Insufficient water replenishment, vomiting, diarrhea, and disease will cause dogs to dehydrate
Insufficient drinking water, fever, excessive exercise may cause dogs to dewater. The effect of minor dehydration on the dog is not very large, but once dehydrated to a certain amount, it has not been replenished in time for dogs, so then It will cause great damage to the dog's body. Observe the symptoms of the dog. If dehydration occurs, it should be replenished in time.
1. Cause of dehydration
Desequent dehydration is usually reduced or restricted drinking water due to systemic diseases caused by a systemic disease. Or due to intentional restrictions on food or decreased food intake due to accidents. Excessive urine output causes the acceleration of water loss, and digestive tract diseases such as vomiting and diarrhea can also cause water loss.
2. How to diagnose
1. Ask the dog's medical history, and then judge the degree of dehydration of the dog. Understand the usual feeding of dogs, whether there is appetite, low thirst, drinking more, and moisture that intakes normal. Whether to appetite is also a factor to judge whether the dog is dehydrated. Because water is often caused by feeding stimulation. Whether the body fluid is abnormally lost, and whether there is vomiting, diarrhea, polyuria, excessive saliva, etc. If some problems described above for a long time, then dogs are likely to be dehydrated.
2. If the dog's weight decreases sharply, it is likely to be caused by too much dehydration. If weighing by about 450g, it means losing 500ml of moisture.
3. Dehydration can generally be discovered by physical examination. When dehydration is severe, the dog's eyeballs will fall, and the mucous membrane becomes dry, and the capillaries will be extended.
4. Skin: Normal dog skin is elastic, because the skin has more moisture. It is best to choose the torso site for pinching parts, and do not proceed on the neck of the skin. Pick up the skin and loosen it. If it is immediately restored to the original, it means that the skin is healthy. But if the skin is relaxed and the recovery time is long, it means that the dog has a certain degree of dehydration.
5. Blood test: The blood itself contains a certain amount of water. If dehydrated, the color of the dog's blood will be dark red and the viscosity will become higher.