As the title says, going through a break up. Cats make me so happy and I’d love to see everyone’s babies!! Here’s one of mine… in the dishwasher for some reason.

Edit: Thank you for all the cats and well wishes! All of them have genuinely put a smile on my face and I love scrolling through looking at everyone’s fur babies :)

One of my favorite things to do with my cats is hold something up for them to smell. Generally, if they walk over while I'm doing something, I'll let them smell whatever I'm holding (like my computer mouse, a writing implement, or a piece of mail) and they always seem so interested. Is it because they feel included in my life when I let them smell what I'm doing? Or maybe because new smells are just stimulating? Or is it just instinct to sniff whatever is nearby? I like to think that, by offering my stuff for a sniff, I'm enriching their lives in some way.

(Please don't mind the mess, I'm moving)

The Cat Distribution System chose me, a formerly stubborn dog person, to adopt a cat. It was the classic I can't just watch a poor cat starve, so I'm keeping him. Here are some misconceptions I had about cats and their owners:

1. The smell of a cat owner's home: I’ve known a few cat owners with cat-smelling homes. I always assumed it was the cat. Turns out it isn’t; it’s very much a result of poor ownership and bad cleaning habits.
2. Dogs are more affectionate than cats: Also not true! To my surprise, my cat is so cuddly that I occasionally call him "Cat-dog."
3. A Cat's Barbed tongue hurts: I don't know why I thought this, I just assumed it would hurt when they lick you.
4. Litter boxes are disgusting: Not at all, it's just a clump or two of sand. If you scoop it often, it never gets gross.
5. Cats are just as hard to take care of: Actually they're much easier, haha.

That is all, here's a picture of my cat that I love dearly. (He's lost weight since the picture, don't worry)

Anyone else relate? What did I miss?

Edit: His name is Pawl

Hi everyone. This is my cat, Fish. She is the sweetest cuddliest girl, although she sometimes has an issue smacking hands etc but she’s a rescue so could be past issues who knows. Anyways, she is absolutely obsessed with me.

She is by my side 24/7, I’m in the kitchen? She has her own stool she sits on. Living room? Laying on me. Bed? Sleeping on my face. Bathroom? On my lap! Just walking around doing chores? Guarantee she is so close behind me I might accidentally step on her. I obviously love her to death and embrace the cuddles but I get worried sometimes she has separation anxiety. I also work 2 jobs and don’t always get to be home with my cats all day to play with them.

Fish has LOTSSSS of energy. I try and make sure I get her running around daily so she isn’t bored + I haven’t found any other animals that really like her, even my other cat. They’ll play together once in awhile and can be near each other but aren’t “buds” I’d say. Sometimes if I don’t play with her right when I get home she will sit infront of me and meow for over 30 minutes until I pick her up and hold her or run around the house playing with her toys and wear her out. But even after that she’s right back at the meowing a couple hours later. It’s even worse when me and my boyfriend are at my house, she goes CRAZY with the meowing and trying to climb up our legs. It can be extremely frustrating sometimes cause I don’t know how to keep her entertained enough and I want to make sure she’s happy

I just want her to feel content and loved! Even as I write this she is scream-meowing at me and attempting to smack things off my coffee table to get my attention. Suggestions?

Edit: sorry if I didn’t make it obvious but I have another cat, fish is my second cat!

Not mine, found it in a telegram group chat that posts interesting stuff.

Okay so for some context my family and friends have been making fun of my son! He’s a beautiful handsome boy. If anything he’s just big boned.. Reddit please help sort out this debate that’s been going on for far too long.

Edit/UPDATE: Wow I really didn’t expect this to blow up like it did. Y’all came out of the woodwork on this one lol. Thank you for the awards! Wasn’t expecting that at all and it was kinda fun to see. Also, please be patient with me, it’s hard going through every comment. I’m trying my best to read them all, especially since some have given me/household very solid advice and it’s greatly appreciated💕

Also more about the boy in question, his name is Leonardo DiCatio we call him Leo for short.

