tripe?

[taratee]

i saw some beef tripe at walmart and its a limited time thing and i was wondering (since it was a tad expensive) had anyone fed anything like this? did your kids like it?

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I've never used honeycomb tripe (it's usually the most common, looks like honeycomb) but I regularly feed blanket tripe (looks kind of like a brick of washcloths). If it's bleached, there's not a lot of nutritional value but it's tough and chewy so I like to use it like a fiber/skin substitute, and it seems to be good for their jaws and teeth. I know mine like the texture, but I like to mix it in with their organ meals so it tends to soak up those flavors, I don't think they'd eat eat it straight out of the package, it's pretty bad smelling alone.

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Does it count as an organ?

[Sherry]

Nope. Doesn't count as anything beyond a treat, sorry. Unless it's green ;D
And that is...interesting...to try to feed
I believe Guili had the best description for green tripe that I've ever heard. "It smells like a cow has vomited it's own feces" ;D She was right!
I offered commercial grind mixed with tripe once. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Ferrets sniffed it very delicately, rapidly looked from me to meat, and back again. The look on their faces was priceless ;D And no- no one would even so much as taste it.

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So green tripe = organ?

[Sherry]

If you can get them to eat it, yes! It's the stomach lining. Just to let you know- it took many, many hours of hand washing to get the smell off my hands ;D