Bone Meal

[cj-b]

Does anyone know if or where you can buy bone meal from?

Thanks.

[persephone]

Bone meal is used in blood&bone fertiliser.. were you wanting to feed it to your dog?

Your dog would probably enjoy chewing bones to get those dietary needs which may be in bone meal

[cj-b]

Yes it is for him, and he can't eat raw solid bone. He is intolerant to chix, gives him the runs or makes him vomit, so can't use necks or wings.

I'm wanting to add some to his home made mixture, and can't find a butcher that will ground any other bone except chix carcuss.

It's very popular in the States, but can't seem to find some here.

Does anyone know if it's available on it's own.

[persephone]

So - he can't chew bone, or can't digest bone?

There are other softer bones other than chicken ...

[smooch]

I haven't bought bone meal in many many years, but I used to buy it for my race horses from a stock feed store, you could buy it by the kg back than but these days I don't know. You could try them.

[cj-b]

He can't chew it, or he won't, but it will sit there until it starts to rott, then I worry about my kids handling it. I think it maybe have been to solid, as he would tackle the chix necks but they would give him either the runs or he would vomit it back up straight away.

Have tried lamb flaps & shanks, turkey necks, chix necks and wings wings, beef brisket & marrow and he either won't touch them or they will give him the runs or make him voimit.

Do you have another suggestions???? I'm keen to try more. He is a bugger.

[Sandra777]

Use calcium powder from any produce or vet.

Or ask a butcher if you can have the "saw dust'' off their bone saw - but this isn't just bone, more bone and fat.

[cj-b]

thanks smooch, I will investigate

Sandra, good idea, there is a butcher at the end of the street, might have a chat to them about the shavings. Otherwise if I don't have any success with smooch's idea I think I will have to go with the calcium powder, I guess at the end of the day, it's the same thing, sort of

[sheena]

You get food grade bone meal of it could be called meat meal, from the produce store. I used to give it to my chooks.

[persephone]

If you put your dog on a good dry dog food- he will get all these nutrients that way

[Bully]

I bought some years ago for my previous dog from a health food store :p

[cj-b]

thank you guys will go investigate today

[Nekhbet]

any good stock feeds can get it in, it is used for pigs and chickens.

[~Anne~]

If it is purely the calcium you want to esnure he gets I have a fabulous and cheap method that was told to me.

Don't throw your eggshells away. Instead, break them up and microwave them until they become really brittle. I can't recall how long I did them for, but they were very brittle and I think it was literally only a minute or two. You then crush them up in a mortar and pestle or with a rolling pin. The more you do it, the finer the powder.

I think I had 4 shells in total and it made heaps of powder. When I am feeding just plain mince, I will sprinkle about teaspoon of this powder on the mince to every kilo of meat.