Mmm chicken bones....

[Ktina]

My rats love chicken bones and were all fighting over them!

Three of the girls pulling in each direction :lol:

Tosca

Ancy

Leela

Java and Leela

They also like their fruits and veggies...
Tosca

Reggie

Womble

Silly Arden with a noodle mustache!

Jack

And a kinda Christmasy pic of Reggie I took a while ago

And a yawning Jezebel

 

[AlexandraBoo]

Chicken bones themselves are not good for ratties tummies. They look like they are enjoying

 

[Ktina]

Chicken bones are actually good for them and their teeth, and I've never had a problems with them. :wink:

 

[AlexandraBoo]

I heard they can splinter in their intestines:? Im sorry i might be wrong, my vet told me not to feed boo chicken bones, but grizzle was alright. I MAY be WRONG though. Lol But if they arent dry, they would be good for them. I never thought of that before lol

 

[Ktina]

That's with nonrodents because they don't chew their food into tiny pieces like rats do. :wink: There's no danger of that with ratties.

 

[AlexandraBoo]

my vet is a crock. Im not going to go see her again, she gives me faulty info!

 

[Godmother]

Great photos; your ratties had a real feast!

Mine also love chicken bones. And they can chew down a big steak bone to nothing over a few days.

 

[jorats]

They sure are having fun!

I don't give chicken bones or any bones anymore to my rats. We've had a couple of scares where two of our rats actually choked on chicken grizzle and rib bone.
We were so scared but after half a day they came out of it. I just can't bring myself to giving bones anymore.
Now bananas... my guys love bananas.

 

[RunzwithRatz]

Mwhahahaha! :lolsign: Arden with the noodle mustache made my day! That picture is awesome! I never had any problems with chicken bones choking my rats, just makes them break out in scabs :roll:

 

[starfoot]

Yeh, splintering is an issue in bigger animals, mainly dogs as they will be crunching the bones right in half, but with rats their bites are so small they are litterally grating the bone away and it won't splinter... Mine girls love chicken bones and it does wonders for their teeth. I've never had an issue with choking as I only give them the fatter bones out of the legs ... the only get ethm occasionally... but they really love them!...

So yes, with rats, chickenbones are fine, as they're not snapping them and so they won't splinter, they're just grating bits off and the bits they swallow are pretty much powery anyway. And stick to bigger bones to avoid choking or spiking fellow cagemates with the ends of them as they flee with their prize hehe. x

 

[Melissa's ZOO]

My girls love chicken bones. But I only give them the leg bones and I cut all of the grissle off.

GREAT pic of Arden and his noodle mustache.

 

[Ktina]

Really? I've never had a problem with choking, but my rats only get chicken bones when we get chicken and have enough for all 13, which isn't often.

 

[Nickelrat]

When I saw the chicken goo with bones and ratties, I felt a little queasy in my
tummy. uke: :lol7: I don't want to be a party pooper but did you know that any meat especially on bones, bacteria grows at a phenomenal rate after it reaches room temperature. That is why most food is not safe to eat after 2 hours when unrefrigerated. :sick:

I love your other pics of your ratties. They are so adorable, especially the noodle mustache rattie! :love1:

 

[Cherubim]

thier all so cute! I have no input I have never really asked my boss...I guess I'll have input tommorow! lol