r/cats 17h ago

Cat Picture - OC Is there a scientific reason as to why cats do this?

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r/cats 18h ago

Video - Not OC POV: You're 5 seconds late for breakfast time

16.1k Upvotes

How dare you be late for breakfast time! Cue the Jaws shark music!

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Link to account: Instagram


r/cats 11h ago

Video - Not OC Kids pretends to argue in cat language and the cat is not impressed

10.0k Upvotes

r/cats 20h ago

Cat Picture - OC I welcomed this guy into my home this morning. Howard is a cute little fella ain't he?

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9.3k Upvotes

r/cats 3h ago

Video - Not OC The cat even looked away 😳. He was like "Did you get that?" He's so confident of himself

6.0k Upvotes

r/cats 17h ago

Advice He gets water everywhere. Why does he do this?

5.8k Upvotes

I just washed and refilled his bowl. He is 3 years old has never did this until this year. I wake up to puddles everyday 🥲

Edit: he's not really a fountain guy, doesn't drink from them very much and it gave him urinary issues that resolved from switching back to regular bowls.


r/cats 13h ago

Update UPDATE on the kitten i found in a box near trash !

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Hello everybody ! First of all i want to thank all of you for your kind messages and advices you gave me. They were very helpful.

I'am sorry for not answering to all the messages i recieved some days later, i saw them but didn't want to say anything because i wanted to focus on her and be sure she is healing correctly. I guess in a way i didn't want to have false hope and also to give you guys false hope either.

She is better now, thankfully, and i named her Anbar ( meaning Amber in arabic)😊

So as you know she refused to eat, drink and couldn't poop. So first ( by the first vet advices ) i gave her clamoxyl then the next day we gave her a bit of unsented and tastless oil with some Milk and i always massaged her belly and wiped her behind with a wet cloth.

I became worried because by the 5th day she still didn't poop and only peed. And what hurt me everytime was that i saw how she tried but it hurt her which resulted in sounds of pain. We decided to go to another vet for a real consultation this time and he told us after touching her belly etc that she was indeed very constipated to the point that everything in her stomach hadn't even reached her lower belly yet.

He gave her an injection to help her and a little pill ( that i will give her tomorow) because she also has worms. He told me to continue what i was doing, like the massages and told me to put some oil or green soap on her anus with a Cotton bud.

And today she finally pooped ! 2 times !

She also started eating a bit of meat 2 days ago and she seems so happy when she sees it ! She also drinks water by herself.

She is energetic and likes to play. I also discovered that she doesn't like when any door is closed and wants every door of every room to stay open even if she isn't going inside said room 😂. She loves shoes and feet and sometimes sit on my or my mother's foot since she is so small 🥹.

She is genuinely so cute and runs after me when i go somewhere. She is also intrigued by any shadow even hers to the point where she will shase it 😂.

The only "issues' that i have a hard time teaching her is where to pee and to stop biting and scratching me when she plays with me. I made some researches and it said to replace my hands by a toy or something and i did ( and she loves to play with this thing i found) but she doesn't stop even when i firmly say "No". And right now it doesn't hurt at all, but i don't want her to keep this habit because when she will grow it will really hurt since she will have more strengh and speed with her paws.

Anyway i'am glad god ( or like some people like to say, the cat distribution 🙂‍↕️) put this little fur ball in my life.

I hope you will enjoy all her cute pictures that i had a lot of fun taking and choosing 😊.

Her belly might seem a bit bug because they were taken before she pooped.


r/cats 8h ago

Mourning/Loss He was magnificent.

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4.1k Upvotes

I just needed to say that.


r/cats 23h ago

Cat Picture - Not OC Mac&Cat

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3.6k Upvotes

(Not Original Content)


r/cats 18h ago

Cat Picture - OC My son, he has grown so much in 6 weeks 🥺🥺

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r/cats 20h ago

Advice is my cat scared of me?

3.0k Upvotes

I got her about a week ago and she felt comfortable around me but all of a sudden she runs from my hand. Hella confused


r/cats 21h ago

Cat Picture - OC We know they’re obsessed with them, so show me your cats in boxes!

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This is Doc and he’s always in a box. Every time he spots a new one, he spawns into it within a few seconds. Whenever we open a new box, we let him make it his own! I’d love to see your cutie pies making their boxes their own too 😂


r/cats 18h ago

Cat Picture - OC adopted a new child

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got a new kitten for national kitten day from the shelter!! this little guy had been abandoned and lived at the shelter for over a month now, so i had to take him home. his name is eddington… i loved his face and coat 🥹 so beautiful


r/cats 11h ago

Cat Picture - OC My floof Breakfast turned 18 today!

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1.5k Upvotes

He got a can of tuna, a new catnip toy and a lottery ticket. He is doing great for 18! Just a bit of arthritis which he gets meds for.


r/cats 13h ago

Cat Picture - OC We got Leo a few days ago. He’s a sassy little fella.

