>Subject: Them bones, them bones.....
>I gotta question.  Please don't think me stooopid but if cat's, ferrets
>and other carnivores eat their prey uncooked and it hasn't been deboned,
>why can't we give them bones?  I keep hearing about bones getting stuck
>or having splinters in the gut, etc....
 
Tequita,
 
It's my understanding that "raw" bones are fine, but bones from cooked
meat are not.  Apparently the cooking process makes the bones more inclined
to splinter and become a choking hazard.  If I'm wrong on this, someone
correct me, please.
 
Dooks,
Lisa
Mom of Zorro, Claudia, Loki, Fezzik, Crysin, and Kyra Monchichi
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[Posted in FML issue 2932]