Shovelers often ask a question, that is, how the dog suddenly does not like to eat? When the dog appears in this situation, the first thing we have to do is to observe, if the dog picks to eat, it proves that the dog still has an appetite, this should be the dog picky, and if the dog does not eat anything, this is the symptom of anorexia! If a dog is anorexic for a long time, it will cause an imbalance in the body’s nutrient requirements, which will lead to various diseases, so when a dog is picky, the owner should find out the cause and prescribe the right medicine. Cause analysis of the reasons for dog anorexia are mainly the following: 1. Physiological anorexia generally occurs in dogs changing teeth, heat, pregnancy, before the birth of these periods, generally in addition to anorexia will not appear other symptoms, mental, body temperature, breathing, urination and defecation will be very normal. Anorexia during the teething period, owners can feed their dogs more semi-liquid food, in addition to give puppies more pet goat milk powder, you can buy some pet puppy cat milk replacer, can be very good to help dogs dental development, as soon as possible through the teething period. The dog’s appetite will decrease due to increased hormone secretion and signs of irritability. 2. parasitic disease anorexia dogs suffer from parasitic worms are generally dominated by roundworm disease, in addition to liver piece trematodes. Both of these diseases can cause anorexia in dogs at one stage, but liver flukes tend to quickly increase appetite and appear as ascites. In addition to anorexia, Ascaris can also cause chronic wasting. Endocrine disorder anorexia is a more complex condition and usually occurs at the same time, but anorexia is only one of the symptoms. The dog is often accompanied by a large area of hair loss, pigmentation, hypersensitivity, mental disorders and other symptoms. 4. Other diseases anorexia when the dog is suffering from other diseases, such as: canine fever, microvirus, viral enteritis, colds, intestinal dysfunction (overlapping, snapping, enteritis, peritonitis, etc.) fractures and other diseases are back to the anorexia situation. 5. Some times in the mood is not high, or to a certain food has been bored with its taste and other conditions will also appear anorexia situation. If the dog is anorexic because of overeating, greedy chewing, indigestion and anorexia, then the owner can give the dog some drugs that help digestion. Such as multi-enzyme tablets, gastric enzymes, Qingda and other oral medications, it is best to buy pet-specific drugs with better results, feed some pet probiotics probiotics to regulate the gastrointestinal, while the dog fasting 24 to 36 hours. 7. seasonal anorexia if the weather is hot, no appetite is also very common, which is the same for people. If there is usually strengthen exercise, appetite will also improve. Treatment 1. If the dog is anorexic because of physiological changes, this anorexia phenomenon is better resolved, as long as the usual attention to health and give sufficient water can be normal diet after the heat. If the dog is anorexic because of disease, it should be treated through examination, and drugs to help digestion can only play a supplementary role. 3. 4. If the dog is overeating, eating too much, or eating too much indigestible food, you can give the dog some digestive drugs, such as multi-enzyme tablets 1 to 2, gastric enzyme 0.5 to 1g, while fasting 24 to 36 hours. 5. strengthen the dog physical exercise, increase the dog’s exercise. General small dogs only need to have more toys at home, such as dog chew gum and pull rope for its play exercise, usually more teasing it to run and jump to play can meet its exercise. Large dogs must be more outdoor exercise, especially hound dogs, whose ancestors are hunting for a living, have been accustomed to strenuous exercise, let it run at least 5-10 kilometers a day. 6. If the dog because of seasonal anorexia, you can give the dog more sugary salt water when the weather is hot, adjust the feeding time to the cool morning or night. 7. If the above methods are not effective, the owners should consider whether the dog is lack of trace elements. Generally speaking, the most typical symptom of a lack of zinc in a dog’s body is anorexia, a significant decrease in appetite, zinc plays a role in regulating the sense of taste, zinc deficiency decreases the acuity of taste, the metabolic rate of the oral mucosa is shortened, greatly affecting its appetite. Note that when the dog is ill, try not to mix the drug in the food to feed, but try to give the drug by feeding it directly to avoid causing the dog to react to the drug and become anorexic.
