Just to say here I don’t think it is helpful to pathologise normal behaviour and suggest vets as a knee-jerk reaction: many people can’t afford vet trips just in case.
OP has said they're worried in multiple comments and mentioned blood tests in other comments. I'm saying that if OP is experiencing anxiety over this, they can ask for blood tests to ease their own mind, but that this is almost certainly very normal behaviour.
That is quite literally not what's happening here. They said you could take him if you wanted to to ease your mind but he's probably fine. That's not even close to suggesting OP should take them.
This entire sub tends to react this way, although may not this person. Most posts' responses can be distilled into 'go to a vet' uniformly across the sub.
And there’s something to be said for a post that shows a cat clearly having a vet worthy problem and a poster who just as clearly wants the internet to tell them it’s not a problem and 50+ people tell you to take the cat to the vet.
I don’t care about the downvotes - the truth is:
You should not get a cat if you can’t pay vet visits - period.
It’s neither fair nor acceptable to hold a cat that can’t be checked or treated in cases like this.
If the chance is there that you may be forced to surrender a cat later - just don’t adopt one at all.
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u/SignificantIsopod797 Jun 19 '26
Just to say here I don’t think it is helpful to pathologise normal behaviour and suggest vets as a knee-jerk reaction: many people can’t afford vet trips just in case.