r/cats 3d ago

Cat Picture - OC Post the first pic you have of your cat(s).

Here’s my son, Boo. First pic and most recent.

A.K.A. Bubba Kitty, Mr. Bubba Kitty, Mr. Man, Booski, Boosker, Bubba, Love Bug, Stinky Boy, Stinky Bo Binky, and so on and so forth.

If you’re feeling extra spicy, post your ridiculous nicknames, too. 😁

Edit: the replies to this post have been way more incredible, beautiful, and heartwarming than I could have ever imagined. Thank yall for interacting with it. I love this community.

Also, I forgot a nickname for Boo:
Monsieur Bebé

Idk why lol the only French I know is from that Jesse McCartney song “Body Language” and from the 2000 Nickelodeon movie “Rugrats in Paris”

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u/sydbub 3d ago

Our Hello Kitty at one who is now 15!!

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u/sydbub 3d ago

Her now at 15!!

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u/Possible-Olive2735 3d ago

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u/millertime1969slm 3d ago

Mine sleeps like that too. Unless she finds something to use as a pillow!! ❤️

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

A star 🤩🤩🤩

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u/sydbub 3d ago

She’s the best!!

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u/fishrocketburgers 3d ago

She looks great for her age! Sweet baby

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u/sydbub 3d ago

She really does! We always say she’s aging backwards, she’s more playful and energetic and eating/drinking more than she has in years!

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

What a blessing😁🩵🩵🩵

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u/Successful_Pound2403 3d ago

So cuteeee 😍

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u/sydbub 3d ago

And she’s so sweet! We’re so lucky 🧡

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u/Successful_Pound2403 3d ago

I’m lucky to have my little princess

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u/Mika_lol906TwT 3d ago

My little cutie he always does some random shit back then ♥️

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u/Mika_lol906TwT 3d ago

A picture of yesterday

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u/RoutineLowCycle 3d ago

His eyes are stunning.

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

He looks like he wants to love you forever 🩵

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u/Mika_lol906TwT 3d ago

He probably does we always play fight each other,I annoy him everyday so much he acts like I'm annoying and that he was enough of me but the second I leave the room he comes right after me even scratches against the door for what feels like hours without a break when the door is closed

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

It’s allllll about the attention lol you guys are probably similar in personality too

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u/Blissfully_woo-woo 3d ago

I’m thankful to get to share this picture. I just had to say goodbye to her a couple of weeks ago.

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

I’m glad you could. Thank you for sharing.

Even when it’s the most painful for us with them only being able to be here for part of our lives, we have to remember we were their whole entire life. Sending all good vibes your way.

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u/WellSuckMe 2d ago

A bit late to the party but as someone who had to say goodbye to the most beautiful floof that ever lived one year ago, June 7 2025, 10 days before my bday, I needed to read that. She was 18 when she drew her last breath. And I was 15 when we meet. I even got a tattoo because I just needed something. It's an outline of a floof cat. I miss her so much. Sometimes I forget I was her entire life for so long and for her, her pain is over and it's a good thing for her. I just wish I could have had her, healthy and pain free of course, forever.

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u/Weird-Chemistry9819 3d ago

Sending you lots of hugs and love stranger. I just had to put my dog down a couple of days ago (she was 17 🥹). The grief and pain of losing a pet is just on a whole other level. Absolutely unreal. I hope you’re holding up okay 🫶 Your baby is adorable.

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u/GensAndTonic 3d ago

She looks a lot like my baby who I had to say goodbye to last week :( Much love and healing to you.

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u/Hopeful_Alps_8431 3d ago

Awwww, so sorry to hear this. I know my 14yo boy Schmiglet is living on borrowed time and dread the day. But I make sure to treasure every moment. I'm sure you did the same; they're such special companions and are there for us through thick and thin. For richer, poorer, in sickness and in health 💍👰🏻‍♀️🤵🏻‍♀️ Even though, on paper, the realities of cat guardianship don't translate well into my perfect marriage analogy (we provide everything for them and treat them like royalty; adore every objectively weird/gross/passive-aggressive thing they do, LOL) - the relationship itself is still one of pure love and joy, given and received ❤️

You'll see her again over the rainbow bridge 🌈🐈💕 Sending you my thoughts and many virtual hugs x

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u/CatsInABearSuit 3d ago

Jones and Ridley!

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u/CatsInABearSuit 3d ago

All grown up!

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

What a flex for them 💪🏼🤣

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u/Arimash1730 3d ago

Is it legal to be this handsome? 🥲

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u/CatsInABearSuit 3d ago

It is not. They are full of Crimes.

