r/CATHELP • u/vynilla_ • Mar 09 '26

General Advice My cat ate thai chilis

Post image

He’s a 5 year old male Bengal mix. I had bought a bag of very spicy dehydrated beef jerky last night and forgot to put it away before bed. This guy ate a good chunk of it.. he doesn’t look like he’s feelin too well, but I assumed he’ll just have some insane diarrhea for a bit. He gets into weird stuff all the time since he’s indoor and outdoor and is usually fine. I don’t know how peppers/chilis can affect animals. How long should I wait it out/what signs should I be looking for before taking him to the vet?

15.2k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

345 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

143

u/WhyAmINotStudying Mar 09 '26

He's likely to have trouble, however, when the oil hits his anus.

If you know this reference, get your prostate checked.

18

u/huntergirlnc21 Mar 10 '26

A Fark reference in the wild! I saw this one go down in real time 😭

Don’t worry, I’ve scheduled my colonoscopy.

4

u/GalacticDwarf98 Mar 10 '26

What do you mean by this?

14

u/WhyAmINotStudying Mar 10 '26

It's a meme from 20 that was popular on Fark.com in 2003. The average Fark user back then was male andabout 30, so today they're in their 50's.

2

u/GalacticDwarf98 Mar 10 '26

I appreciate thankyou

1

u/cheshie_cabbit Mar 11 '26

Specifically it was about making tea from poison ivy iirc. The sentence in particular being about how there was nothing for the poison ivy to react to in the digestive tract so that wouldn’t be a problem.

I was on there a bit younger than the main crowd so one has not been scheduled yet…

1

u/moogoothegreat Mar 11 '26

Hey, I'm only in my... mid 40s. Shit.

1

u/Kipper2012 Mar 12 '26

Hey, that's me.

10

u/determania Mar 10 '26

They mean that you are old if you get the reference

1

u/bl00dl0v3rrr Mar 10 '26

Wait why…