Occasionally, cats and dogs get bones stuck in their mouths, just as stick-chasing dogs sometimes lodge a twig or piece of wood between their teeth. In the September 1995 Tiger Tribe, an excellent magazine that is no longer published, Leslie Moran advised supervising the bone-feeding portion of the meal, especially if raw bones set off primal reactions such as aggressive or possessive behavior, growling, dragging the prize to a “safer” location, trying to steal another pet’s food, or “creating a ferocious, savage mess while eating their bones.” One of her cats wedged a piece of bone between the roof of his mouth and his lower jaw; another had difficulty separating the meat from a joint end and the long string of ligament attached to the bone made it impossible for him to chew or swallow. Both cats calmly resumed eating when she intervened. Had she not been present, the cats would no doubt have clawed these pieces free, just as their wild relatives do. A declawed cat is at an obvious disadvantage in such situations, in which case human supervision is an excellent idea.