27 Pet Owners Share the Dumbest Reasons Their Pets Have Gone to the Vet

Roy

2 years ago

Kristin Chirico M @lolacoaster Hi please tell me about your most ridiculously funny emergency vet bill, the ones in this thread and VERY GOOD Kristin Chirico @lolacoaster• May 29 Lmao we just paid 800 dollars to be told that our dog is 8 and a half

kat • @ItsKatBiscuits @lolacoaster Last year I paid $400 to be told my cat didn't like the taste of a bug.

Jesse McLaren • @McJesse @lolacoaster Memories 8. M Jesse McLaren @McJesse• Jun 11 One of us just spent $600 to find out the other one has gas.

Jo O @_maryloanna_ @lolacoaster $1500 when her throat swelled up, just to find out she ate a bee and it stung her in her throat. This was the third bee sting of the summer. She doesn't learn.

Noelie 8, 0 @HeyKnolly @lolacoaster So one time our basset hound, Sherman, somehow got his penis stuck outside the sheath. $450 at the vet ER for the doctor to go "yeah, that happens sometimes" before holding the skin on either side and shaking it up and down like a pillowcase

@probirding @lolacoaster one of our hens was laying around and acting severely ill. paid around 300$ for our hen mabel to take a shit in the ray machine. she was totally fine after that

just julia @lesbiathan @lolacoaster Paid $2k to be told our cat's penis is too small and that was what was causing him to have trouble peeing.

@lolacoaster $200 to discover that my cat's limp was, in fact, fake and done only for attention.

Paid $180 once to be told my dog was holding in a fart.

$500 because we hurt his feelings when we let him outside but didn't go *with* him-so he started limping dramatically when he came in/yelped going down the stairs out the door. He was young enough that we worried it was Panosteitis. Nope. Just manipulative.

Earlier this year I paid $500 to learn this guy was so stressed it made his bladder irritated. What does he have to be stressed about?

I paid $150 on top of a $200 check up because my cat got nauseous from the check up

I paid $1k to go to a special vet in Sydney for the them to check her heart bcos our normal vet said her heart beats fast, only for the specialist say "oh she only has anxiety at the vet, she is fine"

$500 to be told that the reason my cat was losing weight wasn't bc of some horrible illness but be we had recently moved from a 750sqft apartment to a 2,000sqft+ house and she was just more active

For anyone curious, this is the cause of my financial demise sitting by her water fountain that contains filtered water

we rushed to the 24h vet and paid like R$260 cause she was shivering during sleep with her eyes all white and we thought she was epileptic or something. turns out she just dreams a lot and likes to roll her eyes when she's asleep.

$200 vet visit because I was afraid he had a UTI, turns out he pees in the house sometimes just to spite me

Earlier this year I paid $800 to be told that yes my cat was shitting his brains out but 'it should be fine tomorrow' which it was. Did I mention the emergency vet is a two hour drive across windy roads and Ash gets carsick.

$200 to be told that my dog didn't like the cold snow touching her paws and was limping around because of it

Paid $1500 to get x rays of our 13 year old dog because we thought she had an intestinal blockage. She just has a sensitive tummy. But we hung the x-rays up on the wall. Most expensive art we ever bought

Once had an emergency call out vet bill to find out my horse had decided to be afraid of the ground.

I once had to take my dog to the ER vet because he chewed and ate my retainers. $400 to make him vomit and make sure nothing was stuck in his gut. He seemed to learn his lesson and didn't eat any random things in the house again.

Paid $425 to find out the worm on her fur was a baby earthworm that my dog got on her when rolling in the wet grass.

My sister took one of her cats to the vet ER once after she was lethargic all day and not eating. Then she farted while waiting to be seen and by the time it was their turn to be seen, she was purring. She literally just had a fart attack. They were able to avoid a bill at least.

paid $100 for the vet to evaluate what I deemed an "embedded tick" in my dogs stomach. come to find out a) ticks don't burrow/embed and b) it was simply her nipple

Funny story: once brie and I were in charge of caring for my aunt's sweet and energetic dog over thanksgiving. We got to the house and found the dog unable to move and lying in her own pee on the stairs. We FREAKED OUT and found and raced her to an ER vet open on thanksgiving Kristin Chirico @ @lolacoaster We literally opened the car door to take her inside and she HOPS OUT ON HER OWN, totally normal, like "oh hi guys, are we going on a trip?" Totally fine - she was just mad that her mom left, and was throwing a fit.

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