No ke aha e ʻai ai ka ʻīlio i ka honua

ʻAi pinepine nā ʻīlio i nā mea āpau, akā inā hoʻomaka ka ʻīlio e ʻai i ka honua, a laila hopohopo paha ka mea nona. Eia naʻe, ma waena o nā hoaaloha ʻehā wāwae he mea maʻamau kēia. Ke ʻai nā ʻīlio i ka lepo, mauʻu, pōhaku, lāʻau, ʻōpala, a me nā mea ʻai ʻole ʻē aʻe, hiki ke ʻike ʻia me kahi maʻi ʻai i kapa ʻia ʻo "picacism" (mai Latin pica, kanahā). Inā ʻai ka ʻīlio i ka honua mai ka mea hiki ʻole ke ʻai ʻia, a laila, e like me Wag! kākau, he hōʻailona paha kēia o kahi kūlana i kapa ʻia he geophagy. He aha ia - he ʻano maʻamau a i ʻole ke kumu hopohopo?

Nā kumu e ʻai ai nā ʻīlio i ka lepo

Ma muli paha o ka luuluu a i ʻole ke koʻikoʻi ka makemake e nau i ka honua, a i ʻole ua honi wale ka ʻīlio i kahi mea ʻono i hui pū ʻia me ka honua. Akā ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i ka lepo hiki ke hōʻailona i kahi pilikia olakino a i ʻole ka meaʻai, wahi a ka American Kennel Club (AKC). He hōʻailona paha ka geophagia compulsive o kekahi o kēia mau pilikia:

Anemia

ʻO ka anemia i loko o nā ʻīlio kahi maʻi i hōʻike ʻia e nā pae haʻahaʻa o ka hemoglobin i loko o ke koko. Wahi a CertaPet, hiki ke hana ʻia ka anemia ma muli o ka ʻai kaulike ʻole. Loaʻa paha i ka ʻīlio anemic ka manaʻo e ʻai i ka honua no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻopaʻi i ka nele o nā meaʻai e kumu ai ke ʻano. ʻO ke ala wale nō e ʻike pono ai i ka anemia ma o ka hoʻāʻo koko.

ʻAʻole i kaulike ʻia ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka nele o ka mineral

ʻOiai me ka ʻole o ka anemia, hiki ke alakaʻi i ka geophagy wale nō ka meaʻai ʻole i loko o kahi ʻīlio. A hōʻike paha kēia ʻaʻole loaʻa iā ia nā minerala e pono ai ke olakino. Loaʻa paha iā ia nā pilikia hormonal e pale ana i ka lawe ʻana o nā minerala a me nā meaʻai mai ka meaʻai. ʻAʻole kakaikahi nā meaʻai i nā holoholona olakino, no laila e ʻoluʻolu e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka holoholona e pili ana i ke koho ʻana i ka meaʻai maikaʻi loa no kāu pipi.

Nā pilikia o ka ʻōpū a i ʻole nā ​​maʻi ʻōpū

Hiki i nā ʻīlio ke ʻai i ka honua e hōʻoluʻolu i ka ʻōpū ʻeha a i ʻole ka ʻōpū halulu. Inā pilikia ka ʻīlio i ka ʻōpū, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻai ʻana i ka mauʻu, e like me ka AKC. Hiki paha i ka ʻai ʻana i ka mauʻu ke alakaʻi i kahi liʻiliʻi o ka honua e komo i ka waha.

Pilikia me ka ai ilio

Inā ʻai ka ʻīlio i ka honua, pono ʻoe e pāpā koke iā ia e hana i kēia, no ka mea, ʻo ia ʻano hana e pōʻino ai kona olakino. Eia kekahi mau pilikia e pili ana i ka geophagy i nā ʻīlio, e like me ka AKC:

• ʻO ka maʻi ʻōpū e pono ai ke ʻoki.
• ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i nā pesticides a me nā toxins ʻē aʻe.
• ʻOhu.
• Poino i nā niho, ka ʻāʻī, ka ʻūhā, a i ʻole ka ʻōpū ma muli o ka ʻai ʻana i nā pōhaku a i ʻole nā ​​lālā.
• ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i nā parasite lepo.

ʻO ka wā hea e kāhea aku ai i kahi Kauka holoholona

No ke aha e ʻai ai ka ʻīlio i ka honua? Inā hana ʻo ia ma muli o ke koʻikoʻi a i ʻole ka luhi, mai hopohopo, akā e hoʻōki koke i ka hana. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻai ka ʻīlio i ka honua a me ka mauʻu mau a ʻokoʻa paha kona ʻano ma mua o ka maʻamau ma hope o kēlā, pono ʻoe e hoʻopili i kāu kauā. E nānā ʻo ia i ka ʻīlio no nā pilikia olakino i hoʻonāukiuki i kēlā mau hana. E nānā ke kauka inā he mau maʻi ko ka holoholona ma muli o ka ʻai ʻana i ka honua.

Pehea e pale ai i kāu ʻīlio mai geophagy

Inā he pilikia olakino ke kumu o ka geophagy i loko o kahi ʻīlio a i ʻole ke kaulike o ka meaʻai, e kōkua ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlana kumu a i ʻole ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka meaʻai. Akā inā ua hoʻomaka ka ʻīlio e ʻai i ka lepo a lilo ia i mea maʻamau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i kēia mau hoʻolālā::

• E hoʻokaʻawale i kāu ʻīlio ke hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻai i ka lepo. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia me ke kauoha waha a i ʻole ka leo nui, a hāʻawi iā ia e nahu i kahi pāʻani.
• E mālama i kāu ʻīlio ma kahi kaula i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e hele ai i hiki iā ʻoe ke alakaʻi iā ia mai kahi ākea.
• Wehe i nā mea kanu i hoʻolapalapa ʻia i loko o ka hale a waiho maikaʻi paha iā lākou mai kahi hiki aku o kāu ʻīlio.
• Wehe i nā mea kanu hale i loko o nā ipuhao mai ka hale a i ʻole e waiho ma kahi hiki ʻole i ka holoholona.
• E hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu ʻīlio i ka hoʻoikaika kino a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo e hoʻopau i ke kaumaha i ʻole ʻo ia e ʻai i ka lepo no ka luhi.

Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i kāu ʻīlio e hoʻokō i nā pilikia i loko o kona ola, e like me ka hoʻololi koke ʻana i ka hana maʻamau a i ʻole ka hui ʻohana, kaʻawale. Malia paha he manawa pono ka pipi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ia.

Inā ʻaʻohe o nā hoʻolālā i manaʻo ʻia e hana, pono paha ke kōkua o ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa holoholona ʻoihana a i ʻole ka mea hana holoholona.

ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ka geophagy i waena o nā ʻīlio, ʻaʻole palekana ka ʻae ʻana i kahi holoholona e hana pēlā. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka hana ʻana e pale i kēia ʻano a ʻike i nā kumu, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke olakino o ka ʻīlio.