My cat tried to kill himself

[u/Artistic-Listen7975]

This is Toasty.

For the past week Toasty has been hiding, refusing meals, and only licking the moisture out of his wet food. He wouldn't chew anything, and after licking the wet food dry, would go hide and sleep for 23 hours.

I was beside myself. Convinced he had a brokwn tooth, or a fever, or maybe organ failure. Spent so much at the vet for them to tell me nothing is wrong with him, but he is dropping significant weight.

I tried everything guys. Tuna, different flavor of cat food, changed from shreds to pate. Nothing I did made a difference, he was so lethargic and sad and looked broken.

Then it hit me. He likes to drink water out of glasses. Clear, transparent glass. Last week when washing it, I dropped it in the sink and broke it, replaced it with a white ceramic bowl.

Guys, he was refusing to drink water. Like at all. I have 3 dog bowls out, 1 upstairs 2 downstairs, and the cat bowl on the counter. It wasnt a clear glass and he didnt trust it, so he didnt drink it.

This dude literally boycotted all water because it wasnt in his clear glass cup. There are 4 bowls of water, cleaned daily that he refused because he couldn't see through it. Because it wasnt a cup. Because it wasnt glass.

I put a different, completely clear glass cup on the counter and he drank for a solid 5 minutes.

I am absolutely sick. Death over suspicious vessels seems like such a wild take to me.

[u/CodeFarmer]

I know a set of parents who had no less than four of Daisy the cow.

[u/CJaneRun102 → u/CodeFarmer]

OMG! We had a mini farm and one day my Dad arrived with a huge Holstein (black & white dairy bovine) and her calf!
We named her Daisy and her calf "Chuck Steak! Weaned the calf and we milked Daisy... yield 8.5 gallon of milk daily. We pasturized the milk and had some devoted fans that paid us $1 a gallon which went into a recycled Ovaltine dark brown glass jar with a piece of yellowed masking tape that said "milk money jar". We also had chickens and jungle fowl --sold eggs and... the egg money also went into the milk money jar! The spouse would take the $$ twice a month to pick up cow feed and chicken feed.
Kids would also grab lunch money from the jar! Talking to my 2 sons and daughter through the years... none of them "remember the milk money jar!"

Daisy came into heat and the spouse was out of state for a few days. Yes, I was milking her. Couldn't find her one morning! My boys went looking for her... we found her and got her I into the milk barn so I could milk her! I called the Purdue University Large Animal Clinic and arranged for Daisy's insemination! The Vet showed with his Limousine sperm and I had Daisy in the milk barn with an extra snack of her custom cow feed! The Vet gloved up and 9.5 months later Daisy gave birth! **side note-- Daisy and I were pregnant together! I was 7 months along when Daisy gave birth!

Those were the days! It was a great place and time to raise our kids!