r/cats Oct 20 '24

Discussion Community Highlight: Custom Awards!

50 Upvotes

As you may already have noticed, over the past few days our subreddit has had some exciting new awards assigned to it, tailored especially to r/cats and based on a selection of the old custom awards you may remember!

These awards were designed especially for our community by a team of artists at reddit and are available solely in this subreddit.

We are helping to test out this new feature here and the idea is that in the future subreddit-specific awards may come with fun new features unlockable by subreddits and community participants. For now, there is a leaderboard we can unlock:

Awarding posts and comments with one of these custom designs will of course come with a nifty little animation on your screen, just like any of the other newest version of awards. Perhaps the best part of this new system is that these custom awards are all pretty affordable. Unlike the previous subreddit-specific awards which started at 500 coins you can now already choose to apply a custom award for 15 coins. I just think that's neat.

At r/Cats we are pretty excited to be a part of this trial program. Giving subreddits access to individual customisation shows that we are a unique community with its own space on reddit. You now have the choice to award a post or comment that you think is extra-special with a design especially created for us.

Thank you to reddit admin u/SmEllen_Fresh who was our contact during the development stage and all the other reddit admins part of the dev team for this new feature!

We hope you all will enjoy this new option as much as we do.

From all of us at r/Cats, thank you for making this subreddit the special place that it is!


r/cats 22d ago

Announcement Regarding Mourning/Loss Posts

141 Upvotes

Hi Everyone,

Recently we've received an increase in queries regarding our allowance for posts flaired as "Mourning/Loss". I'd like to address those posts here and why we allow them in the most coherent way I can.

As long as I've been a mod here (Almost a year and a half) these posts have been allowed, and to my knowledge, there was never a time when they were NOT allowed here. The reason we allow these posts is because as our name "r/cats" suggests, we are dedicated to all things cat related. To us, Losing a beloved cat falls under that "cat related" criteria. While we understand that these posts may be upsetting to some users, the alternative would be to not allow them which may upset users in mourning. Unfortunately, with those options presented, it is impossible to please everyone. My personal advice (as someone who has lost a cat before) is to put yourself in the shoes of the users in mourning if you are against these posts. How would you feel if you took the time to write a tribute and pick out photos of your cat just for the post to be deleted?

If you are not mentally in a place where seeing a mourning/loss post is something you can handle, I recommend moving away from our subreddit, our goal is not to hurt you by allowing these posts.

WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, I WANT TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW PHOTOS OF DEAD CATS. IF YOU SEE A POST THAT CONTAINS A DECEASED CAT (OR ANY DECEASED ANIMAL IN GENERAL, INCLUDING ANIMALS HUNTED BY CATS) PLEASE REPORT IT TO US. WE DO NOT IN ANY CAPACITY ALLOW PHOTOS OF DECEASED CATS TO BE POSTED TO OUR SUBREDDIT.

If you have any questions regarding this post or anything you'd like to add, please feel free to comment below

Thank you for your understanding ️ ♥️ ️ 


r/cats 6h ago

Video - Not OC Those eyes 👁️👁️

11.1k Upvotes

r/cats 10h ago

Video - OC Do your cats follow you into the shower?

12.6k Upvotes

Smolder does, and so does her brother Seven.


r/cats 4h ago

Cat Picture - OC 4 years after adoption... HE FINALLY WENT OUTSIDE AHHHH 🥹

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1.9k Upvotes

r/cats 6h ago

Cat Picture - OC Relatively new cat dad here. Is this a normal sleeping posture for kitten. She seems comfortable so I didn’t wake her up and move her.

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2.1k Upvotes

I know cats are flexible but I am not very sure if this is a good sleeping position. 🤣🤣


r/cats 15h ago

Cat Picture - OC She isn’t smart, but I love her.

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11.8k Upvotes

r/cats 14h ago

Mourning/Loss Tribute to my son, Benson. Please celebrate his life with me.

