Coprophagia or stool eating is an issue almost half the pet parents face at some point. Contrary to the common notion of dogs being dogs (or cats being playful), it should be taken as not so normal in modern day homes in America. While there can be several underlying causes, poor quality diet and inadequacy of certain nutrients are rather common ones. The problem appears to be more common with high carb, low fiber diets lacking in certain vitamins, which is a characteristics of most low quality, processed dry kibbles. While there are dozens of products targeting the issue, properly formulated high quality natural supplements as powder, chews, or tablets are available that can actually stop dogs and cats from eating their own or their buddies poop. Powders are quite easy to use in that dog or cat owners can simply sprinkle over the food and be done with it. Science4Pet's No Coprophagia - No Eating stool is unique in that it features all the essential components for stopping stool eating behavior.
Basically all pet foods need added vitamins since the food ingredients alone can not meet even the minimum requirements. Further, considerable amounts of vitamins are lost due to manufacturing and environmental conditions. So, the question is what vitamins, how much of those vitamins, and whether the vitamins actually have their efficacy intact until eaten by your pets. Microencapsulation is the best technology available to protect the vitamins from breaking down before reaching the pets' tummy. Currently,Science4Pets is the only one that offers microencapsulated and non-China multivitamin supplements for dogs and cats intended for raw and home cooked foods as well as well as those needing supplementation to mediocre dry kibbles or other pet foods bought from the store.
Microencapsulation is a state-of-the-art technology in delivering a specific vitamin, mineral, or any other nutrient to the intended recipient and increase the bioavailability and product best by use date. Science4Pets is the first pet food and supplement company to bring pet vitamins that are both non-China and microencapsulated even though microencapsulation is more common in pharmaceutical (extended release being widely known) and cosmetics industry.
There are two types of probiotic bacteria, vegetative and spore forming; former being much more susceptible to environmental factors as well as stomach acid. Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Enterococcus, etc. come under vegetative group, while bacteria of Bacillus genus are the most common among spore forming ones used in probiotic industry. Vegetative species are much more economical than spore forming ones and therefore, extensively used in the pet food industry. Science4Pets (www.science4pets.com) is among only a few pet food companies that use two Bacillus species in their probiotic and other relevant products.
