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My overweight dog stopped eating after finding moldy food. Is he sick?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Male | neutered | 17 lbs

My dog who is overweight stopped eating for 5 days, no other s/s ie nausea/vomiting, fever etc. Today I discovered moldy food at bottom of his food container. I assume water got in but did not feed him any moldy food. Any thing I can do? Should I worry about renal/liver failure?

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Answered By Claudia Fioravanti

Veterinarian

Published on November 27th, 2018

Hi, as Oliver started eating again ? If so and he seems back to his normal self, I would not worry. If he is still not himself, I would pop him into the vets to have him checked over and a blood test would be a sensible idea to find out more information about his health. Hope this helps ! Thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach !

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