Roselady Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Hello there Here I am with another question Our 9mth terrier has been ill for last few weeks with vomiting/diarrhoea, poor little chap. We've just received faecal sample results back and he's got Clostridia and Camplyobacter which he's now being treated for. Unfortunately, he loves nothing more than to eat fox poo and cat poo and we are really trying to curtail this, even more so now and I put it down to this. Then, after speaking to our Avian vet yesterday, I mentioned about Rory and he asked me does he eat the chicken poo. Yes, when he can! What an idiot, it never even occurred to me he could have got it from that. We're in the middle of re-hauling the garden, so when it's done - he'll never get the chance to eat it again. My question is - has anyone else had this problem ie, their dog becoming infected from either eating the chicken poo or just from the traipsing in and out of the garden ie the pathogens on soles of your feet? Would be v grateful (as ever) for comments/thoughts x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Gosh, I'd never even considered this. Tango loves nothing better than to hoover up all the chicken poops in the garden of an evening. I assume you have just been terribly unlucky as I know there are a number of chook poo loving dogs belonging to forum members and I've never heard of any of them becoming poorly as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roselady Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Hi LB, thanks for the reassurance - I hadn't thought of it either! I didn't think I'd ever read anything on here before about it. I was more inclined to think it could be from the fox but then it could be 'all of the above'. Rory is disgusting - anything revolting he wants to eat / carry. Am really hoping he grows out of it ??? Numerous people have said its a terrier thing, but not being experienced with dogs I can't say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Numerous people have said its a terrier thing, but not being experienced with dogs I can't say I have no idea about this but certainly Tango loves to munch on just about every variety of poo available We often get lots of 'Ugh, gross' from other dogs walkers while we're out and about and they spot Tango breakfasting on a tasty pile of horse poo or hoovering up rabbit poo in the fields. I don't tend to worry about it too much and just make sure she gets wormed regularly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
