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An abnormal diet with insufficient water content, scavenging or ingestion indigestable material such as plastics, certain plants, hair and bones can all cause problems.  

An abnormal diet with insufficient water content, scavenging or ingestion indigestable material such as plastics, certain plants, hair and bones can all cause problems.  

'''Mecanical obstruction'''  

'''Mecanical obstruction'''<br>

An obstrucion of the colon or rectum will cause faecal material to become impacted and dry. The obstruction may be intraluminal such as a foreign body, polyp, mass or stricture. Extraluminal obstruction can be due to a mass, abscess, and prostatic disease such as prostatic cyst, mass and prostamegaly.  

An obstrucion of the colon or rectum will cause faecal material to become impacted and dry. The obstruction may be intraluminal such as a foreign body, polyp, mass or stricture. Extraluminal obstruction can be due to a mass, abscess, and prostatic disease such as prostatic cyst, mass and prostamegaly.  

'''Colonic weakness'''

'''Colonic weakness'''<br>

'''Problems with defaecation'''

'''Problems with defaecation'''<br>

Environmental and behavioural factors are also important; a change in routein or household or excessive stress can prevent animals from defecating normally. Animlas also avoid defacation if it is painful due to anal sac disease, trauma to the perineal area, or they are unable to aaume a normal position to defecate because of a fractured pelvis or another orthopaedic condition.  

Environmental and behavioural factors are also important; a change in routein or household or excessive stress can prevent animals from defecating normally. Animlas also avoid defacation if it is painful due to anal sac disease, trauma to the perineal area, or they are unable to aaume a normal position to defecate because of a fractured pelvis or another orthopaedic condition.