Chicken Bones?

[dextersmom]

Does anyone give their squirrels chicken bones for their teeth to chew on?

[stepnstone]

Does anyone give their squirrels chicken bones for their teeth to chew on?

Not anyone I know. I wouldn't use them for the same reason I wouldn't give to a dog, they can splinter like glass.

[dextersmom]

I agree with you,yet I have read that chicken leg bones could be given to squirrels to help file down their teeth,

[stepnstone]

I agree with you, yet I have read that chicken leg bones could be given to squirrels to help file down their teeth,

Can't believe everything you read...
I understand the implied benefit but chicken bones are hollow, they split, they splinter, and there lies the unnecessary risk.

[lilidukes]

I give my squirrels beef/pork rib bones a lot of them
chew down the center to the bone marrow.
I wash them off and get all the meat off for the
greys and leave some meat on for the flyers.
Chicken bones are scary!

[stepnstone]

I give my squirrels beef/pork rib bones a lot of them
chew down the center to the bone marrow.
I wash them off and get all the meat off for the
greys and leave some meat on for the flyers.
Chicken bones are scary!

I've seen what chicken bones can do to dogs, I know a dog that bleed to death internally before it
could even get to the hospital after getting in trash that held chicken bones. They are dangerous!

[muggsy'sgm]

We've only given our animals beef or venison bones. Pork can be brittle in the weirdest places, and is discouraged from giving for the same reasons as chicken bones.

[dextersmom]

I will stick to deer antler's and tree bark.

[kcassidy]

I'm with Step, no chicken bones, but you can get the beef soup bones at the grocery store really cheap. I let my dogs eat all the marrow and whatever tissue is on them, then let them dry for a few weeks and then give them to the squirrels, they love them.

[Coralreefer]

Does anyone give their squirrels chicken bones for their teeth to chew on?

Antlers are the much safer than bones for them IMO.

[Diggie's Friend]

Cross sectioning antlers, not splitting them longways, is needful to avoid allot of splintering. Bolling them after cross sectioning them supports the destruction of possible harmful organisms that they may contain.