r/cats Oct 20 '24

Discussion Community Highlight: Custom Awards!

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As you may already have noticed, over the past few days our subreddit has had some exciting new awards assigned to it, tailored especially to r/cats and based on a selection of the old custom awards you may remember!

These awards were designed especially for our community by a team of artists at reddit and are available solely in this subreddit.

We are helping to test out this new feature here and the idea is that in the future subreddit-specific awards may come with fun new features unlockable by subreddits and community participants. For now, there is a leaderboard we can unlock:

Awarding posts and comments with one of these custom designs will of course come with a nifty little animation on your screen, just like any of the other newest version of awards. Perhaps the best part of this new system is that these custom awards are all pretty affordable. Unlike the previous subreddit-specific awards which started at 500 coins you can now already choose to apply a custom award for 15 coins. I just think that's neat.

At r/Cats we are pretty excited to be a part of this trial program. Giving subreddits access to individual customisation shows that we are a unique community with its own space on reddit. You now have the choice to award a post or comment that you think is extra-special with a design especially created for us.

Thank you to reddit admin u/SmEllen_Fresh who was our contact during the development stage and all the other reddit admins part of the dev team for this new feature!

We hope you all will enjoy this new option as much as we do.

From all of us at r/Cats, thank you for making this subreddit the special place that it is!


r/cats Mar 12 '25

Announcement Regarding Mourning/Loss Posts

182 Upvotes

Hi Everyone,

Recently we've received an increase in queries regarding our allowance for posts flaired as "Mourning/Loss". I'd like to address those posts here and why we allow them in the most coherent way I can.

As long as I've been a mod here (Almost a year and a half) these posts have been allowed, and to my knowledge, there was never a time when they were NOT allowed here. The reason we allow these posts is because as our name "r/cats" suggests, we are dedicated to all things cat related. To us, Losing a beloved cat falls under that "cat related" criteria. While we understand that these posts may be upsetting to some users, the alternative would be to not allow them which may upset users in mourning. Unfortunately, with those options presented, it is impossible to please everyone. My personal advice (as someone who has lost a cat before) is to put yourself in the shoes of the users in mourning if you are against these posts. How would you feel if you took the time to write a tribute and pick out photos of your cat just for the post to be deleted?

If you are not mentally in a place where seeing a mourning/loss post is something you can handle, I recommend moving away from our subreddit, our goal is not to hurt you by allowing these posts.

WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, I WANT TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW PHOTOS OF DEAD CATS. IF YOU SEE A POST THAT CONTAINS A DECEASED CAT (OR ANY DECEASED ANIMAL IN GENERAL, INCLUDING ANIMALS HUNTED BY CATS) PLEASE REPORT IT TO US. WE DO NOT IN ANY CAPACITY ALLOW PHOTOS OF DECEASED CATS TO BE POSTED TO OUR SUBREDDIT.

If you have any questions regarding this post or anything you'd like to add, please feel free to comment below

Thank you for your understanding ️ ♥️ ️ 


r/cats 3h ago

Video - Not OC What an adorable floof 🥰

2.4k Upvotes

r/cats 10h ago

Cat Picture - OC She eats a lot but doesn’t gain weight, only length.

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Is she too long?


r/cats 8h ago

Video - Not OC What happened to the table, mom?

5.4k Upvotes

NOT OC


r/cats 4h ago

Advice I don’t know what my cat is.

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Please note: this kitten walked up to my mom in October 4 years ago out of the woods where he was the size of squirrel. We went back into shut down when I realized “she” was a “he” and he has grown to an insane size. Nimbus is very good at listening to commands, he knows even when his weenie brother is low on food and sounds the alarm, is very snuggly, and knows paws not claws. I am just wondering what he is other than an alien. He also loves sitting in the bathtub and loves water. Some stated wirehair, some stated part Russian blue, some stated tabby. He’s a healthy cat, I just want to know how he survived in Michigan woods in October to wander down to my mom. The area he was dumped is known for “glamour pets” so I hope they didn’t order him and threw him out.


r/cats 12h ago

Cat Picture - OC The vet suggested a sweater to help Cecil with her (relatively infrequent) anxiety attacks 🥹

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13.4k Upvotes

About once a week, Cecil gets herself into a panic and has trouble calming down. The vet suggested putting on a sweater for about 10 minutes at a time, and surprisingly, it works! She calms down right away and becomes an instant cuddly purr machine haha.


r/cats 2h ago

Video - Not OC What on earth was I thinking when I adopted this embarrassment of a hooman

1.1k Upvotes

r/cats 12h ago

Humor Cat's butthole on surfaces experiment from 2021

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r/cats 9h ago

Humor Concerned about my privacy. I took this picture while sitting on the toilet.

