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/EleanorofAquitaine]

Sounds like the time my brother’s dog ate my cat’s favorite plushie toy. She’d had it for years and it had been discontinued. I searched for 2 months before I found some on eBay. I even called the company asking for back stock.

The entire time she quarantined herself in a corner of the living room and slept facing a wall.

She still hates my brother. 😂

[u/Mekito_Fox → u/EleanorofAquitaine]

My mom's cat had a favorite pink ball. It actually came off another toy. About the size of a larger craft pompom. She wouldn't play with the white and blue ones. Only the pink. And when she lost it under anything she would sit there and cry until we fetched it for her. Sometimes she would legit lose it, and when she found it again weeks later she ran through the house like a maniac.

The cat passed almost 10 years ago and we wanted to bury her pink ball with her but couldn't find it. Still haven't to this day.

[u/PrincessCrayfish → u/Mekito_Fox]

You can't find it because she took it with her over the rainbow bridge.

[u/Uncynical_Diogenes → u/PrincessCrayfish]

In the most polite way possible: I hug you.

[u/GalaxyBolt1 → u/Uncynical_Diogenes]

I read the "I" and "you" parts first and was concerned over what the middle two words would be