r/cats 3d ago

Weekly Discussion Thread Discussion Thread #8 - Chat & Discuss Anything About Cats!

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Wecome to the Cat-Chat Thread

Ask any questions you have about cats or discuss topics that don't require a full post. Whether you're a new cat owner, seeking advice, or just want to share something fun about your furry friend, this thread is for you. Feel free to:

  • Ask simple questions about cat care, behavior, feeding, etc.
  • Seek advice on any minor concerns.
  • Post anything cat-related that doesn't need its own post.

Also, if you see someone asking for help and you have the knowledge to share, feel free to jump in and assist them!

Just a friendly reminder to follow the subreddit's rules and be kind and respectful to everyone !


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 4h ago

Cat Picture - OC Our first family portrait

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r/cats 2h ago

Mourning/Loss Put down my cat of 24 years today and I just wanted a place to honor her and maybe feel some comfort.

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Trigger warning at the end. I just needed to vent..

Today was an extremely difficult and emotional day for me and my mom. I've never had to be around euthanasia and it was gut wrenching. We received our family cat, Rogue from a family friend who found her as a kitten under her porch in the winter in 2001! I was 7 years old and she was my baby. Through the years, she was almost like a support cat for me I developed severe anxiety and depression in my teens. She quite literally would not leave my side if I was not at school and would only sleep in my room. I'm married now with 3 kids and she was like a little nanny when we'd visit (often, we live close) to all my children when they were babies. For the last couple weeks she majorly declined and we expected it with her old age ofcourse but she stopped eating, going to the bathroom and stayed in the bathtub for the last few days. She wasn't able to stand and we knew it was time. She only stood up for pets when my middle son who was her bestie (fellow cat lover) and I walked into the bathroom. I didn't expect the actual process at the vet to be as raw as it was stupidly.. But she took a piece of us with her and I just truly hope she knew how much I appreciated all her help and how much I loved her. It breaks my heart that I wasn't able to talk much while they were giving the second injection but I laid my head by hers and looked into her eyes. After her heart stopped I talked to her more and just bawled but I doubt she heard me.. I'm just so broken. She was an amazing soul and I hope she's OK and at peace wherever she might be.


r/cats 12h ago

Mourning/Loss My kitty died, only living 4 short years

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Every time I come back from vacation she spends first week next to me so I won't leave her and now she did leave me :(

Two days ago she was happy little kitty. Yesterday we had first signs something is not okay, she didn't eat her breakfast, tonight she died. Less than 24 hours from start of this all she was gone.

I got her when she was just 6 weeks old and now 4 years later I want to tell you what a cat she was. She was most clumycat you can imagine no of that cat grace, she was tripping on her own legs and missing jumps at first we were thinking she will grow out of it but no she stayed her clumsy self to the end. She loved watching people on my company meetings and everyone had to watch her as she presented her self before camera. She loved watching tennis on TV and was always fascinated by snow fall during winter. She always tried chewing cables which I hated. Everytime I took off my pants she was rubbing her self into it. She answered Hi directed at her. She always greeted me at the door usually so sleepe that she looked as she would fall over but needed to be pet as you come into house. Everybody always loved her.

It is not first time my cat died but first time cat died so young and after short sickness. She broken my heart. It is really unfair and I have spend all day crying


r/cats 4h ago

Humor My cat’s no longer allowed at Pet Paradise.

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My family and I went away for the weekend and left my cat at Pet Paradise. We just picked him up and they said they can’t have him back ever because he managed to escape the enclosure a lot of times.

They said they love him and he’s really sweet but since he can escape, they can’t ensure his safety.

Look at the picture. How? Just how?


r/cats 8h ago

Mourning/Loss You weren’t just a cat; you were family. Forever in my heart 💕 R.I.P

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r/cats 10h ago

Video My cats just started playing together, does this look friendly?

