If you love your pet, you probably rush them to the vet any time they so much as sneeze, only to find out that you were being a bit hysterical. Well, one pet owner recently shared a story about taking her cat to the vet that had a hilarious ending. It went viral and prompted other people to share stories of their cats and dogs faking sick.
On Jan. 4, Twitter user @PaladinAmber wrote that her cat, Louis, “had been showing signs of dying, not drinking, not eating, sleeping and hiding.” So she took him to the vet, who informed her that his vitals were fine and it seemed like he might have gotten into a fight with a neighborhood cat and lost and was now feeling salty about it.
For a couple of days my cat had been showing signs of dying, not drinking, not eating, sleeping and hiding. So I go to the vets today and the vet straight up said. “He looks like he got into a fight and he’s depressed he lost, his vitals are fine”.
I CANT WITH THIS CAT LMAOO— PaladinAmber (@PaladinAmber) January 4, 2020
She couldn’t stop laughing at Louis’ resentment over losing in this “cat fight club,” and neither could the internet—her story was retweeted more than 126,000 times in less than a week.
Louis is back to his old self now, but I swear he’s plotting against me lmaooooo tried telling him he’s internet famous but i don’t think he cares. pic.twitter.com/xk7WxeS2QJ
— PaladinAmber (@PaladinAmber) January 5, 2020
The thread soon turned into a forum for pet owners to share their own funny stories about dramatic cats and cranky dogs faking sick. Like this Twitter user, whose cat was pretending to be sick just so he could snag some of the tasty wet food the vet would use as a bribe.
Or this feline who was “acting sick,” and it turned out she was just loudly protesting the fact that her owners were going on vacation. “Cost $700 to find out she was being dramatic,” the conniving kitty’s owner wrote.
Or this other cat who “pretended he was dying,” because his human had a baby and he wasn’t getting as much attention as he wanted.
But dogs can be adorably manipulative as well, like this pup who would limp any time he saw a suitcase in the hopes that his owners wouldn’t go away if they thought he was hurt. That’s strategy, right there.
A friend had a dog that would start limping at the sight of a suitcase because it meant his people were going somewhere, and maybe if he was hurt they wouldn’t go.
— Lacey (@lacey1211) January 4, 2020
Of course, they’re not always pretending; pets can suffer from depression, just like humans. One Twitter user took her dog to the vet because he kept wetting himself, and found out he had extreme anxiety and had been secretly “comfort-eating” cat biscuits.
My dog was moping around and wetting himself and I was like… 'oh no this is the end…' spent 400 on tests for every conceivable illness.
They diagnosed him with extreme anxiety and a UTI because he'd be secretly comfort eating the cat biscuits
— Betty (@poca_loco) January 4, 2020
Or this dog who was “traumatized” by a possum living under his home that had hissed at him.
Once, my childhood dog suddenly refused to go outside and was shivering behind the couch for a solid 24 hours, so Dad took him to the vet fearing the worst. We spent $120 to find out a possum that was living under our trailer hissed at him and he was traumatized. Pets, I stg-
— Sydney Rearick (@SydneyRearick) January 5, 2020
It’s just more proof that, when it comes to emotions, animals really aren’t so different from us humans.
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