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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Comments (74)
chrisstachon 30
poor cat
91hayek 31
Why did it cost that much? Do they have to do a special test or something?
nikkibodnarchuk 26
I'd pay $325 for the peace of mind.
fsomelife 26
You call this an FML?! Be glad your cat's okay!!!!!
PiinkVanilla 15
Consider yourself blessed. I was at the vet for 2 hours and payed $1,000 to have them put my 17-year-old cat to sleep. We had to pay for tests they didn't even send out because they decided to put her down.
Brandi_Faith 34
That's awful. They should've given you the money back if the tests ended up not being sent out and unnecessary!
tony1891 22
your cat is 19 years old? wow. didn't think they lived that long
foxwasalamb 24
most cats, to my knowledge, live to be 15-20 years old. with proper care and diet of course
False_Stupidity 42
You've got to be kitten me, $325 just to do a basic check up? And 19 years, wow, your cat must be on its ninth life by now for sure but at least you know that it isn't dying.
martin8337 36
Pets can miss people and suffer from anxiety just like people. 19 years and still going, you must really take great care of the cat. Kudos.
baseballbv 17
That's a lot of money to pay for a creature ready to make its way out.
150493x 29
Better safe than sorry! We recently had our dog at the vets and I'd rather pay the vet just for them to say he is okay than to leave him and worry.