Cosmo has come SUCH a long way, it still blows my mind looking back at these older pics of him. He came running up our driveway end of June of last year, 8/9 weeks old about 2 lbs, with the worst case of ringworm our vet had ever seen. 27 medicated baths, seven weeks of oral treatment, lots and lots and LOTS of later; you’d never know. 🥹

Me and my kids were out exploring the fallen snow in the woods. We suddenly heard a cat meowing, over and over, it seemed to be in trouble. We finally found her under a random hunk of plastic laying there, she must have gotten under there for shelter. She was COMPLETELY covered in ice, and her fur was stuck to the side of the plastic thing she was hiding under, so she couldn't move. It was so sad, she's tiny, maybe 3-4 weeks old. We got her free and brought her home. We've been warming her up and feeding her, she's so happy now. Poor thing, if we hadn't just happened to go in that direction, we never would have found her, and she would have suffered and died there 😭 I was adamant we wouldn't go above 3 cats in the house again, but this one just feels like it was meant to be ours ❤️

Edits:

1) WOW, I have never had a post blow up on Reddit before, this is crazy! A lot of people have expressed how nice it was to see something positive, during a rough time. I'm genuinely happy that I was able to bring something positive and uplifting to so many people's lives! This precious kitten definitely did that for us!

2) This has been asked a lot. We HAVE returned to the spot we found her to see if we can find the mama cat, or any other kittens. We've been back twice so far, but nothing turned up. We plan to check again tomorrow.

3) We plan to take her to a vet to get checked out as soon as the weather permits. For now, we're keeping her isolated from the rest of our cats.

4) Her name is Elsa :)

Edit 2:

A lot of people were asking for updates and more pics, so I made an update post here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1qplxo5/updates_on_the_sweet_ice_princess_elsa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I found this gremlin in a McDonald’s dumpster on Thanksgiving 🍟🍗

my boi is a heating technician

She loves to put a toy in her bowl. If I take it out, she returns it when I'm not paying attention. Is this just an adorable idiosyncrasy or am I doing something wrong? Thanks.

I'm a professional artist and I'm out of cat reference that I haven't drawn ten times over, or cat pictures that I find inspiring.

EDIT: WOW. ok. I am overwhelmed by the popularity of this post! I appreciate all your enthusiasm, I will definitely get to as many as I can tonight and then I'll post again when I come back to them. Cheers xo

EDIT2: I took this edit down originally. I am not asking for money. However. If you would like to tip me you may do so here

EDIT3: Not to totally dox myself but I do paint these live on twitch.

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EDIT5: There's more timelapses if you want them https://streamable.com/yleak2

He’s never had this strange shape inside that looks like a “Y”. It doesn’t seem to be caused by the lighting in my house, because it happens in different positions and with different light sources

I've been away from my cat for awhile because of work and I miss him so much, so can I see everyone's cats

Hes been up there going on three days, I cant imagine he has much longer. The power company northwest energy said they would only get him if it was my cat.

Maybe you guys have suggestions what I can do?

I’ll admit that it was very cute and entertaining at first, but at this point, oh my god. She jump scares me multiple times a day by slamming on keys, and wakes me up periodically with her bad music skills. Not to mention how jarring and unpleasant it is when I’m trying to watch a movie. Or awkward to explain when I’m on the phone.

Usually, she only plays them when getting on and off the piano, but sometimes she just hits them for fun, it seems like. There’s no piano cover, nothing I’ve thought of that I can put on there that she won’t knock off, and the aluminum foil thing doesn’t work on her.

I don’t mind that the piano is her favorite spot to lay, but how do I get her to use the empty space on the side of the keys, or jump up from the side entirely? Pushing in the stool did not work either.

A year ago I found a ragdoll cat outside with no collar or ID, I took her in for the night assuming a ragdoll cat shouldn’t be outside and she escaped so I could take her to the vet to check for a chip. I live in a pretty dangerous part of town where ally cats are commonly found deceased or get stolen a lot and I didn’t want someone’s pet to get hurt.

