next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0092_01D0F780.157443C0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Randy & All,
When a wild animal chews bird bones, as they surely do sometimes, =
and this leads to perforation in the alimentary canal who would ever =
know ?
But when a family pet chews bird bones, and this leads to problems, =
the cause needs to be established only once for this unlikely =
consequence to become widely known. Perforation or blockage is unlikely =
but it can happen.=20
I know offhand of one instance where a man got a perforated =
esophagus from eating chicken which contained a splintered bone, =
presumably made during processing.
yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Randy Lauff=20
To: NatureNS=20
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 9:51 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] digestive tracts of mammals
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.
No virus found in this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 2015.0.6140 / Virus Database: 4419/10696 - Release Date: =
09/25/15
------=_NextPart_000_0092_01D0F780.157443C0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
=EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588">
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV>Hi Randy & All,</DIV>
<DIV> When a wild animal chews bird bones, as they =
surely do=20
sometimes, and this leads to perforation in the alimentary canal who =
would ever=20
know ?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> But when a family pet chews bird bones, and this =
leads=20
to problems, the cause needs to be established only once for this=20
unlikely consequence to become widely known. Perforation or =
blockage=20
is unlikely but it can happen. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I know offhand of one instance where a man =
got a=20
perforated esophagus from eating chicken which contained a=20
splintered bone, presumably made during processing.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; =
PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20
dir=3Dltr>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Drandy.lauff@gmail.com =
href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">Randy=20
Lauff</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 25, =
2015 9:51=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] digestive =
tracts of=20
mammals</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr>Well, there's a subject line you don't see every day.
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I have a borrowed trail cam out and got a nice pic of a coyote; I =
bait=20
with supper left overs like chicken parts. One person I shared it with =
was=20
aghast that I would do this..."chicken bones will splinter in their=20
intestines".</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I can't see this happening...they'll splinter when they're =
chewed,=20
<I>maybe (?) </I>a bit more due to the churning of the stomach. =
The=20
intestine just isn't strong enough to cause splintering. And I have =
heard not=20
to feed your dog chicken bones because of the threat of splinters. Yet =
wild=20
animals eat birds all the time, and I have come across scads of scats =
in my=20
decades in the woods with splintered bone.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Can anyone resolve this conundrum? Why can wild mammals tolerate =
the=20
bones while domestics (apparently) can not?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Randy<BR clear=3Dall>
<DIV>
<DIV class=3Dgmail_signature>_________________________________<BR>RF=20
Lauff<BR>Way in the boonies of<BR>Antigonish County,=20
NS.</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><A></A>
<P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20
message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20
href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2015.0.6140 / =
Virus=20
Database: 4419/10696 - Release Date: =
09/25/15</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_0092_01D0F780.157443C0--
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects