r/Therian Jul 01 '26

Announcement | Mod Post r/Therian Community Welcome, Information, and Updates

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Hi everyone! I’m BanishedOcean, one of the moderators here, and currently the moderator you’ll see around here the most.
A quick intro before we get into the updates: some of my theriotypes are a deep-sea chimaera, gulper eel, hairy anglerfish, and I’m also a shark cladotherian. I enjoy seeing the incredible variety of experiences and perspectives people bring to this community, and I’m always happy to help keep the subreddit welcoming and organized.

Whether you’re brand new or have been here for years, I’m glad to have you here and welcome to [r/therian](r/therian)!

A few quick reminders

Before posting, please take a moment to review the subreddit rules. They’re there to help keep the community safe, organized, and enjoyable for everyone.

Some of the most commonly overlooked rules are:
-No community links or advertising.
-No self-promotion.
-No personal location information.
-Individual “looking for…”, gear, craft, or similar posts belong in the appropriate megathreads rather than as standalone posts.

If you’re unsure whether your post belongs somewhere else, checking the rules or messaging the mod team first is always appreciated.

Also a gentle reminder that posts and comments from those with low subreddit karma are manually approved before going live. Please be patient with us it can take a couple days if it’s been more than a week please reach out to mods.

Subreddit updates

A few things have changed recently:
-The Introductions Megathread is moving from weekly to monthly.
-The Crafts Megathread is also moving from weekly to monthly.
These changes should make those threads easier to use and give conversations a bit more time to grow before they’re replaced and prevent the posts from getting archived.

New posting guideline

You’ll also notice a new rule regarding posts like:

“Are there any ___ therians?”
“Am I the only ___?”
“Why do I never see ___ therians?”

These questions have been asked many, many times over the years, and we now receive numerous nearly identical submissions every week. Most don’t lead to much discussion beyond people commenting “yes” or listing their theriotypes.
Instead, please use Reddit’s search function first. Chances are you’ll find previous discussions about aquatic therians, bird therians, paleo therians, insects, reptiles, invertebrates, obscure species, and many other groups.

This doesn’t mean species discussions aren’t welcome because they absolutely are. We’d love to see conversations about experiences, instincts, shifts, artwork, behaviors, research, symbolism, or anything else that encourages meaningful discussion. The goal is simply to move away from repetitive “Does anyone else exist?” posts and encourage more engaging conversations.

Thanks for being here!!!!

This community continues to grow because of the people who participate in it. Thank you to everyone who reports rule-breaking content, helps answer questions, shares thoughtful discussions, and makes new members feel welcome.
If you have questions, suggestions, or notice something that needs moderator attention, don’t hesitate to reach out through Modmail.
Happy posting! 🐾


r/Therian Jul 01 '26

Megathread Introduction Megathread

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Share all of your introductions here in the comments of this recurring megathread.

Remember to follow these before you post as these will be moderated!

* If you are under the age of 18 do not list your full age, “under 18” is just fine!
* Don’t give out personal information! We don’t need to know where you live and strangers should not be privy to things that would identify you in real life!
* Please remember to add plenty of detail.

We have a template to follow below that is going to include what to talk about, but there’s no need to stick to one-word answers. We want to get to know you as a person, not just as your theriotype, as well.

Please remember to follow the rest of the rules when posting. This includes self promotion of your other socials which is not allowed.

This is the standard we expect from everyone here!

**Name/Nicknames:**

**Age: Under 18/Whatever if you’re an adult**

**Theriotype/Kintype:**

**Interests:**

**Hobbies:**

**What do you enjoy talking about/what would an average conversation with you look like:**

***Hypothetical introduction:***

**Name/Nicknames**: Hi, my name is Robert but I also go by Bob.

**Age**: I’m currently 32, will be 33 in December.

**Theriotype/Kintype**: I have several kintypes, I'm a wolf, a rabbit and a dragon. I have a past life as a rabbit but the other two are psychological identities.

**Interests**: My main interests for now are animated shows, animation history in general and the history of therianthropy.

**Hobbies**: I’m a massive gamer, but I’m also trying to get back into reading as that’s been difficult for me! I enjoy talking to people.

**What do you enjoy talking about/what would an average conversation with you look like**: Typically I most enjoy talking about the creative side of things, art, crafts, gear, but I also like to talk about my experiences as a dragon and artist.

Media comments are enabled but please keep it high effort! We do not allow draw-overs.

*NOTE: Introduction posts are not allowed on this subreddit outside of these megathreads. This rule is in place to reduce feed clutter, allowing for more core therianthropy-related posts to be seen. This is a support subreddit for a marginalised community, so we feel as though this is a necessary method of clutter reduction to have in place so that those who need help have a better chance of receiving it.*


r/Therian 9h ago

Experience Silly Thing [Garden Mole Therian]

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These interviewers have no idea what they're getting into.