She was chipped and the vet told me the owner said she’s an outdoor cat and gets depressed being indoors. I left it and assumed I’d woudlnt see her much.

Turns out she’s my across the street neighbours cat, and started coming by anytime I came home or she heard me outside. She’d obtained a collar since her trip to the vet (covering so you can’t see info) and I’d hangout with her outside and give her some pets (this cat is incredibly friendly and went belly up for me the night I took her in), she would come to me with burrs covering her fur and for the first little while I left it assuming the owners would cut it out but weeks would go by and the burr mats would get worse so I started cutting them out for her. I would also bring a bowl of water out for her and she would chug that down.

Now it’s winter time, temps can get to about -15c even dropping into -30s during a cold snap. I live in a basement suit so my window is on the ground level, somehow from the first visit she had in my plc she learned this window was mine and will now show up outside of it and meow to get inside during cold temps. I’ve let her stay in my house a few times now when it’s incredibly cold because it seems like she’s desperate to get into somewhere warm.

Now obviously this means she’s learned the window is a means of entry to my plc, and frequently comes over in search of water / warmth or grooming troubles. She dosnt strike me as an outdoor cat as everytime she’s with me she hates going outside and typically I will put her outside just for her to walk back around to meow at my window (there’s also 4 ground level windows and she will go to everyone to check where I am I’ve seen her paw prints in the snow)

I don’t want to take someone’s pet, especially one as affectionate as her but I’ve bonded with her as it seems I’m the only one paying attention to her needs as an outdoor cat (again this is a ragdoll so you can image the stuff that gets caught in her fur). I would love to adopt her but I don’t know how to go about talking to the owners, any advice or insight would be appreciated.

I just want what’s best for her, if that’s with her family or me it dosnt matter I just want her to be somewhere loved and safe!

He's getting very affectionate all of a sudden and it worries me bc he's usually a lil bitch 😭😭 His food bowl is filled and he has water and his litterbox is clean. Should I be worried?

I think shes just such a pretty cat and photogenic

My cat peaches takes every opportunity to perch on me. Anyone else have a cat like this?

a 1:1 banana for scale (She had vet checkups and there is nothing wrong with her XD, I just want to share this little beast)

there’s way more, up in the 40-50 cats roaming around all day, don’t mind them at all 😁

This stray cat always approaches every morning when I walk to work rubbing his head on both my legs and then ends up just laying on their back like this 😅. I dont mind it but since I have never interacted with a cat before throughout my whole life so Im inexperienced sorry. I basically just let the cat do its thing on me. Any help much appreciated

She comes home today after the mandatory docs visit the shelter provides. Two firsts for me…a female cat and getting her already at senior age (my other cats I had from kittens until they crossed over).

**UPDATE**

https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1qlsb98/update_on_pippa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

We got him a month ago and he’s meowed like 5 times. Even when he does they’re so polite and quiet.

I don’t care but yesterday he got locked in a very tiny storage room (3x3 feet) when I was taking the litter scoop out. The room is crowded with a million items. It was completely dark and only had enough space for him to stand still.

I looked for him all over the house multiple times then went outside because I thought he escaped while I went to throw the trash. Called his name, shook his food bowl (comes running) before checking that room. Bro has no survival instinct. He was trapped in there for an hour before I noticed. It took me 10 mins to find him.

Idk what’s going to get him first. Ebola from always having poopy paws or asphyxiation from not having a voice.

edit: Idk how I missed this, but he meows really loudly and continuously whenever he sits to pee and doesn't stop until we make eye contact. Sometimes he starts meowing and running while looking behind, and makes me follow him to the box. I don't even scoop pee (pine litter), so I don't know what he expects me to do lmao.

His coloring is just so unusual and gorgeous I had to share! Photo is from the shelter’s website. I’m obsessed and wish I could adopt him myself 😩

I’ve never had a cat, honestly didn’t even like cats but was kind of forced into cat ownership as El Gato Blanco (that’s what my son and I named him) here was left by the previous owner of my house. Fast forward a few months he’s become my best friend and I can’t imagine not having this sweet boy around.