weeing and drinking a lot

[saddog]

hi my border collie is nearly 11 , have noticed the last week he has been drinking and weeing a lot,its not like wee its colourless and has no smell , he wakes me every night to go out , lost a bit of weight ,which he could do with as he was fat , eyes have a blue tinge , got a few little lumps round his neck,and a few big ones on his side , other than that seems alert , happy , still eating the same just slower, do you think its worth a vet visit or just old age stuff kicking in ?.

Could be kidneys? I'd take him to the vet anyway.

Definitely he needs to see a vet. Peeing and drinking more than usual - and enough for you to notice are not 'normal' old age behaviour. It could be a multitude of things, so he needs to be looked at. They may recommend blood tests and possibly further investigation from there.

Hope all goes ok.

thank you , yes am thinking i should take him , hes a grumpy old bugger and hates anyone touching and prodding him , just hope a simple blood test can tell the problem .

Vets and take a urine sample with you too as concentration of urine can be really helpful. The list of possible causes for weight loss, drinking more and peeing more is very, very long.

will take him monday , am getting his yearly jab done ,will get him weighed , and mention the drinking and weeing, if its still happening over the weekend , fingers crossed as he hasnt been drinking as much today .