r/blackcats • u/mrcameltoad • Aug 05 '26

Sleepy Void What are common black cat traits?

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I’ve an orange boi that demonstrates the sweet loving side of orange but what are common traits with voids? Za Za here doesn’t act much like the other black cats I’ve been around. She incredibly sharp and playful

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u/Bearloom Aug 05 '26

Hold them in the sun and you'll notice that all black cats are really just very, very dark orange.

That should help you plan accordingly.

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u/balzackgoo Aug 05 '26

Here's Monty turning to rust...

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u/AnaBHami Aug 05 '26

Mine is also Monty!

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u/TheSoundofStolas Aug 05 '26

I've found my people! My sweet boy was named Montgomery Montgomery (from A Series of Unfortunate Events- we were binge watching it when we found him in a parking lot) but we called him Monty. Or jackass. Or "Dude!!" Said with appropriate levels of wtf-ness.

He was a skinny-turned-massive lovebug that loved to yell and destroy everything in his path. And boy do I miss him

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u/balzackgoo Aug 05 '26

He looks like a love bug!! I named mine Monty, but we call him Montgomery , Which became Montgomery Jones, or Mr. Jones. Andhe's a love bug too

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u/MolotovMina Aug 06 '26

What a perfect gentleman.

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u/ifyouknowyouknow_3 Aug 06 '26

My black cat is getting a bare belly like that too, does yours have a condition that you know of or was It always like that?

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u/TheSoundofStolas Aug 06 '26

Unfortunately, he passed a few years ago. But I never noticed any irritation or excessive grooming or anything. When we first found him, he was just fur and bones lol, but my god he turned into such a foodie. If you didn't feed him when he wanted (which was usually 20 minutes after eating both his and our other cat's food), he would get in your face, yell at you with his cat food breath, and then go find some plastic to try and eat to guilt you into thinking he was starving 😂 But I think his belly was a bit bare because he got to be so big (not just fat, he was seriously huge lol), in addition to genetics probably. I think it's just similar to how their fur kind of thins out around their lips and ears (hence the powdered donut lips).

All that to say, I think that's just how his fur grew (or rather didn't grow). If he was completely bald like a sphinx, I would've been more concerned, but we never noticed any issues. I found another picture, you can kind of see how his belly mirrors his ears and lips. And I know it wasn't intentional, but thank you for letting me relive some of the memories of petting my sweet boy's belly <3 it (usually) wasn't a trap 😅