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My dog has bad-smelling diarrhea. Could it be parvo if she's eating?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 9 months old

I just got home and lilo dirrahea all over in her crate and it’s smells like parvo dirrahea from experience but she’s eating and drinking any cause of dirrahea or bad smelling dirrahea?

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Answered By Dr. Elizabeth

Veterinarian

Published on June 19th, 2019

The reason parvo smells a particular way is due to the blood in the stool. Many conditions, aside from parvo, can cause blood in the stool or a similar smell. Causes of diarrhea can range from a bacterial infection to poisoning. I recommend to play it safe and have a Lilo examined by the veterinarian. Bring in a stool sample for testing. I hope she feels better quickly.

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