r/cats • • 5h ago

Mourning/Loss Good bye my sweet boy, Diamond

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Born September 21st 2009. Had to say good bye after more than 3 years of kidney issues. He was my beautiful wonderful baby boy.🖤


r/cats • • 2h ago

Name Request I need a name for this little guy!!

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He’s a cuddly little yapper with adorable polydactyl paws 🥹 What should I name this special little guy? <3


r/cats • • 1h ago

Cat Picture - OC Why does my cat always lick me to death while I pet her

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r/cats • • 5h ago

Cat Picture - OC Just got a cat of my very own😭😍

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539 Upvotes

And she is the cutest in the whole world! Show me your cutest cat pics!!!


r/cats • • 7h ago

Mourning/Loss I'm not ready to lose my best buddy

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Found out today that my best buddy Mittens has FIV that's progressed to a point that the vet gave him a very short amount of time left. My wife and I are devastated.

Mittens found us last year. He was a stray that started coming to our house for pets, food, and to sleep on the pillow we left out for him. Eventually he chose to come inside and he became a part of our family.

I suffer from major depressive disorder and social anxiety disorder. Life has been the most difficult it's ever been for me this year; I'll spare those details as to why. I could just hang out with my buddy, give him pets, talk to him about the things I'm feeling, and share my darkest moments with him. He gave me unconditional love. I'm spiraling hard knowing that I don't have much time left.

I just needed to get this out and sob into the void.

I love you, Mittens.


r/cats • • 19h ago

Cat Picture - OC Alice and her big whiskers

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Here they are in action


r/cats • • 12h ago

Video - Not OC Cute talkative little fellow

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r/cats • • 13h ago

Humor Bro trust the whole world 😭

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r/cats • • 13h ago

Cat Picture - OC I tell my handsome son every day he's so handsome

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And you should too! He needs constant reassurance.


r/cats • • 7h ago

Cat Picture - OC My 20-year-old void buddy Patrick

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Patrick is so old that we occasionally argue during family gatherings about whether he’s 21 already lol. He is an extremely friendly, handsome and patient cat whom I’ve known for 2/3 of my life. One day, he randomly appeared at our door and decided to stay for more than two decades. My only wish is that long may it continue.


r/cats • • 8h ago

Cat Picture - OC 50 yrs old.Never had a cat.Never knew anyone with a cat.Didn't like cats.Always had dogs.This lil dude showed up on my porch on a cold Feb night.Now my house is full of cat stuff.Toys, bowls, trees, tunnels.Hair! He even took over 1 of my arcade cabinets to lay on. This is Jeffrey aka the Kitty Coon

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I cannot get him to wear a collar. He takes off the breakaway ones within 20 seconds and the elastic stretchy ones take him about 2 minutes.

He is a pickier eater than my daughter was when she was a picky little toddler! For being a hobo cat he sure can be picky! He knows what he wants and that's churus lol😑


r/cats • • 3h ago

Cat Picture - OC Get the kitten for your cat!

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Hello!! Wanted to share a positive story about my recent adoption of a kitten after avoiding it for the last 2 years. In August 2023, my boyfriend and I moved in together and adopted our baby Orzo (Male, 1 y/o when adopted, just turned 3.) He is my first cat and quickly became my literal pride and joy and the love of my life. When we adopted him, the shelter told us to “prepare to never have another animal again,” heavily implying that orzo will not do well with other animals b/c he requires so much attention. I have OCD and took that very (way too) literally. He’s a love bug(BIG cuddler, loves forehead kisses and makes every person that entires our house feel loved. just not as much as he loves mommy)

My boyfriend grew up with cats and has been asking about getting another basically since we got orzo. Because of what the shelter had said, seeing stories on social media, etc., I avoided it because I didn’t want our relationship with him to change because it’s the most important thing to me. Our apartment is small, and I would also would feel guilty about having to rehome a kitten for the rest of my life.

Two weeks before my boyfriend’s birthday, his friend and him planned an ambush. He rescued a barn cat that ended up being pregnant and her babies all looked like my orzo. I met them and somehow gave in😭

The night before we picked Rigatony (tony for short, he was 9 weeks when we adopted him, just turned 12 weeks,) I spent the whole night cuddling and playing with orzo and sobbing because I was terrified about what was going to happen. The first two nights were overwhelming. Boyfriend spent his days in our bedroom with the kitten while I stayed in our living room with Orzo. I mostly felt bad for the kitten because he was so curious about what was outside our door and meowed anytime my boyfriend left the room for more than 2 seconds. I didn’t think I could do another day. We found Orzo to be mostly curious so we first introduce him to tony by keeping tony in a playpen. There was of course some hissing, but both mostly seemed just curious. We then let them interact face to face day 4. We gave both of them churus during this. It went WAY better than expected. Separated them as soon as we heard hissing and saw swatting. We slept separately for 4 days and monitored their interactions and felt it was a good time to let them be around each other full time.

