Everyone knows that calcium is a very critical mineral for both dogs and humans. It not only endangers the bones, but also plays a particularly important role in the physical and mental health of the dog. To ensure the physical and mental health of the dog, calcium supplementation cannot be ignored. As a cat slave who meets the standards, you should pay more attention to your dog to prevent and treat it early, so that the dog can become successful and happy, and wait for people to live longer.
Diseases of calcium deficiency in dogs:
1. Main symptoms
In the early stage of calcium deficiency, dogs will experience poor appetite, indigestion, slowly losing weight, and delayed growth. From the top of the head, the dog will be shorter than the dog of the same age, and will be unsteady and shaking.
In addition, if the dog trembles for no reason, it can also consider whether it is calcium deficiency. Some dogs will tremble when they come to a strange natural environment. That is normal. However, if they often tremble in their own homes, but the room temperature is not low, it is very likely that the dog is calcium-deficient.
2. Dog bone problems
Calcium deficiency in dogs can cause various bone problems, such as joint deformation, X-shaped legs, O-shaped legs, rib valgus, etc. Calcium deficiency in dogs can continue to develop muscle stiffness, such as limping while walking.
If small and medium-sized dogs are not calcium enough, they will experience O-shaped legs, rib tilts, wrist joint deformation, etc. Large, medium-sized dogs will cause serious deformation of the forelimbs. If you find that it is not immediately and the treatment is inappropriate, it will cause permanent tumbling or sloping.
3. Dog dental problems
If there is no immediate calcium supplementation during the dental replacement period of the young dog, the dog's front teeth will not fall off, and the growth and development of permanent teeth will be delayed, which will immediately cause irregular teeth arrangement and large gaps in the teeth.
If adult dogs have long-term calcium deficiency, they will suffer from various oral diseases, such as periodontitis.
4. Hair problems
Is the dog's hair beautiful? At a certain level, it can reflect the physical and mental health level of the dog's human body. Dogs with calcium deficiency have dimmer back hair than normal dogs, and their hair volume will decrease. If the dog has a lot of hair loss during the non-hair loss period, consider whether the dog is calcium-deficient.
What dogs must supplement calcium:
Calcium is important, but not necessarily all dogs must supplement calcium.
1. Older dogs
Due to the decline of physiological functions and the harm of the disease, the ability to absorb calcium is reduced and the body's calcium outflow is seriously harmful to the amplitude of the bones, and calcium must be supplemented.
2. Dog mothers in the late pregnancy and breastfeeding period are generally dog mothers in the final 3 months of pregnancy and breastfeeding period. Due to the absorption of the dog baby, a lot of calcium outflows in the body. The demand for calcium has increased significantly. Additional calcium supplementation must be added to meet the needs.
3. Taking people's meals for a long time
Many cat slaves like to give leftovers to their dogs immediately, which will not only easily cause imbalance in nutritional content, but will also cause calcium deficiency in dogs. It is better for the owner to choose to feed dog food.
4. Dogs who eat protein foods and meat for a long time
Because this type of food not only contains very low calcium, but also contains a high concentration of vitamin D, dogs have a long-term intake of vitamin D with a higher concentration of vitamin D can inhibit the absorption of calcium. Therefore, this type of feeding habit should be corrected immediately and calcium should be filled immediately.
How to prevent calcium deficiency in dogs?
1. In order to allow the body to absorb calcium, the owner should take the dog to bask in the sun more often. The ultraviolet light in the sun is conducive to the absorption of calcium in the dog.
2. Daily health care. It can apply some high-quality calcium supplement products to dogs, such as "Calcium Lactate Tablets for Greedy Pets", which contain nutrients such as vitamin D and mineral phosphorus, which can promote dogs to absorb calcium as soon as possible.
3. When dogs are calcium-deficient, they should also pay attention to the selection of dog foods, and they can choose some dog foods with higher calcium content. It is highly recommended to buy "Natural Dog Food without Greediness", which contains protein and various nutrients, which can strengthen bones. Usually, you can feed some calcium-rich ingredients such as shrimp skin, egg yolks and some beans, so that the nutritional ingredients of dogs are more balanced!