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My dog keeps eating flies. Is it safe or harmful for his health?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Dachshund | Male | neutered | 7 years and 7 months old | 30 lbs

This may be nothing but scooter is always chasing flys and sometimes he catches them and before I can get it away from him he eats how serious is it fir him to swallow it

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on October 13th, 2018

Swallowing flies will not cause any harm to Scooter but if he is eating them in abundance, he may develop vomiting / diarrhea. Otherwise, if he is eating them occasionally, this should not be a problem. You could use fly traps to help reduce the amount of flies in the area where Scooter spends most of his time.

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