My maltese eats his feces then throws up

[Catlady711]

Stool eating can be caused by 2 things....

1) a deficiency in a digestive enzyme. Take a fresh stool sample to your vet and ask for a 'film digestion test' to check for a deficiency in the digesting enzymes. If there is a deficiency the treatment is a inexpensive pill at each meal.

2) a bad habit.

I'm unaware of anything else that causes that problem.

Keep the stools picked up right away and check the stool sample with your vet to rule out medical problems.

[Karen]

This behavior is called copraphagia and there have been many threads on this here, so you are not alone!

Here is one informative one.

[maxito]

Thank you Catlady and Karen for the information. I'll take Max to the vet again. I just wish he would knock it off and quit throwing up!

[keeppitsalive]

ok so this might not be the right choice for you but my dog had the same problem i was told to feed him a little cat food becaues it has turine in it and dog food does not have enough of it in there

[Catlady711]

ok so this might not be the right choice for you but my dog had the same problem i was told to feed him a little cat food becaues it has turine in it and dog food does not have enough of it in there

Did a licensed vet tell you to feed that to your dog? Cat food has way too much protien in it for dogs.