What should I do if my dog has rickets?

Treatment methods for rickets in dogs:
1. Supplement vitamin D preparations such as cod liver oil. If diarrhea occurs, stop taking the medication to prevent overdose of vitamin D.
2. Puppies should strengthen outdoor exercise and increase their exposure to sunlight.
3. Calcium supplements should be maintained in food, such as bone meal and calcium powder.
4. Absorption is the key. You should deworm regularly, exercise more, drink yogurt in an appropriate amount, use nutritional supplements, supplement balanced nutrition, and feed regularly and quantitatively to improve the dog's absorption capacity.
Causes of rickets in dogs:
1. If the dog’s daily diet lacks vitamin D, insufficient calcium, phosphorus and other minerals, or excessive amounts of both , leading to nutritional imbalance, thereby causing rickets.
2. House-fed dogs born in winter are often prone to this disease due to the small sports field, lack of exercise, and lack of sunlight exposure.
3. Dogs have long-term chronic digestive tract dysfunction, diarrhea, parasitic diseases, etc., which affect the absorption function of the intestinal mucosa.
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