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My cat has diarrhea and is drinking a lot. What's wrong and what to do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Male | neutered | 1 year and 2 months old | 8.443705 lbs

My cat suddenly drank a lot of water and had diarrhea. What do you think is wrong with him? What should I do?

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Answered By Claudia Fioravanti

Veterinarian

Published on January 20th, 2019

Hi, I think he probably had diarrhoea first and consequently felt dehydrated and drank a lot of water. Leave plenty of fresh water available and you could give him some probiotics to help his feaces become more solid (i.e. Protexin Pro-kaolin 15ml size 2 syringe graduations twice a day for 3-4 days) and Hill’s GI wet food for cats. If your cat starts to vomit as well, I would recommend to have him checked over..! Hope this helps !

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