A little while ago I was looking up some subjects that people search for on the internet, and the subject of stool eating came very high on the list!
The technical term for it Coprophagy literally from the Greek Copro (faeces) and phagy (eat) – it’s a subject area we find disgusting but as the saying goes “Dogs will be dogs”. It seems that stools from rabbits, deers and horses are especially attractive to some and cats stools to others! Some researchers have said that this is because of vitamin deficiency.
But why do they do it? Well there are numerous theories, some think that it’s because of a dietary insufficiency and some think not. There are some medical conditions that may lead to the predisposal of eating stools such as pancreatic insufficiency. Some experts that think that stress can bring on the condition, such as kennelling your dog or if the dog has been punished for defecation where it shouldn’t and its trying to hide the evidence!
Find out more on the subject tomorrow.
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