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Why is my dog suddenly not eating, peeing often, and losing weight?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male

A street dog is found, suddenly stopped eating, urinating many times and loosing weight

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Answered By Amy S. Eutsey, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on October 6th, 2017

These can be symptoms of many problems including kidney disease or failure and diabetes. He may have eaten something toxic that has effected his kidneys or gastrointestinal tract. This dog really needs an exam and bloodwork to determine what is going on. Unfortunately, there is really nothing you can do to fix the problem if you don't know what the cause is. Please take him to your veterinarian for evaluation.

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    Answered By Jenna Beyer, DVM, MBA, cVMA

    Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

    Published on October 7th, 2017

    Those symptoms can be caused by so many different things, including intestinal parasites, intestinal obstruction, kidney failure, liver disease, cancer, IBD, bacterial or viral infection, etc. The vet may need to run diagnostics, such as bloodwork, viral testing, x-rays to look for obstruction, ultrasound to look for tumors or other disease, intestinal parasite screening, etc.

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