Dogs often eat shit. Why don't they get sick? Is there anything special?

If animals eat their own feces, there is generally no big problem; But if you eat the feces of other animals, you may eat parasites or other pathogens, causing infection. There are parasites in feces, and bacteria or molds breed in feces for a long time. Other dogs' feces are contaminated by viruses such as canine parvovirus gastroenteritis virus or protozoan infection such as Toxoplasma gondii, which can cause other medical diseases. If there is regular deworming and vaccination, the injury can be minimized, and every dog without treatment can be effective.

There may be several reasons for this behavior:

1。 Imitation behavior: the owner often cleans the kennel and the place where it lives. Over time, dogs will also clean toilets near their homes. Dogs learn to eat when they see other dogs eating shit, which is an imitation.

2。 Improper punishment: the dog was punished by the owner after defecation or biting or destroying things, which caused the dog to be afraid, so he ate feces and buried evidence for fear of being punished by the owner after defecation.

3。 Substitution behavior: it is natural for dogs to eat shit. Some special smells in feces are liked by dogs, which are very attractive to the fermented excrement of herbivores. When they can't eat such excrement, they will eat their own or other excrement instead.

4。 Attract the owner's attention: dogs eat shit because of internal diseases, and the owner punishes them and gets attention. After the internal diseases get better, they will be scolded by their owners for eating shit but continue to do so in order to get their owners' continuous attention.

5。 Feeding habits: Some dogs have to eat several meals a day, and after changing to one meal a day, they eat shit to satisfy their hunger, which leads to this habit.

Of course, if it's a medical disease, you have to take it to the vet. .

Teaching or treatment according to the cause should help dogs get rid of this problem.

Method:

1。 When pathological factors are suspected, relevant examinations should be carried out for the suspected reasons. For example, when pancreatic juice deficiency is suspected, the immune response of tryptase in serum should be checked to determine the cause. After the diagnosis, we will deal with the cause.

2。 If it is an ectopic behavior caused by unbalanced nutrition, it should be upgraded and given a high-quality diet that is easy to digest and absorb, so that pets can get enough calories and all kinds of necessary nutrients from the diet and prevent animals from getting nutrients from feces or foreign bodies. At the same time, giving a diet with high digestibility can also reduce the amount of defecation and help reduce the chance of eating feces. Therefore, remove feces immediately after defecation, and wear a mask when going out to prevent eating feces or foreign bodies from other animals by mistake. Providing toys for them to chew, or letting animals do some activities to relieve boredom, and taking pets out regularly can also eliminate their boredom. When helping them solve their boredom by eating at will, they must be careful not to overeat, which will cause overweight and damage their health. Remove foreign objects from the environment so that they have no chance to eat or lick them. If the above methods can't stop the pet's heterophilia or feces-eating habits, it can be injected with apomorphine to make it vomit, thus causing aversion to heterosexuality and ending its heterophilia behavior.