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40 Pet Owners Share The Most Ridiculous Reason They Had To Bring Their Pet To The Vet
We know just how much you love your pets, dear Pandas. If you’re like us, there isn’t anything in the world that you wouldn’t do for your furry (or scaly, or feathery) friends. We’d go to the ends of the earth if that meant that they’ll be happy and healthy. So when a health emergency comes up, some of us panic and rush to the vet, which is a completely normal reaction.
However, in some cases, what we thought was a major problem turned out to be something completely silly. Twitter user Kristin Chirico started up a fun and serotonin-filled thread about ridiculously funny emergency vet bills, and a ton of pet parents replied with their hilarious stories. Dogs with ‘happy tail syndrome’ are just the tip of the smiley iceberg.
Scroll down to put a smile on your face, dear Readers, and be sure to share this article with your pet-loving pals, too. Oh, and don’t forget to upvote the tweets that you enjoyed the most. When you’re done with this awesome list, consider dropping by the comment section to tell us all about your not-so-serious vet visits and how much you love your pets. (Cute cat and dog pics are always appreciated!) Meanwhile, read on for Bored Panda's interview about pets with the PDSA, the UK’s leading vet charity.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Hey, bad gas f*****g HURTS! Pain can make you tense everything up. The sedative relaxed his muscles enough to let the gas escape.
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Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
That’s a bit silly! Hope pup is doing better after the pancreatitis but the smooshy face is cute, despite alarming the vets
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Cats be cranky if you change The Routine, AKA The Sacred Routine, AKA The Worship of Cat As Is Proper. :-)
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Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
My dog used to do this a puppy. She’d go outside and then come in with a limp so we’d go over her and check her and when we found nothing wrong, she was suddenly fine again!
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Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
1. That is a gorgeous bunny 2. Bunnies can be such food snobs! You’re supposed to give rabbits pelleted food along with hay and fresh greens and such, and while my old man here loves carrots and other treats, as far as his main sustenance, he refuses to touch anything other than pellets, and will only really eat one brand. I mean, I guess it’s not a huge deal since he’s made it to 12 years old so far, but every time I try to make his diet healthier, he turns his nose up at it
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Flash Henry 4 years ago
Last time I got a new piece of furniture (a cabinet), the Simple Cat did not take it well. If she had to go past it, she'd go Full Puffy and SPRINT past it, then hide and make sure it wasn't chasing her. It took her weeks to stop being afraid of the cabinet.
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Benita Valdez 4 years ago
Ok but in fairness, if it was a single black nipple and all others were pink or different color then I could understand. I mistook my dogs nipple for something because it was different color than the rest so I kept examining it for like 30 minutes before I realized it was just a nipple high up on his chest
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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚘𝚒𝚍 𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢 4 years ago
That once happened to me except instead of grass, it was a pea.
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Ellie Welch 4 years ago
One taste of the fresh food, and doggo will no longer eat anything else.
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James Edwards 4 years ago
My old dog, RIP, used to do that. We used to walk 6-7 miles each day and she learned that if she started limping I would pick her up and carry her the rest of the way, as soon as we got home she would be fine.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Laxatone. It’s an animal laxative. Comes in meat and fish flavors. Some cats and dogs like it and will willingly eat it, others not so much. So you can just put it on their mouth (it’s a thick sticky gel), and they’ll have to lick it off and ingest it. It will clear up constipation right away, or at least in day or two for the more stubborn cases. It’s also good for bloating (but just the overeating bloat, not the bad bloat), if your cat or dog makes a pig out of themselves and overeats, then ends up bloated and uncomfortable.
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Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
Oh poor baby! The owner absolutely did the right thing for what they feared and they had the pup’s best interest in mind but poor thing must’ve felt so traumatized not having done anything but having that done to him
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Ricardo Ferreira 4 years ago
Looks like when a program freezes, you start Task Manager and suddenly it's working fine again
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Had his eye on sleeping up on the bed for a while, and finally figured out how to get there.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Mine right now won’t eat unless we hide some bits of lunchmeat under his other food. I love that little s**t. But boy, if I didn’t….
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Some cats do drool when they get overstimulated. Some drool so much they leave little pools of spit behind.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
The little s**t (sorry guys, but eventually spite poop will follow the spite pee).
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Evil Little Thing 4 years ago
Anger does not make cats pee blood. He's got urinary crystals that are cutting him inside, or possibly a fierce UTI. You need a new vet, preferably one that isn't trying to kill your cat.
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lara 4 years ago
Toads are POISONOUS to cats and dogs. Spent 7000 bucks for a week at emergency hospital and various tests. Found out my Punkin had eaten a toad and it took that long to digest and leave her system. In the mean time, no eating, but vomiting and lots of tests. If your dog or cat licks a toad wash out their mouths, do not allow them to swallow the water. If they eat a toad take them to the emergency vet and tell them.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Hope it was either removed or emerged naturally, and didn’t perforate anything along the way.
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Rachel Hall 4 years ago
Kyla Lee, B.A., J.D. @IRPlawyer · Jun 1 Replying to @IRPlawyer @lolacoaster and @thejenlife They look him over. No bleeding. They call me in. He’s smiling with this tongue out and finally they see it: a tiny one of those tongue bumps was aggravated from the licking and started bleeding. By licking he spread it all over the bed.
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pusheen buttercup 4 years ago
I'm really glad these people decided to go to the vet!! Better safe than sorry
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
Yeah but doesn't it seem like some of these people had really bad vets? If I didn't have cats all my life I'd be terrified to have a pet after reading some of this O_O
Load More Replies... Insignificant pisces 4 years ago
My dog as a pup had a thing for eating socks, second time we had him at the vet to get him to throw it up wasn't a sock, turns out it was one of my thongs. Hubby was very embarrassed that day lol
Holly Allen 4 years ago
Better that than the dog who swallowed a 'rabbit'
Load More Replies... pusheen buttercup 4 years ago
I'm really glad these people decided to go to the vet!! Better safe than sorry
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
Yeah but doesn't it seem like some of these people had really bad vets? If I didn't have cats all my life I'd be terrified to have a pet after reading some of this O_O
Load More Replies... Insignificant pisces 4 years ago
My dog as a pup had a thing for eating socks, second time we had him at the vet to get him to throw it up wasn't a sock, turns out it was one of my thongs. Hubby was very embarrassed that day lol
Holly Allen 4 years ago
Better that than the dog who swallowed a 'rabbit'
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