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Originally Posted by furbaby4ever  Thanks for the ideas and suggestions. She seems to be ok, I am still giving her plain food but she is eating her kibble now and her stools are formed again. I will throw away the bully stick, I don't want to take the chance of it making her sick again. |
It's a good idea to throw it out. My two little ones
always got sick on bully sticks. And I think Wylie's Mom is right, any animal based product will collect bacteria.
Recently, I bought a bag of dehydrated chicken feet because they say the collagen in the feet is good for the pups' joints. I tested chicken feet out first, by buying them individually; they were dried in a way where I was able to break it off into smaller pieces (they usually get sick if they eat too much of any treats, so I have learned to give them a little at a time).
With the bag of chicken feet, somehow it wasn't the same hardness but rather more chewy - I couldn't break it off into pieces, so I let them chew on one foot over a span of a few days. Low and behold, they both got sick.
This also happened with those ears for chewing, no matter what animal. So I never give them animal part chews anymore. Though.. they absolutely LOVED the lamb tail chew!!
The only chew I find that they're able to chew on over and over again without getting sick so far, are the Himalayan cheese chews and antlers.