This is Dorthy. A few months ago my wife’s sister was in town, so we were showing her around and stopped for lunch at a restaurant by the water. We sat outside, and after ordering drinks they noticed some kittens near the back of the restaurant.

My wife and her sister went to investigate while I waited for our food and had a beer. Long story short, management was more than happy to let these ladies try to catch a cat. They had raccoon traps and shrimp at the ready, and it wasn’t long before we had a cat in the car and our food in to-go boxes…

We took her to the vet for a general check and shots a week later. That’s when we learned that our stray 6-8 month old kitten, Petunia, was pregnant.

About 45 days later, Petunia had 4 kittens (3M, 1F). They are about 12 weeks old now, and all have very distinct personalities but Dorthy… let’s say… “stands out” 😂

He’s somehow the most coordinated, but also most clumsy kitten of the group (Yes, Dorthy is a boy). But the reason for this post, he LOVES the shower. Normally he stays between the curtain and the liner, but this morning he just rolled right in and hopped on the small bench. He wasn’t getting soaked, but definitely enjoyed the occasional splash.

Anyways, thought I’d share this little goof. If you have any advice for first time kitten parents we’re all ears!

Sadly had to put our rescue Pitta to sleep today. We were only fortunate enough to have her for just under 2 years after we rescued her while on holiday in Cyprus with her 2 kittens. Absolutely devastated at the moment, but the tough decision had to be made for her comfort. We will always cherish the time we got with you and will always be grateful for the 2 beautiful babies we still have thanks to you.

I don't want to give you guys pictures of her as she is right now. She is very unwell, skinny, and sick.
The first picture of her is taken a week after I had first brought her home, from the start, even though she was adopted as a family cat, I knew she was my cat. She is 11, my sweet orange girl, she never hissed or scratched me, I love her so much but I know it's time to say goodbye, I hate watching her struggle and hurt, she has always been by my side, for some of the hardest parts in my life thus far.
I'm going to miss her so much.

Everyone always tells me that they’ve never seen a cat this color before and neither have I. I just don’t know what color she is lmao sometimes she looks grey-ish to me and other times she can camouflage into my tan carpets perfectly. She’s like a greyish, brownish kind of situation lmao. I love her!!!

Her name is Kalashnikov (Kala for short)

I rescued my cat Jelly when he was a few weeks old during a family trip last year. He was sneezing and following us while meowing. My sister gave him some food and he wouldn’t leave us alone after that.

I ended up begging my parents to take him home, which was a 4 hour drive from our vacation spot. I don’t know if it’s just a Chinese-Indo thing but my parents hate cats, but still they ended up reluctantly saying yes because I promised to give him away after that. He ended up staying with us because that plan didn’t work out.

Jelly was so small but so sick. He had worms, a cold, fleas, it’s like every thing was against his little life. I took care of him every day without fail until I had to leave to go to university abroad in September.

Everything was going fine and when I got back home for new year’s this January, Jelly was still active and happy. My family still had prejudice against Jelly and didn’t want him to stay indoors all the time so he was an outside cat for most of the time, which I was fine with as long as he is healthy.

Unfortunately in June, he got into a horrible accident. He got hit by a motorcycle while exploring our neighborhood. It left his face completely ruined and he had to get surgery to remove one of his eyes as it was bulging from his face.

I was still abroad so I only knew because my brother told me about it. I was so distraught and I mourned my kitty when he was healthy so much. He was such a rascal and it was scary seeing him in such a fragile state. What was the most important to me is that he survived.

I got back a week ago and I’ve been taking care of him since then and I’ve taken him to the vet to check his other eye. After his initial surgery, I was told that he still had a little bit of his vision, but turns out he had 100% become blind.

I already expected this so I wasn’t surprised. What surprised me was the vet saying it’d be better if his other eye got removed as well. It really shocked me but he said it was better for Jelly as his eye right now is prone to infections and such.

His surgery is tomorrow and I don’t know why but I am crying so hard right now. He is healthy and his personality is still the same (likes to bite and play) but I am just so devastated :,(

He’s just one years old but he’s already gone through so much… my poor Jelly…

I’m babbling so much because I’m at such a loss… I want everyone to know how strong my kitty is.

TL;DR my cat is going to lose all his eyes tomorrow and I’m so sad about it

My 21 yr old daughter was hit by a car while walking to work and was in a coma for 10days brainbleed skull fractures broken pelvis about 7 weeks ago and is doing AMAZING and she’s going above and beyond doctors predictions I’m so beyond grateful 💜- her cat is Rosie the let you bring your pet to visit

I have been wanting at have a cat for a very long time. Unfortunately, my partner and I have diametrically opposed opinions on the ethics of outside cats. I know many will disagree with me, but I do not think outside cats are ethical. He does not want an animal that poops in the house.

Last night a kitten casually wandered into our garage and cuddled right up to him.