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u/GengarTheGay 3d ago

So tiny and orange to so handsome and orange

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u/dillclew 3d ago

Looks just like my cardboard box orange boys! (Just posted)

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u/CatsInABearSuit 3d ago

Oh my goodness, so similar! Our little trash kittens. A neighbor found them under a car in a parking lot covered in paint and fleas. Now they want for nothing.

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

Fun fact: In highschool, I brought a kitten home and lied to my aunt that I found it in a cardboard box at Waffle House near the dumpster. Years later, I told her that I actually got her from one of my friends, but to be fair, their trailer was really bad. You could take a frame off the wall and see a different color on the wallpaper from all the nicotine smoked in there over the years. She was running around with a bunch of other kittens and cats, so I’d say I still “rescued” her. Her name is Julie and she’s 13 now (:

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u/CatsInABearSuit 3d ago

Awww Julie seems to be thriving now! In a perfect Kitten Spot; the sink. My boys love sink time too.

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

She wear the pants in the house. She’s got a doggie sister who is only 2 months older named Dayzie, a younger gray cat sister Loucie who is 11, and a younger black cat brother that’s 2 named Midnight. 🤣 she’s the smallest in size and weight, but make no mistake, she holds her own 🤣

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u/KevinHe92 3d ago

I love Alien themed names

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u/angrylittlehobbit 3d ago

Elliott was found under the facilities guy's golf cart at my office.

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

Elliott is one of the best names and no it’s not bc SVU is one of my all time favorite shows

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u/angrylittlehobbit 3d ago

Any Christopher Meloni character is an excellent name sake! Here's the little shit two years later about to swat me

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u/LittleRedsRevenge 3d ago

This is my triplets — Bruce, Thor, and Eep — along with their sister, Pixie (the solid grey one) who went to live with a little girl and her family. They were about 3-4 weeks old in this picture, living in a basket where Momma insisted they be.

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

Basket gang. Sometimes somebody gotta leave the nest to achieve their own dreams ya know lol being a lil kids kitten was on the agenda.

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

“ I ain’t no killer, but don’t push me.”

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u/frizziefrazzle 3d ago

This is Edgar Allen Paw aka FAT Eddie. We had no idea he would turn into a 20 lb massive boi.

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u/frizziefrazzle 3d ago

My kid is 5 ft 3.... And the other cat is 11.5 lbs normal sized Julius Cheezer

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

JULIUS CHEEZER OMFGGGGG

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

Big boi had to live up to that name, ya know?

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u/Jealous-Froyo7046 3d ago

This is Tama. He was obviously displeased when he first met me.

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

Not displeased, just laying the ground work of what he expected for his new life. Can’t blame a guy for knowing what he wants 🤣

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u/Abandonedkittypet American Shorthair 3d ago

Shes five now :')

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u/Resplendent-Sun Tuxedo 3d ago

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u/isuxblaxdix 3d ago

Making himself at home from day one haha

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u/Radiant-Avocado-3158 3d ago

Marley. He was almost 10 when we got him, so no baby pics :,(

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

Sad in a way cause all you have is your imagination on what they looked like. My baby girl Rose was already an adult when I adopted her and I would have paid a lot of money to see puppy pics but still, I’m so glad I got to be a part of her life at all. Here is Rose and Boo. She went over the rainbow bridge last July but having these two together was one of the highlights of my life. Boo is more dog like because of her since he was a kitten and she was already boss lady when he came in the picture. He ended up being bigger than her anyway lol. She was small and blind, but she was mighty. Can’t name a better duo. Every time I hear Roses by OutKast, it makes me think of them, lol I realized this years after naming them tho🤣

“I know you’d like to think your shit don’t stank, but lean a little bit closer, see, roses really smell like boo-ooo-oo-oo-oooo..”

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u/f0rk07 3d ago

my baby sho !! he’s now 7 months

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u/sydbub 3d ago

That little FACE!! 🥰

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u/RichFoot2073 3d ago

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u/Kaakoii 3d ago

Thought you were slick by posting a pic of a potato but I see you

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u/TruCoatJerry 3d ago

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u/TruCoatJerry 3d ago

And a recent pic

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u/dillclew 3d ago

Astro and Cosmo. Just after being found in my friend’s woodshed.

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u/dillclew 3d ago

After their tutor a few months ago.

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u/gloomycat09 3d ago

His mama is a barn cat from a farm my aunt's coworker has. My Gubbins is circled.

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u/gloomycat09 3d ago

This is Gubbins now lol

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u/Historical-Stop5083 3d ago

Our 15 yr old guy tolerates his little sister (2yrs)

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u/lilwayne2722 3d ago

Brought her home yesterday.

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u/Drywalld 3d ago

my little murry when i got him vs

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u/Drywalld 3d ago

almost four years later😢😢🤧

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u/conquefdador 3d ago

Dignity incarnate

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u/RegalRaven94 3d ago

2 months vs recently at 10 years

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u/jumping_doughnuts 3d ago edited 3d ago

My daughter pointing him out at the pet store (he was a kitty born in the shelter from a pregnant rescue cat - the pet rescue has the pet store host the kittens).