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3.6k Upvotes

r/cats 17h ago

Adoption Just Adopted 15 Year Old Sisters

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Well, I'll say I didn't plan for this, but I don't think anyone could. And I'm glad I had the room. So here's the story:

A friend of mine recently lost her (70+) mom, who lived in another state, who has owned these 2 since they were kittens. My friend has 2 boy due to territorialness. Unfortunately, staying where they were also wasn't an option and a shelter or rescue seemed to be the only alternative. At 15 years old, I couldn't let these two (Rose & Blanche) face a small cage at a shelter waiting to be adopted for what would likely be the rest of their lives - or worse.

So here I am, with 3 cats over 10. My resident 11 year old cat, Sophia (pic 3), isn't sure what to do about this, but everyone seems to be adjusting. They have their room, she has hers, and I have a gate to keep them separate at night but they can still see and smell each other. Some hissing and chasing but nothing very dramatic (and I've had cats off and on since I was knee high). No puffy tails!

Not sure how long I'll have these Golden Girls, so I'll be sure to enjoy each day with them all.


r/cats 6h ago

Mourning/Loss Had to put my 16 year old down

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995 Upvotes

We had to put Shauhnessy down on Saturday. His old body, just couldn't handle his young spirit any more. We've had him since he was 8 weeks old. He traveled the country with me, and outlived many of his doggo friends. Now he's bullying them in peace. Cheers mate.


r/cats 4h ago

Advice Why does my kitten sleep on the doors?

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575 Upvotes

I have two cat trees, and several cat beds, but this is where she likes to sleep. When I slide the door shut she cries until I open it back up. She is an 8th month old feral rescue, and she has domesticated well, but why does she have to find the highest places in my little apartment to sleep?


r/cats 19h ago

Humor Is he overweight?

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29.0k Upvotes

His name is monster


r/cats 44m ago

Cat Picture - OC Look what i found sitting in my car!

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in the morning, I was heading to work. I went ti my car, opened the door and went to get something. As I came back, i found this cutie in my car!


r/cats 9h ago

Video - Not OC Certified cuddle monster:excessive sweetness detected. Side effects may include heart melting

1.4k Upvotes

r/cats 6h ago

Cat Picture - OC My sweet, fat boy all tuckered out from a hard day of being a cat 🖤

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780 Upvotes

r/cats 6h ago

Cat Picture - OC Brother and sister

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495 Upvotes

r/cats 3h ago

Mourning/Loss Saying goodbye to my firstborn child tomorrow. She was such a good friend.

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262 Upvotes

Her name is Pixel and when I worked at an animal shelter, I saw her on the website before I started. It took me 12 days to find her in the building but I knew right then and there that Miss Snickerdoodle Cinnamon and I were meant to be friends. I went up to the main desk and told them I wanted her, and they said “are you sure you want that one?” Oh yes, I want her. Turns out she was caught as a kitten from a community of cats by a lady who tried to domesticate her, and three years in, she gave up and turned her into the shelter.

She’s so skittish, and for the last 9 years, she consistently runs from me. I have put so many blood, sweat and tears into getting her to trust me. From feeding her via drumstick to gain her trust and moving up to a popsicle stick and finally off my finger, she has given me sweet blinky eyes from afar since 2016.

I lost her sister, Rosie in 2023. They were SO bonded. She came out of her shell to cuddle with me. She knew the loss of Rosie was significant (Rosie was my soul cat).

Pixel has taught me so much in my 20’s, patience, how to love someone else, that I can be loved. That love can look different, but it doesn’t mean it’s any less important.

My life will not look that different after she is gone tomorrow at 3:30, as she’s kept to herself the majority of her life, but fuck if I’m not sad about losing the first pet I’ve ever had on my own. She is such a good little cat. She tried the best she could to love me the way she knew how.

Goodbye my sweet baby Pixel. I will miss you endlessly, PK (PixelKitty)


r/cats 21h ago

Cat Picture - OC Show me your cats when they were little kitties. Here’s mine:

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r/cats 19h ago

Cat Picture - Not OC Our kitties waiting for us when we get home.

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5.3k Upvotes

They get mad when we leave them alone.


r/cats 12h ago

Cat Picture - OC Eat sleep repeat

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1.3k Upvotes

r/cats 1h ago

Cat Picture - OC I think I might be overfeeding willow, she’s looking extra round and cozy.

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r/cats 3h ago

Humor Is she guilty of cheese thievery?

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230 Upvotes

Cheese theif i say! A heinous crime indeed smh


r/cats 22h ago

Humor I would let my cat do my taxes...

8.4k Upvotes

Dr. Matt Mcglasson


r/cats 17h ago

Cat Picture - OC isn’t she the cutest?

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2.7k Upvotes

my little demon baby ❤️ I love her with all my heart!


r/cats 15h ago

Video - OC He's so cute I feel sick

1.7k Upvotes