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Normally they do not. Usually the main culprits for stripping the bark off of trees are moose and deer in the winter when they have nothing else to eat. But if they were to it likely was from a phosphorus deficiency...or that they were starving and had no other food source. Cows with a P deficiency will also chew on wood fences or eat soil just to get the phosphorus they crave.
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∙ 7y agoThey are phosphorus-deficient. You need to introduce grain into the diet or feed a supplement with more phosphorus than they're getting in their feed. If you are feeding them something that is high in calcium, a 1:1 mineral (with the calcium-to-phosphorus ratio being equal parts) plus a few pounds of grain per day will be enough to increase their phosphorus needs.
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∙ 12y agoThere are two possible reasons: negligence, as in the animal hasn't been fed for a while and there is little to no pasture left, or she is phosphorus deficient.
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∙ 10y agoCows do not grow on trees. Cows come from other cows.
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∙ 14y agomaybe because they are hungry!!
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Can cows eat pine trees?
No, but cows can destroy pine trees by rubbing the bark off, chewing off the twigs and branches, etc. Pine trees are actually poisonous to cattle, especially to pregnant cows.
Do cows eat bark?
No.
What trees do elephants eat the bark off of?
Baobab trees
Why does an elephant get bark off trees?
Elephants eat tree bark.
How do some animals keep trees alive?
because Woodpeckers eat at the bark of some trees for the trees to grow new bark
Do bark beetles eat mesquite trees?
no
Do mice eat tees bark?
NO,they don't eat trees.
Do woodpeckers eat on dogwood trees?
They do not eat trees, they eat insects, but if they find an insect in the bark of a dogwood tree they will eat it.
What does a bark beetle eat?
Bark beetles bore through the bark to eat the tasty nutrients in the inner bark known as the phloem and cambium layers. If they eat all the way around the tree, they will girdle the tree and the tree will die. Girdling cuts the trees food tubes and it will be unable to send nutrients up and down the trunk.
Can horses eat the bark of a sumac tree?
Horses can typically eat the bark of Sumac trees with no ill effects and it is not listed as being toxic. However it should be noted that if horses are allowed to strip bark off of trees it can and will kill the trees.
Do fireflies eat sweet stuff?
no, they eat bark off your trees
Do warthogs eat trees?
They eat grasses, fruits, berries, bark from trees, fungi, eggs and carrion. They do not eat trees in tall accepted sense of a tree