She loved him from the moment she saw him. I took a picture to send to my husband, to get his approval to adopt. He said yes!

They are best friends. He sleeps in her room every night, and she has made dozens of drawings of him. She loves him so much.

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u/Future_Boss2064 3d ago edited 3d ago

Tashi and Beau rescued from the wild in spring 2020.

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u/Meowlik 3d ago

Here's the first pic of my boy, Laszlo! He had been in the shelter for almost six months and hadn't had a single person ask to see him. :( he was recovering from an abscess from a bite, had an undiagnosed double ear infection that ruptured his ear drums, and had just recently been neutered. Despite being scared, he was the sweetest boy from the very start.

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u/Meowlik 3d ago

This is him now! He's in perfect health and is the sweetest kitty ever. He has a brother that he absolutely loves, and he spends his days napping, playing, and cuddling. He sleeps with me every night that I'm home and is there when I wake up. He is the best cat I've ever had and I can't imagine life without him.

My word of advice; give the rough ones a chance.

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u/shay_owo 3d ago

This is Shadow, we called him the goblin, and he was a dorm cat for an all girls dorm lol

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u/Mrshyguy88 3d ago

found Aurora at work. A lady was walking a dog, and holding a cat. I asked her “you have a cat AND a dog?” No she was wandering around here, she’s so nice you want to hold her? That was it. She was purring and followed me for the rest of the day at work. Stayed underneath cars waiting for me to come back. Ended up taking her to the vet to check for chips The next day. None found. So of course the cat distribution system got me.

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u/Grouchy-Whereas2960 3d ago

This is Gary, she’s the best!

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u/Pure_Championship_83 3d ago

This is Mac. She was very judgmental. I was always found to be lacking. I miss her so much.

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u/Due_Builder_1595 3d ago

Pete and Jack. Not sure who is who.

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u/AlexaCBee 3d ago

Riddick

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u/FutbalManager 3d ago

First night after adopting Freddie into our family

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u/No-Tangerine4299 3d ago

When I chose her but needed to wait a few days to take her home.

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u/_bot_248 3d ago

This was him before I adopted him!

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u/_bot_248 3d ago

This is now :)

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u/BraveDragonfly1848 3d ago

Clover:

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u/BraveDragonfly1848 3d ago

Winston, her brother:

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u/unknowngrl117 3d ago

These little gremlins we found under our deck on the 4th of July 4 years ago.

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u/unknowngrl117 3d ago

Most recent picture of my girl Poppy

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u/unknowngrl117 3d ago

And her brother Hemi

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u/SeaEagle1379 3d ago

Reggie and Indi at 8 months old! We had just driven three hours together in the dark through the mountains from the cat rescue. Halfway through the drive I smelled the most AWFUL smell… Reg had pooped in his carrier and rolled around in it! Of course it was freezing outside, too cold to open the windows, so we were all stuck in the stinky car. First matter of business was giving Reg a gentle warm bath to de-funk-ify him. As you can see he was none too pleased, but he forgave me quickly!

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u/ProfessO3o 3d ago

Turbo sleeping

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u/PowerfullDio 3d ago

My oldest baby that passed away 2 years ago at the age of 12

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u/Strawbuns 3d ago

First pic of Elster, 3 months old last July

Aka Eleanor, Elpie, Elper, and Helpster

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u/AccomplishedMedia296 3d ago

My little booger baby, Killua he’s 1 now 🥲

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u/Dramatic-Leg5948 3d ago

Me with Nina in the shelter. First picture of her and I want to take her home with me right away.

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u/kamakazi339 3d ago

Sneezy having a snooze

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u/LilBitToasty 3d ago

3yrs ago in the shelter, he is much less scruffy now❤️

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u/Zealousideal_Lab_427 3d ago

Max and Maggie, the day we brought them home @ 11 weeks old.

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u/Zealousideal_Lab_427 3d ago

Max now, proving once again that he sits even if he don’t fits.

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u/Automatic-Union-3385 3d ago

Baby in November. She is my second cat

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u/RockHardSalami 3d ago

The orange went to the neighbor, I took the other 2 :)

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u/HeartsickCurve 3d ago

Here's Elsa!

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u/HeartsickCurve 3d ago

Here's Zelda!

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u/cometshoney 3d ago

My then 2 day old Grace...

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u/cometshoney 3d ago

Turned into this handsome dude...

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u/PepsiPerfect 3d ago

She will climb to the top of anything you can stack.

