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If a dog who was originally lively and energetic suddenly starts not eating, this is not normal. The shoveling officer must pay attention to it.
Causes of anorexia
Generally speaking, the reasons for a dog's sudden anorexia may be the following:
1, physiological anorexia
Physiological anorexia can occur in some special physiological periods of the dog, such as cramps, estrus, pregnancy, and tooth replacement Period and so on.
This is due to hormonal changes in the dog's body at this stage, causing the dog to have anorexia symptoms.
If there are no other discomforts, such as mental, body temperature, breathing, urination, etc., it is normal.
2, sickness leads to anorexia
Anorexia is the initial symptom of many diseases, such as canine distemper, small size, viral enteritis, cold, intestinal dysfunction, etc. Therefore, the shoveling officer must distinguish it.
Usually, anorexia caused by disease is accompanied by many other symptoms, such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea, cough, abdominal pain, etc.
In this case, the shoveling officer should take the dog to the hospital in time to find out the cause and treat it as soon as possible.
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3. Feeding too much snacks
This point is the same as for humans. Eating too much snacks will make the dog feel full. If you are not hungry, naturally you don’t want to eat.
It is also possible that dogs feel that snacks taste better than dog food, and become picky eaters, and they are also reluctant to eat dog food.
In this case, the shit shovel officer must give less or no snacks to the dog, and don't let snacks replace the dog's meal.
Note: In addition to feeding snacks, feeding humans may also lead to picky eaters and anorexia, so the shoveling officer must pay attention to it.
4, gastroenteritis
gastroenteritis can affect the appetite of dogs, and anorexia can also occur.
Some dogs, especially puppies, are very curious. When playing outside, they may accidentally eat flowers and plants outside, causing gastrointestinal problems, and even spit out some grass balls. If they eat too much, they will cause gastrointestinal problems. inflammation.
Therefore, the shovel officer must tie the rope when walking the dog, and don't let the dog eat outside.
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5, attract the attention of the owner
If the shoveling officer communicates with the dog in the wrong way, it is likely to give the dog a wrong perception: do not eat to get the attention of the owner!
So if a dog wants to attract your attention, it is likely to use this extreme method.
In this case, it is recommended that the shoveling officer does not give any feedback to the dog under the premise of ensuring that the dog has no other symptoms of discomfort, and let it realize that skipping meals cannot attract your attention!
If things go on like this, the dog will slowly give up.
6, behavioral disease
dogs have a behavioral disease called "anorexia behavior of seeking attention."
This is a serious misunderstanding!
The dog mistakenly thought that the owner liked it and did not eat the current food, so in order to get the owner's greater attention, he would not eat the current food and look forward to another kind of food.
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7. There are parasites in dogs
There are parasites in dogs, and there will be symptoms of anorexia.
For example, when roundworms appear, they will not only suffer from anorexia but also chronic weight loss.
The shoveling officer must be careful. For information about parasites, you can refer to the dog that eats and loses weight. It turns out that the parasite is the fault!
8, hot weather
This is especially obvious in summer, especially in the dog days when the weather is very hot.
In fact, this is normal, just like people will have a bad appetite when the weather is hot, dogs will also have this situation, wait until the weather is cool. How to relieve
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Anorexia is very unfavorable to the health of dogs, so the shoveling officer must pay attention to the anorexia caused by different reasons and adopt different coping methods.
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1, fasting and starving
First of all, you must fast to see if the dog's anorexia is caused by disease.
Dogs are tolerant of starvation and not fullness. First, hungry your dog. Give plenty of water during the stop period (a small amount of sugar can be added to the water). Appetite can be restored in two or three days.
In order to maintain a strong appetite, you can stop eating one day a week.
Note: If the dog still has no appetite during the fasting adjustment period, and other adverse reactions occur, such as diarrhea, runny nose, etc., you must pay attention to it, and you must take the dog to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.
2, changing food tastes
often change food tastes for dogs, which can enhance the dog's appetite and avoid anorexia.
3, resolutely cut off snacks
If it is because there are too many snacks, the owner must be cruel, and don't compromise and be softhearted because of the innocent look of the dog.
For their health, they must be patient and let their eating habits return to normal first!
4, the amount of exercise should be enough
sufficient amount of exercise is very helpful to improve the dog's appetite. If
is an ordinary small dog, give him some toys at home, such as dog chews and balls, let them play and exercise, usually tease him to run and jump to meet his exercise capacity.
If you are a medium to large dog, you must exercise more outdoors, let them run more outdoors!
5. See the veterinarian first if you are sick.
If the dog has already experienced other pathological symptoms, it is recommended not to delay.
directly let the professional doctors see what is going on, so as not to worry about delaying the condition.
precautions
dogs should pay attention to regular and quantitative feeding. Do not give the dog food for a day or a week at a time, to avoid uncontrolled eating too much and anorexia.
In addition, when the dog is sick, do not mix the medicine with food, try to use intramuscular injection or intravenous drip to avoid anorexia due to the reaction to the medicine.
