megan_ Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I feed my 9 month old puppy BARF. He often stores bones away, as all dogs do. Tonight, I found him eating an old chicken wing - it was craaling with maggots. Now I'm sure that it's okay, he's a dog after all, and he seemed to be enjoying it, while I gagged and ran inside....but, is this okay for a dog to eat? Often dog food websites say "no rancid food" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I'd remove the rancid bone but wouldn't worry too much about it. Just keep your eye on him and be on the look out for any possible tummy upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megan_ Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 I'd remove the rancid bone but wouldn't worry too much about it. Just keep your eye on him and be on the look out for any possible tummy upset. thanks...he is bouncing around happily...more worried by my tummy upsets as a result of it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyra Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Don't mean to worry you but my dog ate a rancid bone and ended up with gastro within the 24 hours. Hope your dog is okay. how revolting would those maggots have looked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Dogs do tend to eat things like that. Mostly there are no problems. Occasionally one will have an upset tummy. Just keep an eye on him, but he should be fine. Years ago, mine kept bringing home some rather disgusting green meat which was crawling. It was so yummy, they all fought over it - I knew when they had it, I could smell it from inside. Turned out to be a dead shark the bloke over the road was keeping in his back yard (don't EVEN ask!!). Dogs were all ok, although I believed it would have served them right if they had been horribly ill!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) Back in the days when dogs 'free roamed' they'd often come home with someone else's bone they'd found or dug up. Heaven's knows how OLD some of those things were. Like Jed describes, they were often a funny shade of green. Don't even think we bothered to take them from them. Just screwed up our faces, made disgusted noises, said how we were glad we weren't dogs and left them to their enjoyment. Absolutely no illnesses ever arose from those occasions. Mind you, back in those days it was pretty common to feed dogs the juicy cooked bones from the Sunday roast . Would never do it now, but we never did have any problems then either. Must have just been lucky . Edited November 13, 2008 by Erny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megan_ Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 thanks everyone for the replies. He seems 100% fine. No kisses from him tonight though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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