Moooooo said:
I found holes in a water hose in the pasture. Surely a cow can't do that.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
a SHORT list of the things I have seen cows eat: screen doors, wiring, hoses, tie straps, string, ropes, windshield wipers, seat belts, "chrome" door panel strips (real metal and plastic), weatherstripping, upholstery, blankets, clothes, sleeping bags, tents, bags (paper and plastic, balloons, golf balls, oil bottles, water bottles, plywood, garden plant containers, tupperware, aluminum cans, burlap, tarps (cloth and vinyl), fiberglass gas line markers, fiberglass tool handles, pvc - pe - any kind of plastic pipe, bones, hide, (from other cows, horses, deer, javalina) antlers, asphalt, cement dust, bike tires, innertube, I have one that likes to suck/chew on chain! they can strip a dumped mattress or box spring to the wire and springs in a couple days if it doesn't get picked up. the other day I picked up a 6 foot long piece of bright warning yellow plastic that went over a big powerline guy wire. one of them had chewed the end and drug it a 1/4 mile from the nearest possible pole...
it isn't a feed or mineral deficiency, it is a freaking addiction. they just like to chew stuff. :bang: