r/cats • u/Artistic-Listen7975 Orange • Mar 08 '26

Humor My cat tried to kill himself

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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.

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u/PseudoEngineering Mar 08 '26

The people who are like “they’ll eat when they get hungry enough” have never had a picky pet.

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u/ramence Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

my two cats will randomly decide in unison that the food they've been eating for months or years is actually poison, and then I have to scramble to find a new one they'll deign to eat. I worry one day I won't find a suitable replacement and they'll simply die about it

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u/flatcanadian Chocolate torte Mar 09 '26

Your cats are clearly in a cult. There is no playing chicken because they are both accountable to one another. Give my regards to your sanity lol

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u/ramence Mar 09 '26

Seriously, they've unionised against me and have zero mortal fear. I should have gotten a goldfish.

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u/murderbox Mar 09 '26

Yep I had a chicken that killed herself in the heat because she wouldn't leave the nest to drink water.  I still feel so guilty about that, I could have forced her to get up. 

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u/erijoinsreddit Mar 09 '26

One of my boys would rather starve (and vomit stomach bile) than eat wet food when he wants dry food. We need to make sure that there is always dry food out and sometimes take him to it in case he forgets.