Just a bit off topic, but have not been able to find out much info on this....
I came home from long day of work today, have always had my antlers out and my dog has never touched them. She is a 30 lb springer spaniel. Right away I noticed one of my spikes, eaten down to about 4 inches left from over 16 inches. This was a strange spike, very dark and "bled" for a couple days after bringing it home. The section she chewed/ate (there were no scraps of pieces, the whole 12+ inches were gone) but the section left showed an extremely hollow, blood colored inside of the shed. Not at all like bone.
Is there any chance this thing was killed or shed in velvet and never hardened? It is interesting of the 40+ antlers laying on the ground she picked the only one like this. Just worried about a big vet bill or worse...anyone with any experience please let me know what you think, it is really appreciated.
I came home from long day of work today, have always had my antlers out and my dog has never touched them. She is a 30 lb springer spaniel. Right away I noticed one of my spikes, eaten down to about 4 inches left from over 16 inches. This was a strange spike, very dark and "bled" for a couple days after bringing it home. The section she chewed/ate (there were no scraps of pieces, the whole 12+ inches were gone) but the section left showed an extremely hollow, blood colored inside of the shed. Not at all like bone.
Is there any chance this thing was killed or shed in velvet and never hardened? It is interesting of the 40+ antlers laying on the ground she picked the only one like this. Just worried about a big vet bill or worse...anyone with any experience please let me know what you think, it is really appreciated.