Can rats eat chicken?

[rabernet]

My rats get chicken bones all the time - thighs, drumsticks, etc. They don't splinter like they do for dogs/cats, because like others said they nibble little pieces off - to get to the marrow.

In fact, they all had KFC last night and were loving me!

[GirDance]

I still have yet to see anyone say they feed the entire chicken carcass, and also was stated the longer cooked and smaller around the bone the more likely to splinter. It's not the leg bones that cause the most problems, its the smaller and very brittle ones in a chicken carcass.

And to the person who asked, yes there were rodents included in there. Infact you'd be amazed the sorts of things inproperly cared for rats, rabbits, etc have managed to ingest and had to have pulled from their stomachs because they couldn't pass it..

[juddb]

Ive never had any problems with it either

[SatanicIntention]

I have over 30 pet rats, some registered and pedigreed, and have fed them whole turkey carcasses after they have been boiled for soup, turkey legs after I've finished them(from the fair), rib bones, chicken wings/legs/thighs/carcass/whatever. They eat it all, mostly the marrow as it's nutritious, and all you might see that's left is long bones that they couldn't get into.

I have never had a rat choke on this kind of stuff. I have had rats choke on pieces of lab block though, but that's because they wolf their food and boys are dumb

[littleindiangirl]

BTW, if you have your rats in your bedroom, remove the bones before you go to bed. That includes pasta as well. You'll have a chorus of gnawing rats all night long....

[frankykeno]

Well we're 3 years into keeping a rat colony that generally sits around 75 to 100 animals of various ages and I've always fed bones of all sorts to the rats. I've yet to see a problem like one might see with a dog and bolting down food. Rats are quite careful and smart eaters. They won't even try a new food without nibbling a tiny bit first to see if it's okay to eat.

As with any bones/meat make sure they don't horde it away and make their bedding stinky and gross. You can always freeze some of that carcass and just give out a bit at a time so they don't do that and create an unsanitary condition.