sihai.com, for people who have pets at home, they should also pay attention to the diet taboo of pets, which will cause damage to them if they are not careful. It's not that dogs can't eat salt at all, it's that they can only eat a small amount of salt. Dog's body structure is quite special, and the body's demand for various nutrients is different from other animals.
1. Easy to induce skin diseases
Some people think that dogs will have skin disease if they eat too much salt. In fact, this statement is lack of scientific. It can only be said that a small part of the reason for dog's skin disease is due to excessive salt, because there will be more sweat when eating excessive salt. It is necessary to know that dog's sweat glands have degenerated and will not sweat on the skin. Dogs mainly rely on their tongue and foot pads to dissipate heat, so excessive salt is prone to skin disease. When the dog skin is abnormal, please take the dog for diagnosis and treatment in time. Usually, the earliest treatment of skin diseases is the better.
2. The dog's hair is dry, dull and depilated; it will also make the dog's tears increase, forming ugly tear marks on the hair, which are difficult to remove, and even cause eye diseases.
3. Dogs eat too much salty food, which can cause problems such as picky food, kidney, high blood pressure, heart, etc.
4. Salt poisoning easily occurs
Salt is necessary to maintain the normal osmotic pressure of somatic cells and to keep the body fluid neutral. A long-term lack of salt will affect the growth and development of dogs, but a large increase in salt content will cause dogs to drink a lot of water, then loose their bowels, then watery diarrhea, anorexia or waste food, even paralysis and a series of salt poisoning symptoms.
For dogs poisoned at the initial stage, they should be given clean water to drink immediately in batches to reduce the concentration of salt in their stomach. Do not drink too much water at one time, or the diarrhea of dogs will increase. Or buy some emetics to induce vomiting, not too much must be less. Finally, if the dog's poisoning symptoms are better, you can give him some intestinal benefits to stop diarrhea and regulate his stomach, which can help him repair his stomach and restore his appetite.
How much salt should dogs eat in a day?
All the dog food, even the manufacturers of these poor dog food, still won't forget to add salt. Why? Because salt can increase the palatability of dog food and make dogs love it. The physiological function of salt is to stimulate the secretion of saliva, promote the function of other digestive enzymes, and improve the taste of feed and appetite.
So the conclusion is that dogs must eat salt, but to control within the standard. In the dry dog food with 10% water content, the salt requirement should be more than 1%. If a dog weighs 1 kg, eat 20 grams of dog food every day. For example, a 25 kg golden hair needs at least 500 mg of salt per day.