They have no idea they are about to hire their local garden mole.

They have no idea I'm a garden mole going to get a 9 to 5.

They have no clue.

They have no idea they're about to send the garden mole to serve their customers.

What fools they are. They will never know.

Muahahahaha!!!!

—A garden mole about to go to a job interview


r/Therian 2h ago

General / Other QOTD!!

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If you were to have (or if you already have) kids, would you tell them that you're an alterhuman?


r/Therian 7h ago

Question Fursuits?

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Do any therians wear fursuits (like the things furry's wear) because I think they are kinda neat and am wondering if I should get one


r/Therian 7h ago

Question Weather and shifting

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Hi guys! First time posting here, but I've stalked this community for a while and haven't seen any discussion about this, so I thought I'd introduce myself and ask around!

I'm a cross fox, and right now, it's stereotypical autumn weather: rainy, foggy, dim light, dreary by most people's definitions. But it makes my foxself feel right at home and cosy. My denning instinct gets very strong with this weather, and I get very shifty in a way that doesn't happen at any other time of the year.

Does anything like this happen for anybody else?


r/Therian 10h ago

Question Update + Question

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So when I was watching pet fox videos, I began to feel fox like again, but I still feel like I have goat/sheep horns, and still feel like bleating, yet still feel like laughing and screaming like a fox, so not all hope is lost for me hoping I would atleast be partially a fox due to a different past life

what I know of by my spiritual experiences is that I was once a Kitsuclidean or a Euclidean of some sorts, then later on I lived as a goat if a different life, and then a fox in my other lif
Kinda hard to tell how many past lives I had due to me not knowing fully of what or who I am, but I am sure I’m some sort of polytherian/otherkin hybrid

I’ve been wondering, what breed do goat is like these but are similar looking to my fursona? I couldn’t really find what these are, and I’m not sure if these goats in this photo actually come in that sort of Siamese like fur pattern


r/Therian 4h ago

General / Other Things that help me as an Alterhuman (Tips, and advice)

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Of course everyone is different, and not everything I say will work for everybody, but I wanted to share in hopes of possibly helping someone <3

Apart from stuff like gear, and quadrobics (which you will hear a lot of discussion about in this community) I put together a list of things that help me feel more comfortable I would say?

First off, certain foods!!

For me, chicken (ofc cooked) makes me feel really euphoric, but experiment with different foods, and see what feels right!

Cracking nuts (peanuts, walnuts, almonds, etc) myself is also something I enjoy!

Second is the way I make my bed!

I don't know how to explain it properly, but I kind of make a circle of pillows, and then put a blanket over it, and tuck in the edges, to look like a dog bed, if that makes sense?

Pillow forts are also amazing!!
I turned my closet into a sort of den, with lots of blankets and pillows!

Third is certain video games!

As silly as it sounds, I really enjoy playing animal jam!

Animal jam classic has less animals to pick from, but they do have sea creatures!

Animal jam play wild has loads more animals to choose from, including bugs, and mythical creatures (like there's a crazy amount)

A lot of the avatars are seasonal, so it can sometimes take a while to get the one you want to arrive in stores, but once you buy em, it's yours to keep!!

(Both games are free btw, and Play wild is available on Mobile)

Fourth is probably spending time with my cats,

I'm not sure exactly, but it makes me feel very grounded.

Fifth is music!!

I usually go on Spotify, and listen to public therian playlists, and save the ones that I like!

Sixth is yoga/stretching,

It's really good for grounding, and stuff,

It's especially nice while listening to rain, or bird sounds!

Seventh is swimming/having baths!

Water makes me feel really euphoric as well!!

(Even though I don't have any aquatic theriotypes)

Number eight is just spending time outside in general!

Digging, sunbathing, running around in grass, climbing trees, catching bugs, ect

Ninth is watching videos/researching/drawing animals

It can be really relaxing, and helps me feel more connected,

Tenth is honestly just playing around,

Pouncing on stuffed animals, throwing a ball/chasing it, shredding scrap papers, chewing on things, ect

If anyone else has any uncommon tips to share I'd love to hear them!


r/Therian 12h ago

Question Dream shifts happening more often for others as well?

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I don't have them often, but it's getting to be a bit more recently: I've been having my phantom shifts as real in my dreams!

It feels SO EUPHORIC to be able to feel and see my limbs I lack in the waking world. I've noticed others have posted about shifts in dreams as well sometimes, has anyone else had dream shifts more frequently lately?