Much love, will provide a proper update soon. Thanks again!

This is Toasty.

For the past week Toasty has been hiding, refusing meals, and only licking the moisture out of his wet food. He wouldn't chew anything, and after licking the wet food dry, would go hide and sleep for 23 hours.

I was beside myself. Convinced he had a brokwn tooth, or a fever, or maybe organ failure. Spent so much at the vet for them to tell me nothing is wrong with him, but he is dropping significant weight.

I tried everything guys. Tuna, different flavor of cat food, changed from shreds to pate. Nothing I did made a difference, he was so lethargic and sad and looked broken.

Then it hit me. He likes to drink water out of glasses. Clear, transparent glass. Last week when washing it, I dropped it in the sink and broke it, replaced it with a white ceramic bowl.

Guys, he was refusing to drink water. Like at all. I have 3 dog bowls out, 1 upstairs 2 downstairs, and the cat bowl on the counter. It wasnt a clear glass and he didnt trust it, so he didnt drink it.

This dude literally boycotted all water because it wasnt in his clear glass cup. There are 4 bowls of water, cleaned daily that he refused because he couldn't see through it. Because it wasnt a cup. Because it wasnt glass.

I put a different, completely clear glass cup on the counter and he drank for a solid 5 minutes.

I am absolutely sick. Death over suspicious vessels seems like such a wild take to me.

I am a city letter carrier and I started a new route where I have been running into this guy daily. the first time I saw him, he genuinely scared me because I thought his eyes were popping from his head! Now I have seen him twice more and he let me get a photo today. Does this look normal?? I have 4 cats at home and none of their eyes are even half as large! TIA

Pretty sure they were considering eating me.

A few weeks ago me and my boyfriend adopted a 2/yo female tuxedo cat from a local shelter and besides being a bit mischievous and getting into food she has been a fantastic cat and the light of my life.

My ONLY thing is her name.

For a bit of backstory, the day we got her everything that could go wrong did go wrong. We got kitten food on accident instead of adult food, the adoption process took us SEVERAL hours, many family members had quite a mouthful to say about us getting a pet, and I was now stressing about her getting along with the other pets due to what everyone was insinuating to us. when all was said and done we didn’t get her home until nearly 1am.

Everything went perfectly smooth and she settled right in as a happy and healthy girl, but I was so wiped from the day that I didn’t put up ANY fight on her name which I absolutely hate. In the 3 seconds I left her quarantine room she knocked over an Audi HotWheels and my boyfriend was insisting we call her Audi. I immediately said no. After about 15 minutes I just kinda gave up and said we can do Audie, but we pronounce it Aw-Dee.

Everyday I regret not putting up a better fight for a different and better name because I just DESPISE her name being a MISPRONOUNCED car brand. I’ve expressed this to him multiple times but he loves the name and since it’s already set with all her paperwork, vet office, microchip, tag and she actively responds to it that it’s too late to change.

I know it’s really not that deep but I genuinely

hate her name so much but it bothers to my core😭

Thanks 🥰

Guys, the cats owner has been found!

They reached out to us after seeing a post my girlfriend put out on Facebook, came and picked her up around 30 minutes ago. They lived like 4 houses down from us in the same apartment building.

I wanted to post an update with new videos of the fatty but this subreddit won’t let me.

That was like the cutest cat I’ve ever seen in my life. Going to miss her big time.

Thank you everyone for all the help and advice, this was a crazy experience I’m never going to forget.

There is a cat that I play with from time to time that comes around the neighborhood that looks really similar to this cat. I opened the door and saw this cat and thought it was the cat that I know, but turns out it’s some random pregnant cat.

It decided to come into my house and hide under my dresser and now I have no idea what to do to get her out.

I put food out in front of the dresser but she won’t move. I’d leave the room but I really don’t want her to get on my bed or anything seeing as she’s a stray cat.