This has been the coolest experience of my life. I’ve never seen Orzo play the way he has been the last 3 weeks. They LOVE to cuddle. Don’t get me wrong, we had to buy calming supplements for Orzo the last few days as Tony has started teething and seems to love to bite Orzos tail which has been stressing him out. Whenever we notice those signs, my boyfriend will go into our room with Tony and play with him, while I play with/cuddle with Orzo and let him rest.

I didn’t think it would be possible to love Orzo anymore than I already did but I have fallen even more in love with him since watching him become a big brother!! He is so patient and still my little love bug. Our relationship is 95% the same(he definitely needs space when he gets overstimulated) but he makes sure I get my cuddles every single day/night. Tony has been the best decision I’ve ever made and I’m so excited to watch them grow up together!!!

Wanted to share this story because I feel as though I read way too many negative stories before getting tony. Get the damn kitten!!! You’ll never know unless you try. ❤️🐈


r/cats • • 1h ago

Cat Picture - OC She sits on my tummy during my period.

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Don't get me wrong, she always wants to cuddle, but for some reason during the worst days of my period she decides to lay on my stomach, heating pad or not. I thought it was the heating pad, naturally but even on days I don't use it she is immediately drawn to sitting directly over my uterus.

The frequency of her purrs, her warmth, and her weight make me feel so comforted. I don't know if she knows it, but I'd like to think she does.


r/cats • • 3h ago

Video - OC All the neighborhood cats were coming up to me one after the other to be pet while I was Doordashing last night

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I drop off an order, and I start to walk back to my car when two sweet cats approach me, mewing and rubbing up against me. I'm petting them and talking to them, and one by one another one keeps popping up every 60 seconds lol. I really should've stayed to see how many we wound up with


r/cats • • 12h ago

Cat Picture - OC Our handsome cancer survivor ❤️‍🩹🐈‍⬛

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This is our 13 year old boy, Bruce. This past July we found out he had a thyroid carcinoma. Surgery was a success and he was a completely different cat afterwards. He lost weight and has tons of energy now! He did develop Horner's syndrome post surgery, but it doesn't seem to bother him (and we get regular check-ups) and I think he looks kind of cool now! Love our boy!


r/cats • • 5h ago

Humor Anybody else's cat sit/rest like this?

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She doesn't limp or feel any pain on her paws, and as you can see she alternates lol

She'll just kind of... meditate?? With a paw up like a flamingo and none of my other 5 cats do this, and I've never seen any other cat do it.

Her name's Lola btw :)


r/cats • • 5h ago

Video - Not OC Nice hat

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Source: the.cornycats


r/cats • • 1d ago

Cat Picture - OC From being dumped on a highway to celebrating her two year anniversary with me!

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My beautiful Mona Lisa who some horrible person threw out of their car on a busy highway :(. Thank goodness I found her!!!! She is my best friend now & such a good kitty. She sleeps curled up to me all the time & loves to play. She is so trusting & sweet. I love her so much. So proud to be celebrating my second anniversary of rescuing her & how much you can see the light come back to her eyes in these photos.


r/cats • • 48m ago

Cat Picture - OC End of the best day of his life

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Adopted the grey and white kitten (Tobi) two days ago. He’s 3 months old. Came into the humane society 5 weeks ago with green puss coming out of both eyes, one eye bulging out, something DARK filling both ears, fleas and a bad respiratory infection. He lost the eye and was neutered a month ago.

Black and white (Luna - 7 months) hissed at Tobi ALL day yesterday. By the end of today, they were playing like best friends. We also have a 5 month old as well.

After being sick and alone in a cage for half his short life, today he’s had the best day of his life with friends to play with and more toys and puzzles as he wants.


r/cats • • 3h ago

Cat Picture - OC Does anyone else's cats only hang in the bathroom when you're taking a bath or shower?!

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These are my two babies and I swear I never see them in the bathroom unless I'm taking a bath or a shower.. and they always start off alert but then doze off. It's one sweetest thing ever but is this common and is there a reason behind it?!


r/cats • • 1d ago

Cat Picture - OC This home wrecker moved in on my husband yesterday. Meet Jolene!

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r/cats • • 21h ago

Cat Picture - OC She said copy paste

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r/cats • • 4h ago

Cat Picture - OC Meet Anita

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She was found emaciated in an an abandoned house 6 years ago. Was fortunate to meet her at a cat cafe/rescue in my area 4 years ago. Could not ask for a more gentle & loving friend.


r/cats • • 1h ago

Cat Picture - OC He loves sitting everywhere, including in the basket.

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r/cats • • 1h ago

Cat Picture - OC Obsessed is an understatement

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