Dogs eating poop may be due to environmental factors

① Raising too many dogs and poor air circulation in the dog’s residence will cause the dog to be in a bad mood, depressed and irritable.
② Dogs lack the care of their owners. In order to resolve loneliness, dogs will become curious about foreign objects around them and even their own feces.

Dogs eat shit or have nutritional deficiencies

① Improper diet leads to trace element deficiency.
② The lack of certain proteins and amino acids leads to metabolic disorders in dogs.
③ Lack of other nutrients, such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sulfur, iron, sodium, copper, cobalt, manganese and other minerals, especially sodium salt.
④ Deficiency of certain vitamins and trace elements, especially vitamin B deficiency.

Dogs eat poop or have pica

① Toxins or stimulation produced by external parasites can trigger pica.
② Intestinal parasites lead to a decrease in the digestion and absorption function of the intestine, resulting in a lack of nutritional elements in dogs and the development of pica.
③ There are also some endocrine diseases that can cause stress in dogs (referring to the sum of the psychological and physiological reactions caused by excessive stimulation to dogs) and lead to pica.

Dangers of pica in dogs

1. Licking sharp foreign objects will damage the mouth.
2. Ingestion of foreign bodies can cause obstruction or perforation in the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
3. Licking the fur will form hair balls in the stomach that are difficult to digest and excrete. When there are foreign bodies in the digestive tract, dogs will have symptoms such as anorexia, hunger strike, or vomiting, which will affect the dog's health.
4. If you eat the excrement of other animals, you are easily infected and can spread diseases.
5. Dogs with pica are prone to panic and slow to respond to external stimuli; their skin is rough and dull, they have bowed waists, grinding teeth, anemia, alternating constipation and diarrhea, progressive weight loss, and in severe cases, systemic failure. die.

Dogs eating poop may be their natural instinct

Dogs are playful, active and curious, especially newborn puppies, who are full of curiosity about various things in the environment and will explore through their mouths Unfamiliar things around you, if this behavior is not corrected in time, can also lead to pica.
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