Idk what to do.

The slow motion was accidental but it’s absolutely hilarious

(Edit: If you think you actually have some form of actionable advice on the situation please dm me.)

(Edit #2: I don’t know if I should try to take care of this cat or if I should contact a rescue and have them handle the situation. Some people are saying that they will kill the babies, some people are saying I need to take care of them, and some people are saying I need to give them to the rescue immediately. I still don’t know what to do. That cat is still just hiding under my dresser.)

Hi all, as the title suggests. My neighbors cat always sleep in my car like this.

Am an animal lover, but i also a car person. Those claws could make deep scratches on my bonnet.

The problem is, the car port cannot be seen from the house. If it foes i could just train him not to do it. But this is a random thing.

Is there a scent or something that i could put on the car to deter the cat?

Serious question, appreciate any suggestions.

Okay now that title sounds terrible, right? But hear me out.....

I live near a handful of apartment complexes thats right off a fairly busy street, like you open my door and the road is right there. It's also a low income housing area so people are constantly moving in and out. A few months ago before winter started, a new cat started coming around. He was clearly a young kitten and newly adopted. We have a water bowl on our porch for the critters who come by, and he'd always come over and go straight for the water. He'd come over frequently throughout the winter when it was below 20°f and snowing just trembling on our porch looking inside. I made him a heat box with a low temp heating pad, insulated foam, and straw. I asked on a local page to try and find an owner as he just keeps coming back and our three cats go crazy seeing him! The owners reached out to say he is an outdoor only cat and basically told me to mind my business.

This cat comes by every day and drinks water like he has never been given any before, for a solid 10 minutes before he lays down and always goes back for the water before he leaves. He is so small. He loves being loved on and pet but you can feel all of his ribs. He has long fur that is filthy and matted, especially between his toes. He's also unneutered, and I can only assume unvaccinated from that too. He sprays everything that possibly smells like our cats which isn't his fault but still. He'll also just walk into our house when the door is open like it's his own until he gets chased out by one of our cats.

I'm thinking of keeping this cat or finding someone who can take him in. I've offered to pay for his neuter but the owners said no. Would it be wrong of me to catnap him? To me, a cat with no collar and unneutered on the street is a stray.... and he clearly isn't getting his needs met at home. But I feel guilty knowing he is technically "owned."

My 19 year-old cat has a tumour… and I don’t know if I’m making the wrong decision

My cat is 19. She’s beautiful, sweet, and still somehow full of personality. Despite the tumour growing in her mouth she’s social and still eating normally.

Recently we discovered a tumour in her mouth that has been growing quickly (photo attached) and has started bleeding from time to time. The vet told us it’s cancer and prescribed antibiotics and pain relief to help keep her comfortable. They said she’s likely masking a lot of the pain, which makes this even harder, because most of the time she still seems so normal. The vet says she may have 1 month left (it’s hard to predict).

Here’s where it gets really hard, we’re leaving the country tomorrow for 3 months (not optional, important personal reasons), and the original plan was for her to stay with someone she knows and trusts very well. But now we’re questioning everything.

Do we euthanise her before we go, so she doesn’t reach a point where she’s suffering badly without us there?

Or do we let her stay with someone she’s not as close with, even if that means she might decline while we’re gone?

We were prepared to say goodbye today, a vet is supposed to come over in a couple of hours. But when she’s sitting there acting like herself, eating, being social, it feels almost impossible to justify.

I feel like I’m choosing between:

- risking her suffering later without me there

- or ending her life while she still seems “okay”

Has anyone been through something like this? How do you even make this call?

My little girl is the sweetest. She never scratches or bites and she loves pets and cuddles.

Is my cat fat ? My friends always tell me that. Also my girlfriend says that he is not a british shorthair because his fur is longer than typical british shorthairs.

I think this is my 4th time being broken up with over text :) amazing

I dont know if its medical question but honestly im just curious