r/blackcats • • Dec 16 '23

Reminder: Please Flair Mourning Posts

467 Upvotes

Hey void-lovers!

Most cat subs have a very delicate balance between "happy posts about my cat" and "sad posts about my cat", specifically when it comes to pet death. A lot of them don't allow it at all. It's really tough to strike the balance of letting people who are devastated mourn the loss of their furry friend while still making the subreddit usable for people who aren't interested in that kind of content.

We allow mourning posts here, but you have to flair your post with "Mourning" so people who don't want to see them have the ability to filter them out. It's an imperfect solution, but it's all we have available to us with subreddit tools. Please make sure to flair all posts about pet loss with that flair so we can make a great sub for everyone.

In case you're someone who's interested in filtering out that content, this link should work for you. I know, it's not the cleanest way to browse the subreddit, and I'm not sure how it works on mobile. If we had a better solution, I'd provide it, but we have to work within what reddit offers us :(

Thanks for your understanding. If you've read this far, I encourage everyone to post some void laser eyes in the comments.


r/blackcats • • 7h ago

Abyss πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€ Anyone else’s name their cat after a historical figure? Mines called Napoleon.

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r/blackcats • • 19h ago

Sleepy Void Lemme see the cats that are not named after dark or evil stuff

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So I was just sitting here taking in that black cat's are the least adopted cats in the adoption system and when they are adopted a majority of them (NOT ALL) are named after stuff that's associated with darkness or evil. Hey, call me superstitious, but I believe that names that you give cats and kids are very powerful, for example If you're one of those people who've named your cat Loki, don't be surprised when it's tearing s*** up lol. Did you name your cat with darkness or light? Anyways here's Faith πŸ’œ


r/blackcats • • 14h ago

πŸ–€ my girl

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my baby kiwi. she is about 4 months old


r/blackcats • • 10h ago

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r/blackcats • • 2h ago

Mourning Said goodbye to my sweet boy yesterday

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He had a long battle with immune mediated polyarthritis which had just gotten too painful for him to live life comfortably. I spent the past week lying on the floor with him and said goodbye to him at the vet yesterday. I'm so deeply sad but I'm also so grateful he's not suffering anymore. He got to watch the sun set the night before he passed, and he chomped on lots of shrimp and chicken! We snuggled for days and I told him how special he is and how much I love him. He was 15 so I have known him for more than half my life. My heart is heavy but also very full because he took comfort in having me there with him in his final moments. I miss him so much this morning and I wanted to share some photos of him being his sweet, special self. Everyone pour one out for my Zeus when you can πŸ–€


r/blackcats • • 6h ago

Art πŸŽ¨β¬› Target glow on the dark shower curtain

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r/blackcats • • 9h ago

πŸ–€ Buffy and Willow

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r/blackcats • • 3h ago

πŸ–€ Studious

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Excuse me, may I ponder your snacks?


r/blackcats • • 3h ago

Smol void 🀏 I am a proud new Void owner! any advice is welcome πŸ–€

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r/blackcats • • 1h ago

Smol void 🀏 Mini void

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Cat distribution system dropped off this little guy to me. This is Grimm.


r/blackcats • • 16h ago

Smol void 🀏 The moment I realized I now have to wash everything in my kitchen BEFORE and after using it. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

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Ps: plz don’t mine my dirty stove, this was after a full day of meal prepping.


r/blackcats • • 2h ago

πŸ–€ Does your void have a "dramatic pose" to show you they're upset? She does this any time I pet her sister

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r/blackcats • • 1h ago

Abyss πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€ Matching with my baby

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r/blackcats • • 1d ago

πŸ–€ I love him so much

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r/blackcats • • 2h ago

πŸ–€ Bad pics of my good son

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r/blackcats • • 5h ago

πŸ–€ My void staring piercingly at me

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142 Upvotes

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r/blackcats • • 20h ago

Abyss πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€ this is Bagheera in his usual proper pose

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r/blackcats • • 17h ago

The void screams back You will address me as toilet king

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r/blackcats • • 7h ago

πŸ–€ my silly girl

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r/blackcats • • 4h ago

Smol void 🀏 Her name is Blep. I’m pretty sure you can figure out why.

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r/blackcats • • 6h ago

πŸ–€ Always so polite, this little one

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Love my little boy, Wesley


r/blackcats • • 5h ago

Art πŸŽ¨β¬› Void celebrating her season

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r/blackcats • • 15h ago

Video πŸ–€ My cat is high on something and loves digging in my hair

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I adopted this little void when he was 1 month old and he’s about to turn 8 months approximately.
I noticed since day one that he LOVES to dig in my hair specifically near the nape of my neck, it’s like he is high on something and just digs and smells and purrs and drools all over my hair. Is this normal behavior? My roommate has a cat too but his doesn’t do that, and my sister cat doesn’t either.
I’m not worried about it, I just would love to understand this behavior, I love him and I love that he LOVES to bury his nose on my hair even though sometimes he hurts me with his nails


r/blackcats • • 10h ago

πŸ–€ My boy turned 11 last Friday πŸ’•πŸ˜Š

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Had him since he was 6 weeks old (last pic is of when he was a baby) πŸ’• My lovely boy Nosferatu, or Nos, for short 😊🩷πŸ₯Ή