Eating a wild animal can be harmful to your dog dead or alive. Dead rats or mice will commonly have poison in them. It is also possible small mammals could be carrying fleas, which can be transmitted to a dog or cat who encounters them. Take your dog to the vet for x-rays as soon as you can.
What do I do if my dog ate an animal?
If your dog has eaten part of a dead animal, call your vet and give as much detail as possible about the incident.
What happens if a dog eats a live bird?
In the majority of cases, your dog will be fine if he eats the odd bird. Unlike toxic dangers from certain amphibians, the dangers posed by birds are intestinal blockages, and bacterial diseases. Usually, the bones, and other parts of a bird won't cause any harm, especially if the bird is fresh.
Do dogs eat living animals?
Dogs are also scavengers. They eat the leftovers from every animal that is killed or dies. As Ian Billinghurst, a leading proponent of natural feeding, has pointed out, dogs receive 'valuable nutrients from materials that we humans find totally repugnant.
Would a dog eat a live human?
Yes. Dogs are perfectly willing to eat human corpses, and there's no evidence that they treat their masters differently than any other dead body. Many cultures consider dogs unclean precisely because of their tendency to scavenge our remains. In The Iliad, Homer makes nine references to dogs eating dead bodies.
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