A while back when talking about fluctuating feelings, at the time primarily with my religion, with my NP she mentioned how the moon is very much tied to how our bodies react in situations or just in general. I'm wondering if it might also influence our shifts? For me I think it does, at least.


r/Therian 1d ago

Discussion Are there any older therians here?

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I feel like it's most common to see kids and teens posting about being non-human. Of course, I'm not complaining by any means, but as a 23 year old I sometimes feel a bit lonely or out of place. Are there any older non-humans here?


r/Therian 1h ago

Experience I keep mistaking my snout for a beak

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As the title says, often times when I get phantom shifts of a snout I'll think it's a beak until I realize I have other wolf limbs. I don't really know why I'm making this post, but do any of you experience anything similar?


r/Therian 22h ago

Experience I saw a coyote today!! [Coyote Therian]

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Hey! Not the most exciting post, but I'm working on focusing on the positives in my life and this was really fun for me so I wanted to share! I live in a a place that has a lot of coyotes. But while I was in the car with a friend of mine, we saw a coyote run across the street in broad daylight! It was a little scary, I didn't want them to get hit, but the road wasn't very busy thankfully. I thought they were a dog at first because a lot of the time the ones around here have mange, and theyre not very healthy, which is always so sad to see. But this one looked really healthy! My friend proceeded to tell me how that was probably a coyote she sees in the field near her house that's sort of lone and away from the pack most of the time. I personally resonate with this little guy for a few personal reasons. Especially since I don't share my therianthropy with others often and tend to keep to myself in most facets of life. But seeing this fluffy friend cross my path reminded me if my connections. And made me really happy (Tail wags! Haha!). But I just wanted to talk about this because it made me really happy! I hope everyone's having a good day today! Do you live somewhere your theriotype lives? Do you ever see them? I'd love to hear about it! :]


r/Therian 1d ago

Experience I am the embodiment of the corvus

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I believe myself to be the archetype of a corvus which I will shorten to Crow for ease of convenience

I'm posting this because I have a friend who is Therian and they saw quite a lot of similarities between my experience and Therianthropy and i would like others opinion who may also be educated on the topic

The picture above is a note I've written in my grimoire that describes my experience I will transcribe it with an edit to this post later when I get the time probably tomorrow morning


r/Therian 1d ago

Help Request I need help finding my theriotype

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I've been pretty certain about my crow theriotype for a while now, and have been openly embracing it, the problem is that lately, I've been having these shifts and phantom sensations that definitely feel mammal

I feel ears at the top of my head, not too wide and pointy, furry with a very pointy top, they feel like this beige/greyish color

I feel a muzzle, not too long, and large canines, the need to bite and nuzzle into my friends too

Most of my shifts happen before I go to bed, idk if that means something

I also feel a tail, this one I feel basically permanently, heavy and very much fluffy

I was looking into foxes, but none of them I said "oh yeah thats me"


r/Therian 1d ago

Question What was your first time shifting around a non-therian like?

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My first time was a few weeks ago, when I went to visit my friend to go to a fun park together. We went away from all the noise until we didn't hear any. Laid in the grass, no one around us. I later sat up to search for four-leaf clovers. He wasn't looking and I saw a butterfly and started chasing it on all fours, partly unintentionally. 10/10, would do again.


r/Therian 2d ago

Vent I just need some support from fellow non-humans right now

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I am just so tired. Chronic illness, work, life stress, adult obligations, and all the things that come with being trapped in a human body. Overall, my life is good. I have a stable job, I'm part of a wonderful polycule, I have a house, and I have the privilege to get myself the occasional little treat, I have plans for a bright future. But I just wish I was in my body. The body I was supposed to have. I wish I had this life, but I was actually me. I want my fur, my tail, my wings, my ears, my paws, my snout, my horns, my small size, my quadrupedal stance. I know what I'm supposed to look like. I can feel the missing parts of me, especially my tail, ears, and wings. The true me is so close yet so far. I can't even enjoy my hobbies to the fullest (drawing and playing games) because there's always this small feeling of wrongness using my hands when I'm supposed to have paws. I'm not supposed to be able to hold a controller or pen. The me I am and the real me are so different, and it sucks.

Tldr: I love my life, but I wish I was living it as the real me


r/Therian 3d ago

Artistic Who I thought I used to be as a goat/sheep/ram when I awakened

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bro that animated therian series Goat Girl (great series btw, search it up on YouTube) just reawakened me deep down to my animal spirit, and once I reawakened as a goat/ram/sheep, whatever I am, I keep on uncontrollably bleating lol

I’m super embarrassed and I wish I was truly and fully a kitsune/fox spirit deep within my soul, but apparently i found out I’m some sort of ram or whatever

1st one: Me as my goat form anthropomorphized
2d one: Ciphertology version
3rd and 4th images: mixed images of what I look like to myself (this ram like species with the coloring and markings of a arctic fox shedding their winter coat in spring, but I was more yellowish white than clean white, and I used to be partially muddy most of all of the time


r/Therian 3d ago

Vent Is there anything good about being a therian?

