basskisser wrote:
Ignatius Thistlewhite wrote:
You wrote:

I'm surprised that they'd want to eat whatever type of plastic material
that is!

Chewing is not the same as eating.

Really?

I don't know if muskrats fall into the same biological group as rats,
mice, squirrels, beavers, etc......but a lot of those animals are
compelled to chew almost constantly. Their teeth never stop growing,
(sort of like fingernails), and they have to gnaw on everything in
sight to keep their teeth from becoming so long that no food could get
between them.

Technically speaking, it isn't. One can chew without swallowing. You can
chew gum or chew tobacco, but it is not considered eating gum or tobacco.,

"basskisser" wrote in message
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Ignatius Thistlewhite wrote:
You wrote:

I'm surprised that they'd want to eat whatever type of plastic material
that is!

Chewing is not the same as eating.

Really?

wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Ignatius Thistlewhite wrote:
You wrote:

I'm surprised that they'd want to eat whatever type of plastic material
that is!

Chewing is not the same as eating.

Really?

I don't know if muskrats fall into the same biological group as rats,
mice, squirrels, beavers, etc......but a lot of those animals are
compelled to chew almost constantly. Their teeth never stop growing,
(sort of like fingernails), and they have to gnaw on everything in
sight to keep their teeth from becoming so long that no food could get
between them.

I understand that, I'm still surprised that they'd choose such a petro
chemical laced chew toy as opposed to wood and such.