Kangaroo Tail

[laeral]

My GSD loves nothing more than raw roo tail. Its her favourite food.

I have recently bought some uncut and was wondering how I was going to cut it. Must say my thoughts never strayed to the axe

Dont know it I have an axe, I do have a chainsaw though does that count?

Having nasty visions of me out the back decked out in goggles and plastic bag covered in roo tail spatter

[persephone]

cutting roo tail with an axe may leave splintery bits.

I prefer to take the time and experiment with finding the pad of cartilage in between the vertebrae..then just cutting smoothly thru.

It does take some finding at first

worth a half hour cutting and scraping- and flexing the tail, to see where the cartilage is

[TYLER23]

most butchers will be more than happy to cut them (easier when frozen) with their band saw if you spend a few dollars in their shop. no splinters are sharp edges

[elsa]

The bone in a Roo Tail is more like gristle, so no bone bits left on the lawn, and as Roo is so lean even the overweight dog can enjoy a chew

[Erny]

I feed raw roo tails as well. The meat and the bone gets eaten.

Hey Erny can you please tell me where you get yours from?

I used to get ours from South Melbourne markets but she doesnt stock them any more

I purchased mine through "Porky's" in Cranbourne. But their price went up and this time around it worked out at $3.25 per bone - these were pre-cut. Minimum order is 20kgs (which isn't as much as you think) and the total cost of that I think (can't remember accurately) was $52.00 or thereabouts. Last time I got some the bones from there they costed out at I think about $2.25 each.

They come frozen in one great big lump (sealed in a heavy duty plastic bag). I tend to find that by the time I get back home they have begun to thaw just a little, enough for me to wrestle the bones apart (takes a bit of work for some of them), bag them separately and pop them in the freezer.

I wish my boy was better at eating (having probs) as he is very spasmodic about whether he'll gnaw on a roo tail (or any bone, for that matter) and I find that a good number end up just going to waste.

Edited December 30, 2009 by Erny

[dianed]

I saw mine into pieces while they are frozen.

I tried doing that and made a complete mess of the kitchen and my fingers nearly froze! My local butcher where i buy my other meat happily cuts them for me even though i didn't purchase the roo from him.

I cut mine into pieces with an axe on a chopping block at the wood heap. Works well frozen or defrosted, much easier than in the kitchen.

[westiemum]

One of my staff has very kindly offered me roo tail for the first time - so i think I'll go and speak kindly to my butcher... :) I'm not one for an axe much...

[WreckitWhippet]

I've now mastered the art of the axe I can get them to now chop clean and the bones sort of pop apart, I then get out the knife and finish cutting the flesh.

My Whippet has always been a bit picky when it comes to her food but she loves roo tail as well, she doesn't like the bones but she strips them clean

[Guest Clover]

I saw mine into pieces while they are frozen.

I tried doing that and made a complete mess of the kitchen and my fingers nearly froze! My local butcher where i buy my other meat happily cuts them for me even though i didn't purchase the roo from him.

I leave mine frozen in a plastic shopping bag and take to them with the axe, I'm suprised I still have all of my toes, I was a bit wild and inaccurate in the early days

Oh that reminds me of someone....er me. Except i usually drop bags of frozen bones on the concrete to break them up and only just miss my toes . You would think we would learn .

And yep most of my guys love Kangaroo, i just wish i could get tails in Ballarat.

[SBT101]

I have always fed roo tails too. My pet food supplier has them all the time and they are only $3 a bag of about 5 pieces. My lot have them a couple of days a week.

[Erny]

I have always fed roo tails too. My pet food supplier has them all the time and they are only $3 a bag of about 5 pieces. My lot have them a couple of days a week.

How big are the 'pieces', SBT101?

The tails I get are chopped to about one foot lengths.

[becandcharch]

I feed raw roo tails as well. The meat and the bone gets eaten.

Hey Erny can you please tell me where you get yours from?

I used to get ours from South Melbourne markets but she doesnt stock them any more

I purchased mine through "Porky's" in Cranbourne. But their price went up and this time around it worked out at $3.25 per bone - these were pre-cut. Minimum order is 20kgs (which isn't as much as you think) and the total cost of that I think (can't remember accurately) was $52.00 or thereabouts. Last time I got some the bones from there they costed out at I think about $2.25 each.

They come frozen in one great big lump (sealed in a heavy duty plastic bag). I tend to find that by the time I get back home they have begun to thaw just a little, enough for me to wrestle the bones apart (takes a bit of work for some of them), bag them separately and pop them in the freezer.

I wish my boy was better at eating (having probs) as he is very spasmodic about whether he'll gnaw on a roo tail (or any bone, for that matter) and I find that a good number end up just going to waste.

Great! Thanks will check these out.

[becandcharch]

I feed raw roo tails as well. The meat and the bone gets eaten.

Hey Erny can you please tell me where you get yours from?

I used to get ours from South Melbourne markets but she doesnt stock them any more

Petbarn stock frozen roo tails, sheeps necks and some other difficult to find cuts of meat at reasonable prices with date stamps on them too... i pay $3 for a 1kg of roo tail.

Thanks Tyler