20 Ridiculous Reasons People Brought Their Pets To The Vet

I’m a big animal lover myself — I have two cats, a dog, and a horse — so I’m also no stranger to vet bills.

They’re stressful and expensive and sometimes? Downright stupid. It’s certainly a relief to learn that something you thought was super serious wound up being your idiot pet being a doofus, but ugh! What a pricey lesson.

Twitter user Kristen Chirico recently asked about the most “ridiculously funny emergency vet bills” and the internet delivered. Check them out below.

1. Fat shamed

2. Farts

3. Yes, of course he did.

4. Happy tail syndrome

5. Ears stopped working

6. First cat

7. Sad dog

8. Hates kids

9. The magnet

10. Just wants to fit in!!

11. Drama king

https://twitter.com/fionafraser/status/1531240824721526784?s=20&t=wLae-GBBfbTUNQ7T3NY9Jw

12. Just gas

One of us just spent $600 to find out the other one has gas. pic.twitter.com/UTZVCbvMfK

— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) June 12, 2021

13. Just bummed

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

— Paladin (@PaladinAmber) January 4, 2020

14. I have one that does this

When I first brought my cat home, he would call loudly when using the litter box. I thought maybe he had an infection.
Diagnosis – He is a young male- some of them like to announce to the world when they pee.

— jbaggs (@jbaggs) May 31, 2022

15. Absolute liar

https://twitter.com/ByRobinEpley/status/1531164239569620993?s=20&t=07lrbuEuUD9FhfzE1yEGJw

16. It was gum

$900 to find out my dog sat on gum. Like – right on his butthole. Thought it was an infection or something but noooooooo. Just someone's chewed up Trident.

— rachellllll (@observedbriefly) May 30, 2022

17. Warts?

The first time I ever took our dog to the vet was because he had these weird warts on his chest and I was really worried about it, but it turns out that the "warts" were just his nipples. I didn't realize that dogs had nipples and I needed the vet to tell me

— robyn (@robynehrlich) May 31, 2022

18. Horses are wild

Once had an emergency call out vet bill to find out my horse had decided to be afraid of the ground. pic.twitter.com/GAJI9piJRM

— Pippity Pip! (@PippityPip) May 31, 2022

19. Play?

I thought Chilli was constipated, kept running to the litter box, scratching. Found out, she wanted me to play with her. When she used her box, I rewarded her with playing when she was a kitten. I guess, playtime have to be respected for big cats as well. pic.twitter.com/rDFHqu2E5p

— Susann (@sofapflanze1) May 31, 2022

20. GIVE ME LOVE

I took my dog to the vet REPEATEDLY because he kept limping on 3 paws. Vet couldn’t find anything wrong with him. Turned out, he realized he got lots of attention for limping. RIDICULOUS. I tried to teach this dog to give his paw for weeks. Nothing.

— Gia DeAngeville (@Deangeville) May 31, 2022

20 Hilariously Ridiculous Reasons People Brought Their Pets To The Vet As Shared In This Viral Twitter Thread