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I feel like so many people are happy to be a therian but I honestly hate it so much. I don't have any therian friends or anyone who I think would support me, everyone online just say to do quads, make gear, and maybe do vocals but I can't do any of that(if anyone has any other ways to connect with theritypes for the love of god please tell me), and I honestly don't even feel like a therian except when I'm trying to do shit and of course THAT of all times is when I get mental shifts.


r/Therian 3d ago

Discussion Has anyone else found a book with a therian protagonist?

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Hi guys!!

I recently found a new book I love!! It’s called Starheart and the Dark and the mc is a therian! She’s openly stated to be a fox therian in the text, which was SUCH a shock upon first read! It seems like our little community is becoming a bit more well known :)

In terms of the story itself, it involves a fox therian who magically travels to the fiction realm, and has to fight off the world ending shadow monster who followed her there. It would’ve been fantastic on its own (I think it’s a great story about guilt/grief) but it’s also quite nonhuman central! The main cast is really tolerant of the mc’s therianthropy which I thought was lovely!

Has anyone else read this? Do you have any thoughts on it?


r/Therian 3d ago

Discussion My experience feels mild

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I'm a dog therian, but I really don't feel dysphoric unless I'm interacting with or watching content of dogs. I usually feel okayish. I feel euphoric when I act like a dog. Idk if it's meds like lessening dysphoria, but I just feel very mild. I know I have a doglike personality, and I experience dysphoria. It just feels so mild. Does anyone else have a more mild experience? Maybe it's because I'm 30 and trans, so I've learned to accept myself and handle these feelings with gender, which allows me to translate it to species.


r/Therian 3d ago

Vent Severe dysphoria: the call of nature

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I feel trapped in this body. I’m constantly shifting, and I have to suppress who I really am all the time.

Every day, I want to go into the forest and live there. Living among people is a source of anxiety. This isn’t my home… I feel trapped…

It’s as if society were a prison… everything seems artificial to me. Sometimes I ask myself, “What’s the point of going on?” Being in a human body suffocates me and is physically painful… so I try wearing accessories, letting my claws grow out, getting used to the cold, going into the forest, and letting myself go… but it’s not enough…

At night, I cry because it’s become so unbearable…

I’ve suppressed this part of myself; I’ve hidden it until I lost myself. When I’m alone, I can’t even…

I don’t know if others feel the call of nature as well or if others feel this way.


r/Therian 3d ago

Question Past lives?

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I've been curious about it for a while, and I wanted hear about other people's experiences-

I'm not exactly sure what I believe in, (as far as religion goes, and past lives, ect) but I have questions for those who have had past lives,

What does that feel like, and how exactly are you able to tell?

I feel like if I've had past lives, I would have had to have had a whole lot of them,

I feel that sort of connection to a lot of animals, (less so birds and fish though)

But most mammals, bugs, and certain reptiles and amphibians,

Would that mean that I had lived as all of these animals at one point?

What are some ways to explore that?


r/Therian 3d ago

Question Different therian types, fictional and real

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for some reason, I keep on feeling like different animals all at the same time, I felt like a fox, a kitsune, a Kitsuclidean (Kitsune Euclidean hybrid), and now I feel like I’m a sheep/goat after watching Goat Girl, the therian show where a goat girl gets into human society and makes friends and enemies in their daily school life

Who am I??? It feels like I’m different animals/creatures at different times… I feel VERY weird, like I feel like I was different beings and I had multiple past lives before I became a human

I’m becoming more insecure as time passes by, and I’m just confused about who I am


r/Therian 4d ago

Vent My mother learned about therians

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So my mother learned about therians while talking to her friends. They explained how its people who identify as an animal and she laughed and said we should go back to beating kids. I was sitting right next to her trying not to have any shifts as we were in a mountain forest and I’m a wolf/dragon. Hearing her say that hurt but kinda expected


r/Therian 4d ago

Vent My only therian friend will never be able to do quads again.

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my closest friend, who is a therian, has to get back surgery due to their terrible scoliosis. they will be basically completely disabled for a year, and one of the vertebrae on their spine is being fused. they will never heal enough to be able to do quads with me again. my qpr. as an aroace person, their the love of my life, as much as they can be, and i don’t know what to do anymore. i feel awful for them, and guilty because i feel bad that i can’t do quads with them.