Feb
Miniature Waste
Posted in Longberger | Comments OffWhat does it mean when your pet/dog eats their own "waste"?
I'm asking this for a friend who doesn't have a computer at the moment but what I know is the dog has not been well. Just recently he was taken to the vet whom put him on antibiotics and a spray to be used on affected areas of the dogs skin. My friend was told his dog had some "tumors" on his body. The dog is approximately 14-17 years old and a purebred, American Alaskan Husky Miniature. Before this illness he was in very good health. I guess, I'm hoping for additional feedback about the dogs health since the information has been minimal as to what is actually wrong.
for feces eating, skip to the two bottom paragraphs or follow the link.
As far as the skin tumors, and the skin problems with the dog you friend needs to call the vet back and ask questions, thats why she took him there in the first place, no one on here is going to be able to give you more info, we can only guess. good luck!
For reasons that are still fairly unknown to veterinarians and scientists, some dogs seem unable to resist the tasty treat of their own or another animal’s feces. Amongst a group of dogs a decent sized lump of excrement is less safe than an errant Twinkie at an Overeater’s Anonymous meeting. If dogs ran the world the finest restaurants would serve big steaming plates of the stuff as an entrée and the doggie version of T.G.I. Friday’s would serve it as an appetizer, cleverly fashioned into a flower shape. We don’t even want to guess what would be served as a dipping sauce.
It was once thought that the tendency some dogs have to eat feces stemmed from a nutritional need of some kind. Poor diet and poor health were considered to be the motivation for this seemingly bizarre and definitely disgusting (to humans) behavior. Vets and animal health specialists now say that isn’t the case as research shows no connection between canine dietary or nutritional needs and the phenomenon. At this point, scientists are stymied. No one knows why some dogs do this.