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  • 27-08-2012 6:29pm
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    meoklmrk91
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    I have started to supplement my boxers dry food, for the last few days he has had dry in the morning and chicken legs in the evening. He really seems to enjoy it, gives him something more to do than just eating out of a bowl. He makes seriously quick work of these, five minutes and they are gone, he literally just picks them up, chews on them and then swallows, I am assuming I have nothing to be worried about here, he isn't going to eat something so fast that he ends up with a blockage or chokes on it, is he?


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  • #2
    tk123
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    My guy is the same - they last seconds and never any problems. Chicken bones are quite soft so there's not much chewing in them. You could maybe holding the end of one and give it to him so he'd have to bite bits off if you're worried. Is there big pieces of bone in his poo or anything? - if not I wouldn't worry too much.


  • #3
    meoklmrk91
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    tk123 wrote: »
    My guy is the same - they last seconds and never any problems. Chicken bones are quite soft so there's not much chewing in them. You could maybe holding the end of one and give it to him so he'd have to bite bits off if you're worried. Is there big pieces of bone in his poo or anything? - if not I wouldn't worry too much.

    I will be doing a poo pick tomorrow so I will check then :) thanks for the advice.


  • #4
    tk123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,045 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    meoklmrk91 wrote: »
    tk123 wrote: »
    My guy is the same - they last seconds and never any problems. Chicken bones are quite soft so there's not much chewing in them. You could maybe holding the end of one and give it to him so he'd have to bite bits off if you're worried. Is there big pieces of bone in his poo or anything? - if not I wouldn't worry too much.

    I will be doing a poo pick tomorrow so I will check then :) thanks for the advice.

    Just on the poos - apparently it takes a few days for them to build up the enzymes to break the bones down so you might see some small pieces the first few days. On the flip side - I stopped giving my guy wings after he passed a full bone and the joint thing it was attached to - he clearly wasn't chewing them enough / at all!! Just use your common sense and trust your judgement ;)


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