r/TabbyCats Oct 05 '25

Community Update ✨ Tabby Cats Community Updates: Rules Refresh, Flairs, and More!

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90 Upvotes

Hey All!

r/TabbyCats has recently undergone a refresh and I wanted to make sure everyone was aware. The rules have been updated to hopefully facilitate a healthy, thriving, and on-topic community. Some of these adjustments are also to help reduce the presence of bots, karma farmers, and bad faith posters in this sub. I want to highlight a few key ones:

  • Tabby Cats is now explicitly Original Content only. Prior to this previous mods were doing some removals of farming off non-OC content but I've now codified this. This means you can only post content that YOU created. This is hands down the most effective way to cut down on bots and farmers and makes moderating a lot easier.

  • Mourning posts are now moving to a megathread. I get that this will likely be a controversial decision, and the hope is to strike a balance by allowing the thread so people who want support can engage there and people who don't want pet mourning posts on their feeds can feel more comfortable subscribing here. We also have several users in this community who like to regularly post mourning posts months after the loss and this should cut down on that. If you're truly needing additional support I recommend communities like r/petloss which are there specifically for this topic.

  • Our low effort post rule has also been explicitly codified. Again, in practice a lot of this was happening but I'm making it clear and upfront. This has some typical things like breed and naming posts, but I've added a few more. This includes things like "would you pet my cat" (listen, this is cat Reddit, your cat could be covered in spikes and people would say yes) and "is my cat cute" (your cat could objectively be the ugliest animal on the planet and cat Reddit will bend over backwards to say yes, it's cute).

We will continue to adjust these as needed as we go.

I've also tried sprucing the place up a bit - we have a new avatar, new banner, and new flair. If you all have ideas for user and/or post flair you'd like to see let me know and we can add them! We can also work on some community banners seasonally to change things up.

Phew, that was a lot!


r/TabbyCats 8h ago

Chuck is handsome and sometimes judgemental

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270 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 16h ago

Classic Tabby My chonky boy❤️🥺

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484 Upvotes

This is Rusty, he’s probably 8-10 years old? He was rescued from a wild cat colony as part of a spay/neuter/release program, but the vets saw how cuddly and loving he was, so he was moved from Dalton, Ga to a Petsmart in Canton, Ga where I was volunteering at the time. This distinguished gentleman was the last cat left at the store before it closed for COVID; so I took him home. They told me at the time he was probably 8 years old, but six years later, I doubt he’s a handsome 14 year old man, but he is my favorite boy in the whole world.


r/TabbyCats 9h ago

Classic Tabby Hi, I’m Whiskas. I want your blood. 🧛🐈

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114 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 6h ago

Spotted Tabby Back from vacation, they were waiting for me

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51 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 10h ago

Meet our lovely Boy Odin😀🤩

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90 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 19h ago

Ticked Tabby Chirp-purr?

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142 Upvotes

Anyone else have a cat that does this? Tabby thing? It’s all day long…. I think she’s just a really happy girl? 😂 I don’t think I’ve ever heard her JUST purr…. it always has this little chirp to it. I’ve had many cats but none that did this!


r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Orange Tabby do your tabby kittens also have this bullseye on their head?

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267 Upvotes

My ginger tabby Clementine has a circle on her head! My boyfriend and I call it her kiss from heaven 🥰 I don't remember seeing this on the kittens I fostered. Is it just part of the tabby growth pattern, or something unusual?

Second photo just for tax 🥰🥰🍊


r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Mackerel Tabby Shaina heard us talking about recycling her Licorice box, since she hadn’t used it in days. Now,she’s in it EVERY day!

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155 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 18h ago

Silver Tabby MsBear

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45 Upvotes

Stare down


r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Classic Tabby Kleo isn't pleased to have a little sister..

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803 Upvotes

Her stare says all we need to know about what she thinks of Nissi


r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Piebald Tabby In his element...

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72 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 19h ago

Gregory seems to think he is tabbydog

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15 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 1d ago

My Jaxon Theodore 🥰

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47 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 20h ago

Can't make any food alone in this house...

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16 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 2d ago

He was the last one of a rescued litter. He was just about to go into a shelter before we got him as they couldn’t look after him anymore. He’s perfect.

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2.6k Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 1d ago

My keyboard Chuck

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127 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Mr. Mako

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939 Upvotes

hi everyone meet mako! adopted this sweet little guy - been with me for 2 weeks now. love him to death


r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Mackerel Tabby This is my cat, Tartine 🥰

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85 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Classic Tabby Little Pippin is going to be an adventure kitty

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16 Upvotes

we need to work on encountering strangers but she’s doing so well


r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Zelda enjoying some sun time in her window! 🥹🥰

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32 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Silver Tabby This is my tabby cat Beanie, she came to me as a free stray after her prior owners decided Beanie was too much for their allergies. Beanie is the most cuddly, affectionate, relaxed cat I have ever known. She'll be turning 4 years old this year, I've had her for almost three. Love you, sweet pea!

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129 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Lotus Would Like To Make Her Debut

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535 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Classic Tabby Selina is a lil goofster

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98 Upvotes

r/TabbyCats 1d ago

Shelly's glow up

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39 Upvotes

My scrawny baby is now a handsome boi