What is coprophagia?
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Coprophagia is the technical term of the poop eating habit of dog. Dogs not only eat their own feces they also eat other animal’s feces. Fortunately not all dogs indulge in this activity.
Why dogs indulge in this is still unknown. Whatever be the reason the habit of eating feces can expose the dog to the danger of bacterial or parasite infection.
Dog owners can take following steps to stop this poop eating habit.
Dogs eat the feces because they find is tasty. Giving the dog certain things like garlic pumpkin with dog’s food makes the feces less appealing and stop the habit in course of time.
Keeping the toilet area clean and disposing the feces promptly does not give the dog chance to engage in the nauseating (to men) activity.
