Originally Posted by
flyingsaucer
Sorry - should have made it clear we feed them RAW - cooked chicken bones are generally not considered good. Dogs (and cats) can digest a certain part of raw bones but not cooked ones and also cooked bones can have very sharp pieces. As for cats eating bones, they will leave the bigger pieces and chew up the smaller bones, and if you ever have the misfortune to observe one eating a mouse, you will see that the whole mouse gets chewed up and swallowed, bones and all.
So, I'm guessing Salmonella isn't a concern with pets?
My sister puts a big bell around her cat's neck to help give the neighborhood birds a fighting chance.