Excel Deter coprophagia treatment can help coprophagia, which is the tendency to consume feces. Although coprophagia is a behavioral condition in dogs, the root cause of the condition is sometimes a physical disease.
Causes of Coprophagia
One common medical reason why a dog would be inclined to eat their own feces is a gastrointestinal condition that inhibits the dog's absorption of the nutrients it has eaten, leading to excessive hunger. This could make the feces look more appealing as a food item. Any condition that prevents a dog from getting all the nutrients it should be getting can have this effect. If this is the case, a dietary modification may be in order.Other common situations that can make a dog hungry enough to eat feces are malnutrition due to overly infrequent feeding, vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the dog's normal food, or difficulty digesting the food due to an excessive fiber content. There are some drugs, most notably steroids, that have also been recorded as the cause of canine coprophagia.
