[NatureNS] digestive tracts of mammals

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Cooking degrades the collagen in bones, making them more brittle.  Could
this be a contributing factor? Overall, pets would be more likely to eat
cooked foods than wild animals.



On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:33 AM, GayleMacLean <duartess@eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Certainly not intending to fire up any debate on diets for domestic pets,
> but I have been feeding raw; including whole chicken, bones and all, lamb
> meaty bones, to my English Springer Spaniels for years without so much as a
> burp, and have never had any kind of bowel obstruction or digestive issues.
>
> My experience, anyway.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Gayle MacLean
> Dartmouth
>
> On 09/25/15 09:55 AM, *Randy Lauff *<randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, there's a subject line you don't see every day.
>
> I have a borrowed trail cam out and got a nice pic of a coyote; I bait
> with supper left overs like chicken parts. One person I shared it with was
> aghast that I would do this..."chicken bones will splinter in their
> intestines".
>
> I can't see this happening...they'll splinter when they're chewed, *maybe
> (?) *a bit more due to the churning of the stomach. The intestine just
> isn't strong enough to cause splintering. And I have heard not to feed your
> dog chicken bones because of the threat of splinters. Yet wild animals eat
> birds all the time, and I have come across scads of scats in my decades in
> the woods with splintered bone.
>
> Can anyone resolve this conundrum? Why can wild mammals tolerate the bones
> while domestics (apparently) can not?
>
> Thanks,
> Randy
> _________________________________
> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS.
>
>
>



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Ronald G. Arsenault
Halifax, Nova Scotia

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Cooking degrades the collagen in bones, making them more b=
rittle.=C2=A0 Could this be a contributing factor? Overall, pets would be m=
ore likely to eat cooked foods than wild animals.<div><br></div><div><br></=
div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri,=
 Sep 25, 2015 at 10:33 AM, GayleMacLean <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:duartess@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">duartess@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</=
span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e=
x;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Certainly not intending=
 to fire up any debate on diets for domestic pets, but I have been feeding =
raw; including whole=C2=A0chicken, bones and all,=C2=A0lamb meaty bones, to=
 my English Springer Spaniels for years without so much as a burp, and have=
 never had any kind of bowel obstruction or digestive issues. </div><div>=
=C2=A0</div><div>My experience, anyway.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>Cheers!<=
/div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>Gayle MacLean</div><div>Dartmouth</div><div clas=
s=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><div>=C2=A0</div><span>On 09/25/15 09:55 AM,=
 <b>Randy Lauff </b>&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com" target=3D"=
_blank">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
<blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT:13px;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;BORDER-LEFT:#00f 1px=
 solid" type=3D"cite">
<div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">Well, there&#39;s a subject line you don&#39;t see every d=
ay.
<div><br></div><div>I have a borrowed trail cam out and got a nice pic of a=
 coyote; I bait with supper left overs like chicken parts. One person I sha=
red it with was aghast that I would do this...&quot;chicken bones will spli=
nter in their intestines&quot;.</div><div><br></div><div>I can&#39;t see th=
is happening...they&#39;ll splinter when they&#39;re chewed, <i>maybe (?)=
=C2=A0</i>a bit more due to the churning of the stomach. The intestine just=
 isn&#39;t strong enough to cause splintering. And I have heard not to feed=
 your dog chicken bones because of the threat of splinters. Yet wild animal=
s eat birds all the time, and I have come across scads of scats in my decad=
es in the woods with splintered bone.</div><div><br></div><div>Can anyone r=
esolve this conundrum? Why can wild mammals tolerate the bones while domest=
ics (apparently) can not?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Randy<=
br clear=3D"all">
<div>
<div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of=
<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote>
<div>=C2=A0</div>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>=
<div class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Ronal=
d G. Arsenault<br>Halifax, Nova Scotia</div></div></div></div>
</div>

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