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6.2k Upvotes

Benson was my $40 Craigslist kitty, who was by my side from the day that I brought him home, through breakup and divorce, moving across the country twice, and played an integral part in my relationship when I began dating my fiancé. I was by his side as Benson fought through multiple kidney infections, emergency surgery to remove bladder stones, and prescription diets. In total, my $40 Craigslist kitty cost us $17,000 in vet bills, not mention his prescription foods, and regular necessities that cats need. And I don’t regret a single penny. We were together all the way up to this morning, when I held his paw, just a day after his 14th birthday, as he crossed the rainbow bridge after getting stomach cancer. My heart is breaking and I didn’t know I was able to cry this hard, or this many tears. But I just wanted to share him with this community so that you can celebrate his life with me. We love you Benson, now and forever.

(I will forever find it funny that his Craigslist ad says that my male cat was “spayed”)


r/cats 10h ago

Cat Picture - OC This is the first time she has layed in my lap. We have had her for 12 years

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2.3k Upvotes

r/cats 3h ago

Cat Picture - Not OC Low quality picture that can brighten up your day

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654 Upvotes

r/cats 12h ago

Adoption Brought this fluffy girl home today

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3.3k Upvotes

r/cats 19h ago

Cat Picture - OC My son turns 18 today!

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29.2k Upvotes

Aries was born in the early hours of the morning of April 2, 2007 in my bedroom closet. His mother was a pregnant stray who showed up at my house one day when I was 18 years old, and unexpectedly gave me the greatest gift. I’ve had him for exactly half of entire life and every day with him has been a blessing. Happy Birthday Aries!! Mom loves you so much💕


r/cats 14h ago

Video - OC The stray I've been feeding for a year finally let me pet her

3.9k Upvotes

We've been feeding this precious girl and her two babies (Chocolate PB, and Jelly PB) for about a year and a half. We were able to get them TNR, and we set up a water fountain and some shade for them. They now spend most of their days hanging out on my yard.

Today tho, she came to me and let me pet her, she was so gentle too 😭😭. Please enjoy my very quiet freakout


r/cats 18h ago

Cat Picture - OC Hi, I’m 5 years old today

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8.1k Upvotes

She got morning treats and some cardinals stopped by the tree outside the window.


r/cats 8h ago

Cat Picture - OC She demanded a photoshoot, i obeyed.

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762 Upvotes

Asd


r/cats 10h ago

Cat Picture - OC She just loves sleeping like this for some reason

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1.1k Upvotes

She always finds the most uncomfortable looking positions to sleep


r/cats 6h ago

Cat Picture - OC Hi!

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489 Upvotes

r/cats 9h ago

Cat Picture - OC I am going to end up as the lady with 6 cats …

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740 Upvotes

I love them all so much!


r/cats 19h ago

Video - Not OC "I was just kidding I wasn't going anywhere"💀

4.7k Upvotes

r/cats 15h ago

Adoption My fiancé and I got a new kitten :3

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1.9k Upvotes

Her name is Ducky


r/cats 23h ago

Cat Picture - OC I thought my cat was chubby but he was only fluffly!

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7.8k Upvotes

I had to groom him to get rid of tangles in his fur. Now its getting colder in my country and ill have to get him some cat clothes 😻his fur looks like a poodle lmao


r/cats 9h ago

Cat Picture - OC Why can’t she sit like a normal cat

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480 Upvotes

r/cats 4h ago

Video - OC This is my cousins cat

190 Upvotes

He has a unique way of drinking water 😂 also he is a silly boy


r/cats 19h ago

Cat Picture - OC A true hunter never rests.

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2.7k Upvotes

r/cats 3h ago

Cat Picture - OC My baby turns 9 today!!

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142 Upvotes

a dump to appreciate my fur baby


r/cats 1d ago

Video - OC Please help whats wrong with him?

12.5k Upvotes

My cat was trying to catch a fly that he couldn’t reach and be started doing this. Is he okay? Should i take him to the vet?

Thank you


r/cats 7h ago

Adoption Abandoned Baby

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256 Upvotes

We think someone abandoned this little angel and she followed us into our house. She’s the sweetest cat I’ve ever met. Her only goal for the last 3 days has been to snuggle. No chip, and no one seems to be looking for her. Poor thing had a crazy infected tail wound and needed it amputated, but she’s very happy to be somewhere warm and safe with probably too many treats for the last few days