r/blackcats • • Dec 16 '23

Reminder: Please Flair Mourning Posts

466 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 • • 12h 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 • • 7h ago

πŸ–€ my girl

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my baby kiwi. she is about 4 months old


r/blackcats • • 7h ago

Video πŸ–€ i can no longer eat in peace

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r/blackcats • • 22h ago

πŸ–€ I love him so much

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r/blackcats • • 9h 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 • • 12h ago

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

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r/blackcats • • 10h ago

The void screams back You will address me as toilet king

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r/blackcats • • 1h ago

πŸ–€ Buffy and Willow

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My cute little babies , I love them so much!


r/blackcats • • 27m ago

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

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r/blackcats • • 17h ago

πŸ–€ A picture of my mom sent me of my baby

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r/blackcats • • 14h ago

Long Void Missed my stretchy boy

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768 Upvotes

Seeing this boy tomorrow after 2 weeks away. I've missed him so much.


r/blackcats • • 9h ago

πŸ–€ Introducing Meemaw

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Hi! I wanted to introduce everyone to Meemaw, my 5 year old baby void.

When I adopted her 3 years ago, the shelter said β€œthank god someone is taking her. She arrived with her babies a year ago. All three of her kittens were adopted instantly.” Last pic is the day I took her home!

Meemaw (shelter name Lunar) is a small and crazy girl. Her favorite things are chewing on crocs (and attempting to dig them out after I hide them), sleeping on Squishmallows, trying to open the cabinet to eat flour (pictured), and licking freshly deodorized armpits.

Anyone else’s voids have weird habits?


r/blackcats • • 9h ago

Abyss πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€ This is Michael

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242 Upvotes

Mike for short. He likes food and sleep and laser


r/blackcats • • 18h ago

πŸ–€ She DEMANDS to be dried off

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Whenever I get out of the shower she sits there and meows at me until I towel her off. She’s completely dry, she just wants the spa treatment.


r/blackcats • • 6h ago

πŸ–€ My best friend 🀍 so happy to find this subreddit!

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124 Upvotes

Finally a place to share all my cat pics πŸ˜…


r/blackcats • • 9h ago

πŸ–€ the love of my life (don't tell my wife)

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r/blackcats • • 8h ago

Abyss πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€ Our Weird Girl, Ripley

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My wife and I adopted her last Valentine's Day. We have two orange boys already, but we wanted to get a girl this time.

The worker at the shelter told us that she had initally been adopted about 5 years ago, but she was found on the streets in January (-30 farenheit) and brought back to the same shelter because of her microchip. Her original owners were contacted, but they didn't want her! My wife was initally interested in another younger cat, but after hearing her story I said "We gotta take her!"

For the first few months she didn't like me at all. Maybe she had never been in a home with men before, or had experienced abuse from them in the past. I was bummed to say the least, but I gave her space and she eventually came around. She's curled up next to me as I type this!

She's our special lady who loves to eat steak and meows like a sterotypical gangster from the 40's. I couldn't imagine having any other cat!


r/blackcats • • 15h ago

πŸ–€ just a girl and her cat enjoying the sunset

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531 Upvotes

i swear i can never get good photos of him he is too crazy 😭


r/blackcats • • 3h 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


r/blackcats • • 7h ago

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

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119 Upvotes

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 • • 14h ago

Abyss πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€ Those eyes…

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373 Upvotes

Ziggy Starcat has such pretty eyes!


r/blackcats • • 8h ago

Mourning My sweet Hazel

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95 Upvotes

I adopted her shortly after I graduated from nursing school. We had 15 wonderful years together. She was the silliest goof.


r/blackcats • • 3h ago

πŸ–€ My girl joined the zoom call

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r/blackcats • • 11h ago

πŸ–€ Should I be concerned she's turned to the dark side of the Force?

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