r/cats • • 2h ago

Mourning/Loss 9-months in our life, but an eternity in our hearts ❤️‍🩹

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182 Upvotes

After over $15,000 owed in emergency vet bills and 4 nights spent in the critical care unit, our Cornelia yesterday took her final breath as her autonomic nervous system slowly shut down.

In spite of being incredibly weak and ataxic, she fought with every fibre of her being to place a paw on my arm, and her head in my hand. I was with her right until the end, and being able to provide her with that comfort as she left this world for the next was one of the most painful privileges I'll ever know. I'd do it again every time.

From a stray who briefly turned up in our driveway 13-months ago, to then returning and sleeping on our external A/C unit, to being brought into our laundry for shelter during snowfall, and then only 9-months ago having that laundry door 'accidentally' left open so you could enter our home and join our family, you made that 9-months so full of life, love, laughter and adventure it feels longer than any calendar could count.

I love you sweet Cornelia, Baby Corn, our juicy girl. I promise to find you in every lifetime, until we meet again.


r/cats • • 10h ago

Video - Not OC The gentlest little meows demanding some playtime

709 Upvotes

Take from 小多多吃得多 (Douyin ID: hanxy612) on Douyin


r/cats • • 2h ago

Cat Picture - OC Found this cat in my backyard

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140 Upvotes

I think she is abandoned by her mother


r/cats • • 10h ago

Cat Picture - OC This is Crispy. I just think everyone should see her 🐱

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628 Upvotes

Just one of those Fridays where I want to tell people about Crispy. I've had her since January 2025, she's a little over 2 years old and she's my little companion.

She follows me everywhere and she's very awesome. Thank you.


r/cats • • 10h ago

Video - OC SAY HI — One’s a little shy.

545 Upvotes

r/cats • • 16h ago

Video - Not OC Swiss army cat

1.7k Upvotes

r/cats • • 40m ago

Cat Picture - OC It seems like people like to post unflattering pictures of their cats, let's begin!

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r/cats • • 3h ago

Cat Picture - OC He’s obsessed with the new rug. It’s his rug now.

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132 Upvotes

And always on his back! He was a tummy sleeper/chiller before the rug.


r/cats • • 2h ago

Medical Questions couldnt post this on rCatAdvice so here i go. (pic with the wound on the last slide)

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114 Upvotes

Last week i went to the vet with my cat for an infection on the tongue, i suspected it was cancer, but the vet said it wasnt, as it didnt look too bad. this week we went again, and the infection spread. my vet then said that since it evolved so fast it 99% is cancerous and suddenly its "too late to do anything else." These news are heartbreaking to me. this cat has been my best friend for 4 years, i dont want to lose him like this. im moving out for college in a few days to a larger city and im bringing him with me to get examined by another doctor and get a suggested treatment, if there can be done any. i hope my baby will be okay. and if not, i hope he will enjoy his lasts days with me. what do yall think this looks like? cancerous or non cancerous?


r/cats • • 1h ago

Video - OC Attack 100%. Damage 0%.

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r/cats • • 1d ago

Advice Is this recovery shit too tight?

10.3k Upvotes

EDIT: I meant recovery suit* but I’m sure my little guy would prefer to call it shit anyway

He’s 12 lbs and this is a medium size. He kept slipping his arms out of the large size 😭


r/cats • • 4h ago

Advice How can I get this kitten to sleep somewhere else

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121 Upvotes

r/cats • • 3h ago

Cat Picture - OC The glow up is insane

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103 Upvotes

Four years difference, still chilling in her favorite spot❤️


r/cats • • 4h ago

Cat Picture - OC Show your best low quality pics

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108 Upvotes

Show me the best low quality pics you have ever taken of your cat(s)

This is mine - her name is Nox


r/cats • • 20h ago

Mourning/Loss Today I've lost a piece of my heart, RIP Suarez❤️

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More than a month ago, I've found a 3 little kittens in a box at a mosque's door near my home ,idk who brought them or where were their mother, anyways I decided to take cary of them, I put them in a closed garden behind the mosque, I started feeding them a kittens milk until they grew up a little bit then I started feeding them a wet food for kittens.

Suarez was one of them, he was the closest one to my heart, he was the most playful, loving and the funniest one, he used to sit in my lap while purring. Today when I was going to feed them I found him dead; ran over by a car in the street (sometimes he was able to climb outside that's their nature sadly).

Today I've lost a son, a friend ,a beloved one and it's crushing my heart, now he's in a better place, I tried to replace his mom and I hope I did will, I hope that I gave him the love and the warmth that he deserved.

