Constipation Relief & Prevention for Infants, Adults & Seniors: Natural Remedy and Home Remedies
|Dog constipation typically occurs as they get older, lack of exercise, and poor diet. Constipation in dogs can also occur due to the ingestion of objects such as sticks, trash and other not easily digested objects. Bones can also be difficult to digest. Indigestible objects can lodge in the intestines causing blockage in your dog’s digestive tract thus preventing feces to expel. As with humans, water is absorbed from the stool if it remains in the intestines too long. This causes the
feces to become hard and difficult to pass. As a result your dog may strain to poop and may withhold defecating for several days. This only causes the stool to become more impacted. If this goes on for too long, the bowels may become irreversibly stretched causing your dog to lose the ability to defecate. This condition is known as “mega colon”. Male dogs that have not been neutered may also become constipated from the onset of prostate disease, as can dogs infested with worms.
If these remedies do not work within a few days, then you should check with your vet. There are other conditions that can cause constipation including: bowel obstruction in the digestive tract, enlarged prostrate, hernias, kidney disease and a few other conditions.