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My cat won't eat, drinks, breathes heavily. What's wrong with him?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | 17 years and 11 months old | 15 lbs

My cat won't eat but he will drink and hes breathing heavily

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on December 18th, 2016

Many conditions can cause this symptoms such as a foreign body in the GI, an infection, gum disease, kidney failure and more... You need to take him to the vet ASAP, he will need a blood test to start with, there are good chances that the diagnosis will come from there.

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