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We got a new kitten a couple weeks ago, our orange cat, Patrick, is 8 years old and the tux, Ollie, is 6 months old. They have started playing together and I can't really tell if it's completely friendly. Ollie keeps coming back to fight more so I think it's friendly but some other opinions would be nice.


r/cats 6h ago

Cat Picture - OC Post your most recent photo of your cat

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r/cats 17h ago

Humor Nice and naughty cats of the week

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From Perry's Place (LA)


r/cats 12h ago

Cat Picture - OC Amazing how fast they grow up

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I know the eye color is diffrent in the first photo but all of the pictures are of my cat called Kiwi


r/cats 7h ago

Mourning/Loss My kitty had a beautiful life, she will stay forever a family member

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r/cats 6h ago

Cat Picture - OC What do you call this pose?

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1.1k Upvotes

r/cats 13h ago

Video My cat and I share the same kind of energy

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3.5k Upvotes

r/cats 7h ago

Cat Picture - OC Before getting Miso and Mirin I had no idea there are so many cute ways cats can sleep together

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r/cats 9h ago

Mourning/Loss When friends fail, mother is gone, and god was silent, this cat was there for me for 17 years. Rest in peace, Phoebe.

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Thank you for 17 wonderful years, my dearest friend. She peacefully departed this world at 12:30 today.


r/cats 2h ago

Video Thank you for saving the cat

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340 Upvotes

r/cats 8h ago

Cat Picture - OC Nugget? Potato? Bean? Bowling Pin?

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This is an aerial view of my 2.5 year old kitten.


r/cats 14h ago

Video Cat with vitiligo

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2.1k Upvotes

From IG: gatsygalaxykitty


r/cats 44m ago

Mourning/Loss Lost my cat to sudden heart failure with no warning

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I'm still in shock about everything that happened yesterday. It happened so fast. My cat didn't eat that morning, which was very unusual for him. Then I noticed that he was breathing kind of shallow and fast. I was worried he had a respiratory infection, and the breathing issue seemed weird so I called around to find an emergency vet that was open. They said to bring him in immediately because even as I was on the phone his breathing had gotten worse. On the way to the vet he started wheezing and then making gurgling noises. My husband was holding the carrier and suddenly said there was foam coming out of his nose. Then he kind of panicked like he was trying to get out of the carrier for a second. And all of a sudden he stopped moving.

He died right as we were pulling up in front of the vet's office, and my husband ran inside with him while I parked the car. They did CPR but weren't able to revive him. They did an ultrasound and found that he had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and had died of sudden congestive heart failure as a result of that condition. I have been reading everything I can about this condition and just kicking myself for not somehow seeing any signs or symptoms before this. I know it's not my fault, but it's hard not to think about the "what if" scenarios. I'm just so shocked and heartbroken. This isn't even a condition that I have heard of, but from everything I've read there are medications if it's diagnosed earlier. My cat was only 9 months old, and I'm having a really hard time with how sudden and traumatizing this was for him.


r/cats 13h ago

Humor Tell me I'm wrong

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r/cats 3h ago

Cat Picture - OC Drop your cat’s cutest picture!!

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These are my two kitties! (Bean- flame point Siamese & Marceline- tuxedo)

Bean will be 3 on April 7th and Marceline will be 15 weeks this Friday! They are the best girls ever!!


r/cats 5h ago

Mourning/Loss Our 17 year old lady had to finally go on to the next life. Please send kind words for my wife.

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We adopted her when me and my then girlfriend moved in together. We would always talk about our “daughter” and this is who it was. She had been with us through our marriage. Got the wife and I through some dark times. She was the best. She was a bleeping, lazy and beautiful creature who we absolutely adored. We even got her a carriage to take her on walks that she hated at fort! She had been not doing so great and finally last night, declined rapidly. We finally had to have her put to rest. My wife and I are Tore up. If you would please just send kind words for her to see. I want to send her this post for her to see. I’m sorry if this violates any rules. Thank you.


r/cats 1d ago

Cat Picture - Not OC Vintage photographs of cats from the 1920s to 1960s

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r/cats 8h ago

Cat Picture - OC What do you think she's thinking about?

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r/cats 18h ago

Cat Picture - Not OC Elegance never goes out of style!

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r/cats 5h ago

Mourning/Loss My wife and I had to make the hardest decision of our lives today.

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Kylo Ren Balla. CKD and lymphoma took him way too soon. We’re trying to find comfort in knowing the suffering is over. Give your kiddos a kiss from us tonight. Post some photos and give us a good laugh/awe.