Why do dogs go to graze? Why do dogs eat grass?

In fact, this kind of grass-eating behavior often occurs in dogs and cats, and it is called "pica". Common in young dogs, the possible causes are diverse. There are many problems with abnormal behavior, nutrition, and lack of vitamins and minerals (trace elements).

Dogs and cats with this problem are mostly behavioral problems, especially dogs that have been kept in cages for a long time and have no interaction with the outside world, and often eat grass when they go out because of boredom. In addition, dogs and cats may also have heterophilic behaviors due to the low amount of food or the lack of nutrients such as fiber, salt, cobalt or phosphorus in the food. In addition, in rare cases of pathology, animals can also have heterophilic behavior, such as:

Chronic abdominal pain caused by peritonitis and gastritis, central nervous system disorders such as rabies and neuroketonism, insufficient secretion of pancreatic juice, diabetes, hyperadrenal gland function, hyperthyroidism and other diseases may also cause animals to eat feces or heterophilia. Of course, to improve this phenomenon, in addition to artificial stopping! There are a few more points to note:

1. Because the grass is prone to parasite eggs, it is necessary to pay attention to whether the puppy is susceptible to parasite infection in the future. Take your stool to the hospital regularly for check-ups. 2. Avoid taking your dog to the grass to play.

3. Pay attention to the condition of the grass around the grassland, whether there are dead grass (some people spray pesticides), or dead corpses (like dead mice, etc., be careful of toxic substances in the grass or residues, etc.) 4. Try to wear a mask when going out to prevent heterophilia. 5. Toys that can be chewed without eating or doing some actions and activities to attract their attention, relieve their boring behaviors or take them out regularly or can be improved. 6. Or apply the grass at home with flavors or vomits that will disgust the dog, and then stop its heterophobic.

7. When there are pathological factors suspected (there may be physiological problems), go to the hospital for relevant tests as soon as possible to determine the **, and then diagnose and treat. 8. Of course, the most important thing is to choose a feed with sufficient nutrients to feed to prevent heterophilic behavior caused by problems caused by unbalanced nutrition of food.

This is normal: 1. Plant fibers: This can help with indigestible meat bones, etc.!

2. Vitamins: Many meats do not have plant vitamins, such as vitamin C or other minerals and chloranthin. 3. Spit hairball:

Lick and clean the hair every day, the hair will be swallowed into the stomach, and a small amount will be discharged or spit out on its own, but if the amount is more, the tip of the cat grass can be induced to vomit and be easy to spit out. Fourth, when the gastrointestinal function is poor: such as inflammation, flatulence, pushing and accumulating carrion...Eating grass can induce vomiting or help expel food from the stomach and intestines, reducing uncomfortable symptoms.

5. Relieve stress: As long as life will have pressure, plants are the most stress-relieving food, and eating more vegetables and fruits when stress is high is good for the human body, and the same is true for cats and dogs.

When the dog lacks trace elements, it will eat grass or gnaw on the wall skin and eat poop.

It's equivalent to people eating too much meat, and they need the nutrition of vegetables very much.

Some dogs will bite on weeds and mud, which is caused by a lack of vegetables. If a dog only eats animal proteins such as meat, liver, and fat, the digestion of the stomach will deteriorate.

This is due to an increase in the secretion of stomach acid and nausea, and even vomiting of yellow, sticky foam. Not only that, but it will also produce constipation, as well as microvascular bleeding in the mucous membrane of the gums and **, and due to the accumulation of cholesterol in the blood vessels, it is easy to cause cerebral hemorrhage.

In addition, it also has a significant impact on the bones, due to calcium precipitation in the bone tissue, the part will be hot, painful to touch, and limp when walking, to this point, there is no way to recover, and these reasons are due to the lack of vegetables.

For the above reasons, when you are refused to feed your dog vegetables and fruits, you should not be discouraged, and you should mix celery and rape with meat more carefully and coax it to eat.

In addition, although carrots are rich in vitamin A and carotene, they are easy to be excreted with feces after chopping and cooking.

The fruit is rich in vitamin C, which is most effective for dogs infected with distemper, a high-fever infectious disease.