Do not offer turkey bones in any form. Use deboned cooked turkey or veterinary-approved chews instead. Secure trash bags, stock pots, and carcasses so pets cannot access them.
Turkey bones are hard poultry bones from wings, legs, necks, and carcasses left after roasting or carving. They retain meat and fat aromas that attract pets.
Cooked bones become brittle and may splinter into sharp fragments when chewed. Bone shards may scratch or puncture digestive tissue and may require emergency surgery.
Warning signs after ingestion include repeated gagging, vomiting, abdominal guarding, straining to defecate, or black stool. Early veterinary evaluation is safer than watchful waiting.
