Dog owners: do any of you feed raw?

[Eden]

RE - poultry bones, like turkey neck. I have no idea of the truth of this, but I read that cooking is what makes poultry bones prone to splinter and that raw bones are OK for animals to eat. I have not been brave enough to give my kitties any turkey necks to gnaw as my little one tends to try to swallow things whole....

[ccnyc]

RE - poultry bones, like turkey neck. I have no idea of the truth of this, but I read that cooking is what makes poultry bones prone to splinter and that raw bones are OK for animals to eat. I have not been brave enough to give my kitties any turkey necks to gnaw as my little one tends to try to swallow things whole....

It's true. Cooked bones splinter. Raw bones are fine to eat. One of my cats swallowed a 2 inch piece of chicken neck! I was shocked. He hates to chew bones. He was fine. I guess a cats highly acidic stomach acid took care of the neck.

Carol