As I was voraciously gnawing on a delicious smoked turkey bone, my kitteh, Lenny, tried to climb all over me to get to it, then howled winsomely when I shooed him away. This is the first time I’ve noticed him show the slightest interest in a bone, but then again, this is the only time I’ve ever noshed on turkey around him either. So maybe he just loves him some turkey, who knows?
Anyway, I hear that bones, those of fish particularly, are verboten for teh kittehs. Which makes no sense to me, as teh kittehs’ digestive system has evolved to tear meat off of bones. Odds are good teh kittehs’ woodland cousins will inadvertently swallow bone matter at some point in the day, so why not household kitteh?
Esp. Fowl bones. They are hollow and shatter easily - and your '‘kitteh’ can develop some substantial pressure between its incisors.
Why risk it - just give is some meat - if it wants to chew - break up a dog chew-type food-like thing.
They must have evolved to handle raw bones, whether of fish or fowl. But that doesn’t mean they can deal with cooked bones, which have quite different properties.
