I'm new to these forums. I would like to thank everyone here for the information they supply to thw community. I've switched over to raw feeding several months ago and my dogs love it.
I order large quanities of rats and mice online, which are shipped to me prekilled and frozen for my collection of snakes and reptiles. Does anyone feed thier dogs these? I've been thinking about giving they some, but I'm not sure if they'll be interested in them with the fur still on them.
One more question, I've thought about buying one of the meat grinders. If I wanted to gring the rats or even rabbits, should they be skinned first or can you just gring the fur in with everything else?
Thanks again for any ideas and all the other information that has been passed on on this forum.
My royal python eats live feeder rats from the local vivarium (he's not interested in pre-killed rodents) and my Akita bitch eats wild field mice that she catches & kills herself -- She's VERY keen on live rodents, fur & all <:-)
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Well, mice are a big part of the diet of the Arctic Wolf, so it's truly a Prey Model". I can't get past the fact that they are vermin, but that's a personal problem!!!!!
Big dog or small? Lonsdale recommends them for small dogs, but if they are big enough they are probably OK for big dogs too. I ordered 100 for my dog knowing that he would eat them. He called B.S. and went on a 3 day hunger strike. The foxes in my backyard love 'em though! Like Susan said, "it's truly a prey model", so you don't have to figure anything.
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It's good that they're prekilled...rats can put up a surprisingly strong fight. I've been bitten by a friend's pet rat when I was younger and I still have a decent scar.
We had a Rat years ago that attacked our cat when it was a kitten ,the kids laughed so hard, they would call him "the attack rat" HIs real name was Oreo.He was huge..
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hey I can tell you a story that SHOULD be an urban legend. I have a friend who is a little old lady (in her 80's). She is legally blind and lives alone with her standard poodle. She lives in a really nice old house surrounded by ivy. She hired an exterminator because there were some droppings. He puts one of those sticky traps along one of her living room walls. In the middle of the night her dog starts barking like mad. She goes into the living room to see why and accidentally steps on the sticky trap WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A RAT!!!! The critter starts biting her, and the dog is trying to get the rat. She had the presence of mind to get the fireplace shovel & beat the rat to death. Remember she is in her 80's and blind!!! Her name is Olive and she is one tough bird.
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