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Why is my 4-week-old puppy throwing up after eating and acting sick?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | American Pit Bull Terrier | Female | unspayed | 1 month and 10 days old

My 4 week old American pitbull pup was fine all day until night came. She started to walk around my room normally and was asking for food. She eat it and then 5min later she began to throw up for like an hour and after all that she walked around my room keeping her distance. I'm worried

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Answered By Dr. Elizabeth

Veterinarian

Published on July 11th, 2019

Abby needs to be examined by the veterinarian today. She is too young to be protected from diseases and certain viruses, including Parvo, can present like this. Other possible causes of vomiting include parasites, eating something she shouldn’t have or getting in to medications...etc. Abby is too young to have the reserves of adult dogs and so she needs intervention earlier. Bring in a sample of stool for testing for Parvo and parasites. Best of luck.

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