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My cat hasn't eaten in 3 days and is lethargic. What's wrong?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 10 months old

One of my cats is not eating food for three days. Looks dull. Always sleeping. Kindly prescribe me the medicine.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on October 5th, 2017

Poos is experiencing very general symptoms of disease, these symptoms could fit almost any internal condition, maybe he is suffering from nausea due to a gastrointestinal disease and maybe he is in pain, from the symptoms described it's very hard to know. i would recommend taking him to the vet as soon as possible in order to get him checked, if he doesn't show any other obvious symptoms during the examination, a blood test and possibly an ultrasound will be needed in order to try and find out what is wrong with Poos.

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

    Veterinarian

    Published on November 18th, 2019

    This tells me Lemon is sick. It's quite serious when a cat has a significant decrease in appetite. Unfortunately a decrease in appetite and lethargy are signs of many illnesses, so without seeing him in person, I cannot narrow down what is going on. You need to take him into a vet immediately.

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