owl pellet - but a cat..?

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One of the semi-feral farm cats brought me a dead sparrow at the morning feed call
then ate it ...ALL except the wings. How do they digest / poop the skull bones and beak...?

got me wondering.........!
 
My boss, when I worked for a studio in Spain, ate bones and all when served Chicken.
Seemed risky to me.
 
Yardbent said:
true - i heard chicken bones can kill a dog
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Cooked chicken bones are very brittle so can lead to sharp points when chewed by dogs etc.
Raw bones are softer, that said I would never have fed mine either, but a lot of
people that follow the natural raw food diet seem to and their animals are ok on it
 
Yardbent said:
One of the semi-feral farm cats brought me a dead sparrow at the morning feed call
then ate it ...ALL except the wings. How do they digest / poop the skull bones and beak...?

got me wondering.........!
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They crunch them up into manageable bits using their back teeth.
 
Birds have light skeletal structures, and I've known several cats that will chow a whole mouse or vole, occasionally leaving the tail. I think their skeletons are probably comparable?
 
MartynK said:
Birds have light skeletal structures, and I've known several cats that will chow a whole mouse or vole, occasionally leaving the tail. I think their skeletons are probably comparable?
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yep seen them shallow a field mouse
 
Gremlin said:
Cooked chicken bones are very brittle so can lead to sharp points when chewed by dogs etc.
Raw bones are softer, that said I would never have fed mine either, but a lot of
people that follow the natural raw food diet seem to and their animals are ok on it
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Mine love Raw bone...its great for them and keeps their teeth very clean
 
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