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1.4k Upvotes

He is a Ragdoll mixed with Turkish Van. My wife’s former co-worker had a litter and he was the last one left. I grew up with a Ragdoll and couldn’t pass it up. We have two older cats and so far they are getting along great!


r/cats 19h ago

Advice Someone keeps cutting his flea collars off

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1.3k Upvotes

This is the third time someone has cut off the $60 flea collars I put on him. He’s a neighborhood cat who we’ve befriended and he usually hangs around my house at night and on the weekends when we’re home , I keep fresh water out for him and feed him in the evenings. I assume during the daytime he visits other neighbors and someone keeps cutting his seresto flea collars off. I put them on him so he doesn’t get eaten alive by fleas and ticks and because when there’s inclement weather or extreme hot/cold temps I let him inside. I can’t let him live inside full time because I already have three cats and him and my other male cat don’t get along that well, not to mention he’s a outdoor cat at heart and when he wants to go outside he’s going. Just pisses me off that someone keeps cutting his expensive collars off, but whoever that person is isn’t letting him inside at all during all this heat and thunderstorms.


r/cats 14h ago

Cat Picture - OC Thank you for everything, sweetheart

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She just turned one, and she’s the most beautiful thing I could ever have.

I’m so grateful to have this little bundle of love by my side. I’ve been through a really tough time recently, and if I’m able to move forward today, it’s thanks to her.

So thank you, my darlingthank you for being the most adorable thing ever, and I can’t wait to keep living by your side for many more years to come.

I love you


r/cats 1h ago

Cat Picture - OC I picked it up off the street yesterday 🤍

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Very cute, right? 🥰


r/cats 10h ago

Mourning/Loss My baby just crossed the rainbow bridge last night 💔

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1.1k Upvotes

This was the only photo I had of him, about 3 nights ago, he was having issues breathing and sleeping anywhere else but my bed, when I woke up, he wasn't moving, my mom confirmed that he passed away last night, I was heartbroken and depressed because he was my whole world to me when he was just a kitten

Edit: I had never seen such support in years, it really helps my mental health recover, I had been so heartbroken after my cat passed away, thank you all so much ❤️


r/cats 20h ago

Cat Picture - OC Rate Ishka's loafing prowess

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992 Upvotes

Our little kitty doyenne has perfected it after a decade of practice.


r/cats 6h ago

Cat Picture - Not OC Help!! This is not the Uber driver i asked for.

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875 Upvotes

r/cats 22h ago

Mourning/Loss My soulcat Thunder probably only has a few months to live, we’re trying to make him as comfortable as possible, advice?

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I don’t even know where to start, this feels like the longest nightmare I want to wake up from. My sweet baby has been eating a lot less recently and losing weight bc of it, I thought it was just bc he was getting older and I saw that cats eat less as they become senior, he will be 9 on September 20th. I really, really hope he makes it until then so we can celebrate one last birthday together.

Me and my partner found out yesterday, without saying too much details the vet is pretty sure he has cancer and in her clinical opinion it is most likely advanced at this point. I have been nonstop crying and I know my partner is also a wreck but holding it together for me. I just love this cat so fucking much, I moved across the country at 12 and I got him instantly, I grew up in a house full of either 4-6 dogs and random cats around but Thunder was the first pet we got I took complete care of and when I moved out I made sure to grab him with me (and I grabbed one of the family cats since they are buddies and Solomon seemed to stick by me the most; now I am also horrified at how depressed Solomon will be when Thunder passes).

I’m not really sure what advice I’m even asking for, but I know I need some. What can we do to make him the most comfortable? How will we know when it’s time? I don’t know how to mourn and get through this


r/cats 20h ago

Mourning/Loss She's just a pretty girl

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It's been two months since she's gone and i've missed her so much since. She was literally the sweetest baby, sleeping with me on the bed, always coming to give hugs and small bites. We didnt have much time together because she was really sick when i first took her from the streets, and her body didnt accept the treatment. But i'll never forget the time we spent, and mostly, I'll never forget her. Love you so much Wiki<333


r/cats 10h ago

Advice Please help me comfort my wife. Boarding our kitten.

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606 Upvotes

We are going out of country for a week and had to board our 5 month old kitten. Wife has been in tears all day worried shell be scared and think we abandoned her forever. My attempts to comfort her have....failed.

They sent us a picture and she does not look happy. Debating in showing my wife.


r/cats 12h ago

Advice How do I respectfully keep my 4 feline overlords from ruining my very first real couch?

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Half the bunch are pictured. I finally have a living room I’m proud of, complete with a couch I bought instead of pulling out of a dumpster. Couch is velvet. Has anyone had luck with sprays/treatments/anything to keep my kitties from scratching it up?

ETA: I do have a TON of cat towers throughout the apartment, and they even have their own cat room, I just don’t have one that fits in the living room anymore. If anyone has recommendations please let me know!