Condolences to those with lost, sick, or angeled chase-train riders...
 
(Ya know...when one fert chases another fert and everyone else joins in
the chase, just for the fun of it?)
 
I'm having a blast listening to lots of folks on the list giving their
pros and cons about giving bones.  What very few of them seem to have
realized, is that the "bones" in a chicken neck are unlike the bones in
the rest of a chicken.  In effect, they are already soft and almost the
same as cartilage.  My parents raised all manner of cats (house cats,
lions, a bengal tiger, leopards, etc.) and fed them chicken necks almost
exclusively.  The cats never experiences a single instance (the the best
of my kid-knowledge) of "splintering" of those "bones".  In fact, the
reason for the feeding of chicken necks, was because those bones are not
only able to provide the benefits of bone in a cat's diet, but they are
also the most innocuous type of bone you can feed an animal.
 
Because these "bones" don't splinter, and because these "bones" are
already about as soft as you can get them, they aren't going to pose
nearly the hazard that most people that have attributed to them.  The
nutrition found in a chicken neck is about as complete as you can get for
a chicken-eating animal.
 
Now, for a suggestion to the anonymous poster who wanted to find out how
to prevent his furkids from getting the bones stuck on their teeth.  Try
grinding the chicken necks in a meat grinder.  The finer you grind the
meat, the better the chance that the bone pieces will be easily eaten by
the ferrets.  Cooking is not necessary.  However, cooking causes items to
begin breaking down, making them easier to assimilate into the system.
This does not appear to be necessary in a carnivore, though.
 
DISCLAIMER: I ain't no vet and don't have a medical license.  The above
information was gained through direct observation in a natural setting and
has not undergone clinical trials, nor has it been approved by the Bush
administration, or the executives of Enron Corporation.  If you feel the
information is in error, get out an eraser and remove it from your screen.
If you have more money than you need, send it to SOS.  If you have more
spaghetti than you need, send it to me!
 
Todd and the Fuzzbutt Rodeo Clowns!
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[Posted in FML issue 3692]