Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / August 2005

Yes, rats can gnaw on chicken bones and they especially like rib bones
too. lol
But, I should mention that once, my sister's rat choked on the white
hard stuff left on the end of the bone. Prin was ok after a while but it
sure scared us.

Joanne
Owned by 14 rats

My Boys love getting the odd Chicken bone, I make sure that they don't
get any of the fine ones though..:)

Yep, mine would rip your fingers off for a chicken bone.  ;-)  But then,
what would the need be for the chicken bone.  Of course I'm kidding and
they're not really that vicious, but they do love the bones.

Holly

"daviid brough" <david.brough27@ntlworld.com> wrote in news:ItKQe.3712
$t4.1034@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net:

After we've used the remains of the chicken carcass to make stock, I cool
down the "remains", and pick out some choice bones for them - the fact that
they've been boiled up doesn't seem to make them any less appealing.

The bones they usually get are the broad bones from the legs and thighs -
we avoid the small thin sharp bones and bones with knobbly bits on them.

I guess they can, although I've only given them chicken meat (no bones). But
not too often, because many dry food mixes for rats already contain all the
proteine they need.

- Tale

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