Constipation in dogs is a common clinical disease, especially dogs who live in cities now. Constipation is caused by some factor that causes intestinal peristalsis dysfunction, intestinal contents cannot be excreted from the body in time, and its water is further absorbed, causing the feces to dry. Common causes of constipation are.
First: Food and environmental factors, the bones, hair and indigested foreign bodies are mixed with feces and are difficult to pass through the intestines smoothly; they eat a lot of meat, liver, spleen, etc. at one time. In addition, sudden changes in the environment, lack of exercise, disrupting the normal feces defecation habits of animals, etc. can all cause constipation.
Secondly, the rectal or anal part is subjected to mechanical compression or blockage, such as perineal hernia, rectal polyps or tumors, anal cysts, rectal stenosis, pelvic deformation after fracture, lack of exercise, etc.
Third, when elderly intestinal peristalsis is weakened, lumbar nerve damage, resulting in loss of the anal sphincter's bowel reflex, and hip dislocation or limb fractures, changing the bowel posture can also cause intestinal constipation. In addition, some chronic infectious diseases and high fever diseases can cause severe dehydration of the body, which can also lead to intestinal constipation.
1. Unreasonable food structure: There are too many animals in the food, which can easily lead to dry and stools, and there is little activity and drinking water in winter. These are the main reasons for constipation in this dog. Therefore, during daily feeding, you should pay attention to avoiding these problems and pay attention to supplementing vitamins in food.
2. Constipation in cats and dogs overage is closely related to age, and elderly dogs and cats are significantly more common. Due to age, the functions of various organs of the body gradually fade, intestinal peristalsis slow down, and the contraction force of the abdominal wall and rectal muscles is lacking. These are the objective reasons for intestinal constipation in this dog. Judging from the dog's body shape at that time, the dog was obviously fat and lack of exercise were another important reason for the dog's intestinal constipation. Therefore, it is also necessary for elderly dogs to have appropriate outdoor activities.