild too, far more then dogs that are fed properly.

 

Utter bollocks!

 

Edited to add, the bit about weight bearing bones is correct the rest is anti-raw properganda

Edited February 18, 2011 by Born Hunter