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Why do my dogs eat dirt?
I have 2 dogs and they both eat dirt. At first I thought they were after worms or roots or something, but sure enough they're eating pure dirt. They scarf it down like it's meat. They're well fed so it's not like they're starving. What are they after in the dirt? Are they not getting enough of a certain mineral, or are they just fucked up in the head? Are my dogs into Scientology?
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11-17-2005, 06:35 PM | #2 |
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if you find out let me know. My two do too.
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11-17-2005, 06:38 PM | #3 |
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11-17-2005, 06:40 PM | #6 |
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At least they aren't eating shit.
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11-17-2005, 06:42 PM | #7 |
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My dog eats pussy. Should I be concerned?
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11-17-2005, 06:50 PM | #8 |
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My dog is 13 years old and I control many of her skin and food
allergies. Within the last week, I noticed that she is eating dirt. I have not noticed this happening before. I had a complete set of blood work done in July (CBC, liver, kidney, etc. - no thyroid) and everything was normal. I usually feed her Nutro Lamb and Rice since it is something that seems to work to control her allergies. When I noticed this dirt eating behavior, I put her on rice, then people lamb and rice but she is still eating dirt. My vet feels like there is not too much to do since the blood work was normal not long ago. Do you have any information or suggestions? Thanks for your help. D Answer: D- The only cause for eating dirt that I can think of is pica (eating or licking unusual objects) associated with anemia. If there is no evidence of anemia, then this isn't very likely. Sometimes pica occurs with chronic gastrointestinal disease, chronic pancreatitis and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency but it doesn't seem to be a prominent aspect of these diseases. There are probably other conditions that this can occur with that I am not aware of, but it is not a sign that can be consistently linked with any condition that I know of except the iron deficiency anemia's. It would be worth considering repeating the lab work after a couple of months (or sooner if your dog doesn't feel well) just to be sure that there isn't a subtle disease process that might show up in repeat lab work. Mike Richards, DVM 12/1/2001
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11-17-2005, 07:20 PM | #10 |
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11-17-2005, 09:54 PM | #12 |
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I think the answer is that dogs are really, really dumb.
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11-17-2005, 11:07 PM | #13 |
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They are sending you a message: the crap you give me is for the birds, gimme people food fool!!!
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11-17-2005, 11:36 PM | #15 |
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They're probably not getting some vitamin or mineral in their diet and are getting it from the dirt instead...
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11-18-2005, 09:37 AM | #16 |
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Dirt tastes like chicken.
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11-18-2005, 10:26 AM | #17 |
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Maybe it's just fun?
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11-18-2005, 06:24 PM | #20 |
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They wanted mud pie?
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11-18-2005, 08:21 PM | #21 |
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I caught them eating more today. Like it was steak or something.
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11-18-2005, 10:16 PM | #22 |
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Not to jack this thread, but my puppy ate the "shoelace" thing that goes through the hood of my jacket tonight! She sucked it down like a string of spaghetti! What the hell is that about, how did she not choke to death? And why eat that thing?
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