#some people even cut them lengthwise but that exposes the entire marrow section and it doesn’t last long after that

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don’t deer antlers have velvet on them? that texture in the mouth would be awfulll 😭😭

well it depends!! antlers grow annually, so at the beginning of the growth they do have velvet!! after a few weeks? i think? the velvet begins to shed off, leaving the antler surface in similar texture to bone or teeth, and then even later the antlers shed off of the deer skull, at which point they make really good chew toys for dogs!! some people cut the antlers into pieces to make it more manageable depending on the size of the dog, but doing so exposes the marrow of the antler, which is a loft softer / more “dissolvable” and if your dog is a really intense chewer then the antler won’t last as long because that makes it easier to chew through