Today, I paid $325 to have the vet tell me that my 19-year-old cat ISN'T dying, she just had anxiety shits because we were gone on vacation for so long. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out after $200 worth of checks and tests, three rugs being ruined from her peeing and pooping on them, that my cat isn't sick. She just has really bad separation anxiety. FML
Today, I dropped $1600 at the emergency vet because I thought my 14 year-old cat was constipated or obstructed. He was neither. He just had lots of gas in his intestines. I paid $1600 to find out my cat needed to fart. FML
Today, I had to put my cat to sleep after she was in an accident. While I was crying hysterically, the vet asked me for $230. FML
Today, I was nervous about taking my cat to the vet for a UTI, because money’s a little tight. Turns out the antibiotics weren’t that expensive, but he wants at least $1,000 for dental surgery she apparently “needs.” FML
Today, after seeing my cat struggle to use the litterbox and produce nothing for two days, I caved and took him to the emergency vet, fearing a UTI. It wasn't. $200 and 2 Lyft rides later, he's stoned out of his mind and peeing just fine. FML
Today, my cat was hit by a car. I took it to the vet expecting the worst but they told me that she’d be fine. I was so happy I didn't even mind paying the $50 bill. The next morning my cat was dead. Having her put down humanely would have cost $45, I paid $5 extra to have her die in my kitchen. FML
Today, I took my cat to the vet for an x-ray. They found three dollar coins in his stomach. The surgery to remove them is $600. FML
Today, I'm sitting at the vet's office while they run expensive tests on my cat. This is to make sure he doesn't have a bowel obstruction from eating the condom that my partner and I used last night. FML
Today, I paid $70 to learn from the vet that my cat doesn't have a UTI, he's just developed a fetish for peeing on plastic bags. FML
Today, I had to explain to my boss that the reason I was sobbing hysterically as she told me that I was getting a pay raise was because I was going to the vet to have my sick and dying cat put down. Good news at a bad time. FML
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Top comments
electrorange 13
After 19 years, I would assume you know how your cat works.
OhWhoCares 42
Vets are ridiculously expensive, but at least your kitty is healthy :)
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OhWhoCares 42
Vets are ridiculously expensive, but at least your kitty is healthy :)
NeatNit 33
a 19-year-old is pretty much the opposite of a kitty. I didn't know they even live that long! OP must be a really got pet owner.
gpg5 19
Old cats can still be called kitty.
ihpp 22
my one cat lived to be 22. they really can live a long time.
Crazc 15
Yeah, it's kind of annoying when people call older animals by their baby names. No, your ten year old dog is not a puppy anymore.
kickass1954 14
Well that sucks
electrorange 13
After 19 years, I would assume you know how your cat works.
seriouslygrowup 11
after 19 years you need to accept your cat is old as hell and will die, why spend $325 on it? You deserved it
pike1346 3
Too funny
triplebeerox 27
Look on the bright side: at least your cat is alright.
mattlord 7
19 years old!? And still pushing on!? Wow
drummer1017 8
19 year old cat is quite the trooper! Although you think you'd know your cat would do this especially if it wasn't the first vacation where you brought the cat.
thrifting 18
If kept indoors cats can easily live into their twenties, unless they have renal or urinary problems that sometimes come with old age. By that time though they're pretty scraggly. Teeth falling out.. Old ass cat syndrome lol
JazNim17 18
They don't have to be kept indoors to live a long life. I have a cat who is 17 and she's lived outside her entire life. She's every bit as healthy as my three month old kitten. Some cats are just built to last.
LifeMD 14
What made you think she was about to die in the first place?
jerryj 27
Because in human years, the cat is nearly 100 years old.
xoteeshaox 22
and cats lose their bowels close to death
seriouslygrowup 11
they don't lose their bowels close to death btw, my cat died when she was 16
chinaski7628 32
Death and illness can cause some animals, including people, to lose their bowels. It doesn't happen every time, but if I had an elderly pet with sudden bowel problems, I'd assume it was time.
KittyLahv 27
I'm quite sure they don't lose their bowels. They can, however, lose control of their bowels, causing them to involuntarily "let loose."
chinaski7628 32
Yep-- I realized my spelling error too late. I should never post when I just wake up.
Becca_Bear_98 19
Steal the money back, and get a new cat, and name it Kitty Purry.
cakefete2 31
That name would get old long before OP got out of jail for theft.
joemud 13
Don't ever
sicksadworld1317 30
Pssh, come on. The only logical names for a cat are Fuzziliciousness and Fluffaluffagus.
JJ_86 22
I feel sorry for you. You most have had a long hard thought to come up with those
Dozer1988 14
At least your kitty is okay! Though I don't know what kind of vet charges $325 to diagnose anxiety... Sorry, OP. Be happy your cat isn't dying.
alliewillie 22
I'm sure they didn't charge $325 just to tell her it had anxiety. If they were scared it was dying and presented a "a really sick cat" according to the owner, they likely did an exam, bloodwork, possible x-rays to look for tumors or obstructions...
Siettadulce 21
Agreed that vet visits are ridiculously expensive but at least your cat is alright! That's the important thing, right?
Brandi_Faith 34
I feel like its so mean that vets charge so much. It's like they know they have us by the balls so they jack up their prices. The sad thing is many pets don't get the care they need because the owners don't have the money for the vet bills. I think if vets truly care about animals as they obviously do and should, they should figure out a way to lower prices or allow care for people that don't have the money to pay for it. And before people say they can't afford to lower prices, then how come a vet in a rural area is so much cheaper than one in a populated town or city? I feel bad that the animals have to suffer because the owners don't have the money, ya know? Just life I know, but still sad.