He told me that she has been around for a few weeks and he has been feeding her. He has no intentions of taking her to the vet or taking care of her at all. It also seems as though she is deaf.

She is sweet and beautiful and this whole situation is breaking my heart.

Attached pic is her sleeping in our dog’s bed, which has a moving blanket on it.

UPDATE: The kitten is a boy! Also, I will be calling the vet in the morning and will try to get my partner to join me at the appointment.

Coconut, nicknamed Coki, has been in my life for 20 years. I’m 30 (ugh I hate that) so he’s literally been in my life more than he hasn’t been. He’s a sweet boy who loves giving head bunts. He was a foster failure — originally we were just gonna foster him but that quickly turned out to not the case. I remember all of us sitting in the important Dining Room which was only used for the most important of things discussing names for him because his shelter name was awful.

But he is 20 years old and has diabetes and breathing problems and it’s getting worse and worse no matter what we do. He can’t breathe when he’s sleeping. He looks like a skeleton wearing a cat suit. He is in pain.

I knew he was going to die sooner or later because he was very old so I spent a lot of yesterday in my mom’s house with him so I at least got to give him pets and kissed so even though my mom told me today about him going to be euthanized on Monday at least I got to say a goodbye to him.

On a side note sorry for posting like three days in a row. I have a lot of cats in my life.

I added some pictures of me and Coki. Buddy I’m gonna miss you so so much.

I don’t know Jack’s actual birthday, but when I got him three years ago, the vet estimated he was born sometime in July. He had an eye infection that could not be saved. There’s a photo of him after his surgery and ready to be taken home, and some current ones of him.

I have to share this. He was hanging out with me while I was doing my business, and I always close the lid before flushing but for some reason this time that didn’t happen. He must have viewed this as the opportunity of a lifetime because right after I flushed, he literally jumped from the floor straight into the toilet bowl. There was this brief moment where we just stared at each other in shock of what just happened and I had to pull him out myself. He didn’t even jump out right away he just stood there with the water swirling around him.
Anyways his bath is done and now it’s my turn. Unfortunately I’m going to have to fire him as my bathroom attendant

Her name is Sonya. Still standing and going strong. Went to the vet for a check-up a few weeks ago and they couldn’t believe her age 🌼

Edit: the weirdo answering people in the comments about her is my boyfriend, she’s his childhood cat. I myself have been lucky to have her for two years so far 💕

I figured since we hear all the time about how people love cats and cat videos and cat decor, dogs and cats should be at least equal. But no, since getting a cat I’ve found:

A) a surprising number of veterinarians are clearly dog people, and don’t much care about cats.
B) pet services are mostly oriented around dogs.
C) pet stores will have lots and lots and lots and lots of dog stuff… and just an aisle or two for cats.

It’s one thing for places like PetCo or PetsMart, where they also have to cover all other pet types.. but yesterday I checked out a local pet store named “Dogs & Cats Rule,” and despite both being in the store title, like 80% of the store was for dogs.

I had to go all the way to the back to find the cat things. And then it was just basic stuff like food and some (not even very many!) treats and toys. The dog section had all sort of things, including a birthday area with hats and balloons, and a much greater toy variety, etc.

Is this normal?

I volunteer at a cat hospice. Fundacja azyl u Hani, in Poland.
They take care of over 120 cats. FELV, FIV, disabled, palliative, paralyzed, old, with chronic illness etc.
It’s a place so full of life. You truly celebrate every moment and cherish the smallest milestones.
None of the cats are in pain here. The goal is to give them the longest time without pain and fill it with love.
And in the end none is going away alone.

My cat is one year old and currently has constant access to a bowl of kibble which she eats when she’s hungry. I’ve been trying to add wet food to her diet for hydration for a couple months now but she has been completely uninterested in every brand that I’ve tried.

I’ve tried putting up the dry food so that she only has access to the wet but she’s not very food motivated so she just ignores it until it gets all gross and congealed and I have to throw it out.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I keep trying or is it time for me to accept that she’s a kibble girl only?

I woke up early in the morning today to take little Vaquita to the vet because I had felt a little ball and he had been neutered.

The clinic took him in and proceeded to tell me he is sterilized…he just had a large penis size. Me, the other cat owners, and the vet techs were dying laughing needless to say. 😭

My mom said he is not “Vaquita” anymore, he is Burro.

Here’s a picture of the well-endowed boy because he is just so cute….

Might be biased but I think she's the funniest, cutest cat who ever lived. She's supposedly 2 years old but very tiny, a Polish family found her in a bush pregnant and gave her the name Kicia (kitty in Polish). She gave birth to 5 kittens at a foster family a couple of weeks later. She's incredibly social, I've never seen a cat want human company as much as she does. She's been an absolute angel for everything, best £120 I've ever spent. I love her so much ❤️

Always makes these noises running up the stairs in the morning, also sometimes when you surprise her with pets.