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08-02-2005, 04:52 PM
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Eating Dirt.
Why is Kirby eating dirt?
No war cracks, please. LOL. He went out today... and decided to eat all the dirt out of one of my grandma's potted plants. Didn't care for the plant. Didn't even care for my brother's potted strawberry bush right beside it. Just ate dirt. ...And of course he had to come into the house with his muzzle all dirty. So, do you think there's any specific reason, or is Kirby just being Kirby? 
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08-02-2005, 05:16 PM
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I have a sand pile in the backyard for the dogs to play in...get out that sudden need to dig something up. Angel just loves to go there and eat dirt or I hope it's dirt.
 I have a couple outdoor cats...I will leave that to your imagination.
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08-02-2005, 05:26 PM
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Lilly is a girl and even she will occasionally eat dirt. She's done it since puppyhood - I think its just like eating grass to her! She doesn't even eat the grass when she's sick she just eats it whenever she feels like it! I'm pretty sure it's normal.
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08-02-2005, 05:26 PM
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I wanna say it, but I can't!! No war cracks! But I want to soooo bad!!! LOL
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08-03-2005, 10:58 AM
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my mom has a jack russell that eats dirt all the time when she asked the vet she sai it was just the dog being a dog so i think its pretty normal but it is still probably kirby being kirby!!! LOL
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08-03-2005, 11:06 AM
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I don't think it means anything is wrong. In kids if they eat dirt all the time they have some sort of a mineral deficiency (pica) I think it's just a Kirby thing to do today. Mara ate a dead fish at the river today, then she rolled in a rotten old potato someone had thrown away. Man do rotton potatoes stink!!!!!!! Well don't have to give her fish oil pill today.
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08-03-2005, 12:41 PM
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Hey wow wow wow...what is this...
"No war cracks, please." But Oscar is constantly being made fun of because he cant lift his leg. AHAH! KIRBY IS A DIRT EATER!
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08-03-2005, 12:49 PM
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It will NOT hurt the dog to eat some dirt, mine do all the time. They are craving a mineral they cannot get from anything we offer. My horses also used to eat a nice size hole for minerals.Vet told me to ignore it will not kill them and it did not that was many moons ago now.
Just like eating grass to spit up from a sour stomach, mine do that too.. U could give a tsp of Pepto to help.? Pat
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