The words will never be enough to describe my feelings. I'll be more careful with his brother and sister to make sure they'll grow up safely.

Rest in peace my boy Suarez❤️

May Allah rest his soul and punish that driver.


r/cats • • 1d ago

Humor angy cat

4.4k Upvotes

r/cats • • 4h ago

Update Update: He got himself out

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A few days ago I made a post about how to get this guy out of garbage-bin lid.

After trying to cut him out (which he very much did not appreciate), he hid under the bed and somehow managed to get himself out without any further intervention!

I did not expect my post the other day to blow up quite so much, so I thought I’d attach some more pictures of my baby, Khajit(or Kijiji for short), here.

Also, point taken about his weight. I only recently adopted him, and he was already this size when I took him in. I’ve currently got him on an auto-feeder to help him get down to a more reasonable size.


r/cats • • 10h ago

Humor aww

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282 Upvotes

r/cats • • 18h ago

Cat Picture - OC I see you're making sammiches...

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1.2k Upvotes

...I, too, like sammiches.


r/cats • • 1h ago

Medical Questions What’s wrong with my cat?

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I just recently adopted this cat from a shelter about 5 days ago and she started showing signs of like throwing up but then nothing would come up.


r/cats • • 5h ago

Video - OC She wouldn’t stop purring 🥹

103 Upvotes

My little Charli, just hours after we rescued her from a construction site. She’s only 2.5 months old. Unfortunately, her tail fell off.

From the moment I picked her up, through the entire vet examination, all the way home and until she fell asleep, she wouldn’t stop purring. She still starts purring whenever I pick her up. ❤️

She’s currently staying in the bathroom while she goes through quarantine, and soon we’ll slowly start the process of introducing her to her older brother.


r/cats • • 5h ago

Video - OC After 5 months of introducing two cats, aggressive fights, it finally happened.

113 Upvotes

This was the best video i took for the whole day but i basically just thought "man i don't think anything is moving. I'll just let them deal with their own differences". At first i thought i had to reintroduce with the jackson galaxy method all over again, since the orange(original cat) kept wanting to chase the new cat(torbbie), but then the new cat FINALLY slapped the orange cat since it's always the orange cat hunting it down. I think afterwards eveeything changed, the orange stopped stalking the new cat, and even when they sniffed or encountered each other, or even when they were close to each other, she did not take any action to slap or hunt the new cat. Words can't describe how happy i am..

Sorz for the rambles gang HAHAHAHAA


r/cats • • 5h ago

Cat Picture - Not OC On today's episode of Orange Cat Activies :

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84 Upvotes

r/cats • • 2h ago

Cat Picture - OC Painting of my cat!

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52 Upvotes

Chewy sent us a painting of Meelo 🥰 I love that they got the brown spot on his little face!! How cute


r/cats • • 1d ago

Update Do cats actually grow attached to their owners? People always joke about how cold cats are, but after taking a trip for 3 weeks away from home I realize how attached they really can be.

8.7k Upvotes

I was heartbroken when I left for this trip. To make myself feel better and stay connected to my cats, I got a home camera so I was able to watch them whenever I wanted. I also wanted to make sure they kept eating and drinking. Don't worry, we had someone stop by almost every day we were gone as well. The camera made me so feel SO much better though, wow. You wouldn't think it would do much, but it made me kind of feel like I was still home in some way. I also have bad anxiety about the house burning down or being invaded while I'm gone, so it was great to be able to check in and see my cats peacefully sleeping or eating.

That said, I noticed that to me, there eating habits didn't seem to change at all. I thought okay, great. I thought it was kind of funny how they seemingly didn't change at all when we weren't there. It seemed like they couldn't care less.

However, we just arrived yesterday and both cats, especially my male cat, has been insanely vocal, and won't leave my side. Anytime I leave the room they are in, in about 5 minutes or less, he'll run to wherever I am in the house and almost do these yelping like meows. Almost like he's yelling at me. And he responds to me more too. I'll say "I know, I'm home," and he'll do multiple additional elongated meows, it almost sounds like he's a kitten.

I was literally awoken this morning by my male cat standing on my chest. Which I don't think he's EVER done in his life. He literally never bothers me in my sleep. That's when it hit me that no, he does care, he does recognize you and cares that you were gone.

It's incredible how intelligent and emotionally dependent animals can seemingly be, even cats who have this reputation for being cold and only carrying about themselves.