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My cat has lethargy & poor appetite. What do his bloodwork mean?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Mediumhair | Male | neutered | 6 years and 11 months old | 14 lbs

My cat had bloodwork today but the vet got called into an emergency before he could explain it. What could cause these readings? He is a 7 year old, neutered male, DMH. Poor appetite and lethargy made us take him in for bloodwork.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on November 14th, 2017

The story behind the blood test is basically a severe case of kidney failure, it could be acute due to some sort of poisoning that affected the kidneys. these results alarmed your vet obviously, i am assuming he will advise hospitalization on IV fluids for a few days to start with.

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