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12-01-2006, 02:35 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Los Angeles
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| Help! My Yorkie eats Poop!!! My 6 months old Yorkie is a very picky eater. I tried various dry foods as well as canned (Science Diet, Natural Choice, etc.) Today I caught her in the backyard playing with some poop and eating it. She takes Nutrical which she used to love and now refuses to eat. Does anyone have some advice for me? Why is she eating her poop and how can I get her to eat her food? Thanks so much! |
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12-01-2006, 03:01 PM | #2 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oak Park, CA
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| I have the same problem with my male, he loves to eat his, our girls, and the cat box is like a gold mine for him. People have told me he will grow out of it. I gave him some of those chewable things and it helped. http://www.petsmart.com/global/produ...N=2026138&Ne=2 |
12-01-2006, 03:09 PM | #3 |
My furkids Donating Member | Lillie (5 1/2 months old) started doing this about a month ago!!! She will get into the cat box too sometimes if I dont' watch her.....She doesn't eat it and, it's not her poop,,..it's Sadies (3yr next month)....she plays with it!!! she picks it up and flings it in the air...I have little peices of poop all over the floor....If you find a way to stop this....please let me know!
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12-01-2006, 05:04 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: kentucky
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| Crystal liked the taste of hers for a while as well. I tried Deter, pineapple, Accent and a few other things that I read about on here. What finally worked was what most people said... time. We limited her access as much as possible, and in time she began to ignore it. We really noticed a change at around 7-8 months old. It is nasty, but apparently somewhat natural, and thank goodness harmless (when it's there own at least). Best wishes on a solution. |
12-01-2006, 05:11 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: McCook, NE
Posts: 62
| You all have no idea how happy I am to hear that Joey isn't the only furbaby to do this. It started with his own then the cats! The first time he did this and I didn't know he was in the cat box, I had given him a kiss and he smelled gross. I could have died! |
12-01-2006, 06:25 PM | #6 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mobile AL
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| Oh join the club you all! I've tried several things, the last was Lawry's seasoning salt! Venus plays with hers more than eats it now, and she is about to turn 6 months! It can sure gross you out, especially when they wanna kiss you on the face...I'm like "oh no, you put poop in your mouth, and you want to kiss me? I don't think so". But she's starting to out grow it finally. I haven't caught her playing with much of it lately, and she quit eating it, thank God! Someone else said they like to keep thier "area" clean. I try to pick it up soon as I see it. Thats helped a lot too. |
12-02-2006, 11:07 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: ARIZONA
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| Ok my Laddy Bella is 1 1/2 years old and she still eats it and my cats also So if anyone has a cure please let me know |
12-02-2006, 12:38 PM | #8 |
Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island
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| I really don't think there is a definate cure! TJ and Roxy are 2 yrs. and I still have problems with this. It has gotten better but they still can't be trusted. I think TJ does it because he is in this constant (made-up in his mind) competition with Roxy. He doesn't want her to have ANY THING! Roxy doesn't do it as much, but she can and will too! I have just been trying to get it first. I have narrowed down there poop times. They will go 2x a day for the most part. I look for their 'have to poop' signs and then watch like a hawk. I praise and praise for going poop, then I pick it up and flush it. They know that after the flush then they get a treat - chicken jerky - their favorite! My next and last resort will be the coins in the can. They are deathly afraid of the coins in the can. So, if this behavior continues into the new year, I will have to 'set them up' separatly - giving them the opportunity to eat it and then - SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE the can! |
12-02-2006, 04:49 PM | #9 |
And Lil Sister Kamari Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Illinois
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| Mines sniffs it, but doesn't eat it, he waits till the ducks use it outside, then he's sniffing their poop. So I watch him carefully, but I've never seen him eat it. I may try the coins in the can trick if he get's out of line. Right now if he's misbehaving, I take a fly squatter and hit the wall and he takes off running.
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12-02-2006, 05:28 PM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Victorville, CA
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| Welcome to the "poop eaters club of yorkietalk"! I have tried everything and all that works is getting there first. Karma will be 5 months old next week, but as I see some of the ages of the other dogs, I am doubtful if she will outgrow it. WHen she gets all hyper and wants to kiss, we just tell her,"No silly, you are a poop eater"! But we love her anyway! |
12-02-2006, 06:34 PM | #11 |
and Bernie's mom too!" Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pennsylvania
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| my shihtzu used to eat her poop. The vet gave us something to mix with her food that changed the taste of her poo...it worked for us!
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12-03-2006, 07:23 AM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Victorville, CA
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| We also tried the vets stuff, it gave mine the runs! So I decided the poop eating was better! |
12-04-2006, 07:33 AM | #13 |
Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MN
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| One of mine just started doing this a couple months ago and she is about to turn one. The other one - same age - loves the cat box. I keep trying to put the box where the dogs can't get to it, but it's hard to do when the dogs are smaller than the cat and can seem to get anywhere! So.... the general census is that Deter doesn't work?? omega |
12-04-2006, 02:57 PM | #14 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southgate, MI USA
Posts: 238
| poop eater Oh, I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem. My Gizmo has been eating poop forever. Dog poop, rabbit poop, any kind of poop he can find in our big back yard. The problem is he picked up a nasty case of round worms, the vet said probably from the rabbit poop. The only thing you can do is try to pick up poop asap. My dog got really sick from the round worms, but is on medication now to cure it. Good luck |
12-04-2006, 02:57 PM | #15 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southgate, MI USA
Posts: 238
| poop eater Oh, I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem. My Gizmo has been eating poop forever. Dog poop, rabbit poop, any kind of poop he can find in our big back yard. The problem is he picked up a nasty case of round worms, the vet said probably from the rabbit poop. The only thing you can do is try to pick up poop asap. My dog got really sick from the round worms, but is on medication now to cure it. Good luck |
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