Owner spends $400 at the vet's because their 14-year-old cat stopped eating, only to find out that the diva suddenly doesn't like the only food she's eaten for over a decade: 'Literally everything came back normal'

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Aug 13, 2026 2:15 PM EDT

 What's the silliest thing you've ever had to take your cat to the vet for?

We have all been there, right? We, as cat owners, are paranoid. It is that simple. We know cats, and we know that cats do not like showing when they are sick. When my kitty had a fever, it took me a whole week to notice that something was wrong, and I only noticed because I felt that she was physically hotter. She didn't want me to know. They never do. And so… we pay attention. If anything seems ever so slightly off, we don't mess around. We immediately take our cats to the vet. Better safe than sorry. Always. But that does mean that we sometimes take them to the vet over… silly reasons. 

And vet trips are expensive. We can tell you this - while it is happening, while you're concerned for your cat's health and worried that something might legitimately be wrong, it's not funny. Afterward, when you find out that your cat, like mine, just got spooked by something, and that is why she started limping while running, and you have to pay hundreds of dollars for the vet visit… it is still not funny. Much, much later, when recalling the story of your cat's expensive fart, that is when it becomes funny. It's also funny when it happens to other people, which is why today's story is so, so amusing. $400 at the vet's, and why? Because the cat who has spent ten years eating nothing but one brand of food suddenly decided that they don't like that food anymore. And that means going on a hunger strike. At age 14. With no explanation. Oh, it really is a good thing that we love them as much as we do. 

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    "14 year-old cat stopped eating… $400 vet bill later, it turns out she didn’t like the food she has eaten for over a decade."

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    She will only eat gravy lovers wet food. For over a decade, she has rejected every wet food and gravy treat except for Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers. 10 days ago she stopped eating except for a few bites of food a day and all the treats we would give her.
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    Vet ran a battery of blood tests: everything was normal. Normal thyroid, normal kidney/liver functions, no pancreatitis, normal red/white blood cell count. Literally everything came back normal.
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    The next step would have been an $800 X-ray to view her abdomen for possible issues. We decided to try an appetite stimulant first.
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    I picked her up from the vet yesterday but forgot the meds. My husband gave her a different can of wet food for dinner. She ate it immediately.
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    The cat isn't sick. She just decided she didn't want to eat beef/chicken flavored food anymore. She wants the seafood varietals instead. ②
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  • At the end of the day, when things like this happen, we try to remind ourselves that as infuriating as it is, it's still so much better than something actually being wrong with our babies. 

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    Close-up of an old grumpy cat.

    Represented by the sweetest meowdel. 

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    HotCheetoEnema She clearly blames you for this somehow.
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    RelevantDragonflyer the look says "I'm done eating that, make me something else"
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    WiseNugg During the pan mic, everything was difficult to get and I had to swap and pay like 40 dollars for litter because her usual brand wasn't available anywhere.
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    She wasn't going to the bathroom and after a day I was fr king out so 500 dollars later it turned out she just didn't like the new litter brand.
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    Image of a senior fluffy cat lying in blankets. 

    Represented by the sleepiest cat model. 

  • Had the same thing happen with my cat. Suddenly, after 8 years, she stopped eating the food that she loved for no reason, sent me into a panic, sent herself to the vet, and blamed me for everything. 

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    Fantasynerd365 Back when I was in high school I remember we had a cat who once when we changed her litter went right next to the fully clean litter box in protest.
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    tenderourghosts We just had a similar experience with our senior stopped using his litter box, we cat. Little panicked because he's 17 years old and were worried something was really wrong.
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    $600 later and we're told he's in incredible health for his age. We moved his litter box to do some cleaning and he immediately used it. He just wanted a change of scenery for his bathroom breaks, I guess
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    LightroomLunchables And she would do it all over again
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    Picture of a rugged older cat. 

    As represented by the cutest meowdel. 

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    Hookey911 "I'm too old for this sh
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    Bella_94 She probably read somewhere that the seafood diet is the trend these days
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    irfulvas It could be a bad batch or the packaging wasn't properly sealed. I bought the same food once and my cats decided not to eat it. I smelled it and it had a more floury smell, not as rich. The next packs they ate normally.
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    Secure-Marsupial-557 Oh my god, my cat is the same way. She decides when she's tired of one food and wants something different. My small dog is the same way.
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    lastlatelake My elderly cat had stopped eating and just sat in a dark room staring at a wall. I paid $400 for a vet to tell me that she wasn't dong, she was just mad at me. Which checked out because right before that she'd just had her porch privileges taken away for wandering off. Which she had never done before because the little diva didn't like the feel of grass on her paws.
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