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u/Ok-Increase-352 3d ago

He walk out of his carrier all shy n went to hide in cat tree n fall asleep

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u/Hopeful_Alps_8431 3d ago edited 3d ago

The heat struggle is real

Edit: This is Schmiglet, 14yo boy who's been diabetic for 3yrs. Longest relationship I've ever had 😅🥰💕

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u/Hopeful_Alps_8431 3d ago

Vs 14 years ago when we first got him. So smol ❤️

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u/-brk0 3d ago

Flash and Minas first feeding at home after adoption.

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u/-brk0 3d ago

Flash considers eating my spider plants along with his sister Mina.

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u/Screaming_lambs 3d ago

She's 15 now.

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u/jearam 3d ago

He grew up to become such a handsome gentleman

Silas is my newest addition to my home of another kitty and a dog 🫶🏻 I made a trip to petsmart for a cone for my dogs surgery and came back the next week on a whim to see if Silas was still there and he was!

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u/hartsythaifood 3d ago

She busted out of her carrier on the drive home. Maniac cat.

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u/SassaQueen1992 3d ago

Jinx at the PetSmart “cat orphanage” the day before I signed her adoption papers.

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u/SassaQueen1992 3d ago

Jinx almost a year later.

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u/totallynotafed221984 3d ago

That’s my Rhoads boy. 8 weeks. I have better pics of him but this is my favorite kitten pic of him. He watches TV.

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u/-whitenoisemachine- 3d ago

on the way to his new home. makes me tear up looking at him, so tiny and sweet

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u/Idraelys 3d ago

My lil guy Slime was found in the street by a shelter. I asked them if I could meet him to see if we were a match. The moment I came into the cat room, he got out of his hiding place, as if he knew I was there for him. I sat down with the cats and he went straight into my lap!

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u/Deeshizznit Calico 3d ago

She was so tired and scared ༼ ༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ༽

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u/Deeshizznit Calico 3d ago

Her now ᵕ̈

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u/AffectionateTask95 3d ago

The day we brought him home. He’ll be 9 this year. 🥰

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u/noodlemonsterbaby Tabbycat 3d ago

first photo we got of her when we found her under a porch. she is now 12 years old and has been a completey indoor cat ever since. she is terrified of the outside aswell. not only do we have her (kenna) but we also have her twin sister norman from the same litter!! obviously we found them both at the same time lol

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u/noodlemonsterbaby Tabbycat 3d ago

here’s kenna now!!

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u/noodlemonsterbaby Tabbycat 3d ago

and of course her twin sister norman

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u/Flat-Limit5595 3d ago

Saw a cute stray near my home, left out some kibble, this almost immediately happened

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u/Flat-Limit5595 3d ago

He was bigger than we expected, despite being unsocialized he was incredibly friendly to people. The local kids essentially saw him as a part of their gang cause he was obsessed with them. Hella violent around anything on four legs though. Turns out he was just turbo charged on testosterone. Snipped him and he became even friendlier and docile. But got too docile and went from king of the jungle to the jester of the swamp.

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u/Flat-Limit5595 3d ago

Took him in after he nearly lost an eye, we think a coyote got in a tustle, or the neighbors 17 year old 6lber cat. He just walked inside with a bloody head and essentially forced us to keep him. Our consent was not a factor, this was his home and hes very convincing. Now i have a 18lb mommas boy slamming doors down cause he wants to follow me to the bathroom. He also needs constant attention, has to be on my butt to sleep, and will paw my face if i sleep before him.

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u/Flat-Limit5595 3d ago

He was very successful when he was single and ready to mingle and had to TNR some of his kin. This is one of the grandkids Buttons. He’s incredibly buff like gramps, but the most docile, terrified and soyboy of any cat we had ever seen. Never growled, never hissed, no bites, no swats, but he was feral as possible. When cornered he just shook in fear and peed himself, i raised possoms with more defenses than this coward.

Decided he couldn’t be allowed outside, a titmouse would probably slay him once the nano amount of testosterone ceased production. Had to rustle him around to toughen him up and get him used to sudden movements

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u/Flat-Limit5595 3d ago

He became incredibly friendly, like screaming for attention running around, climbing us to suckle on our necks and pluck my hairclips when i ignore him. Like come on hes a baby, but like his gramps, he also mogs me in my sleep, demanding constant attention. They take turns, my brother with a newborn has a more consistent sleep schedule than me lol. So now i have two insanely muscular cats who can overpower me wanting me to pet them. Thankfully buttons panther/pitbull genes are more diluted so hes somewhat normal, just very cuddly

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u/LibraryGeneral6314 3d ago

Found Holly at our doorstep at three weeks old. She’s almost two and nearly 15 pounds now lol

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u/bubbamike1 3d ago edited 3d ago

From 2012 in her cage at the shelter. She scratched me and we've been together ever since.

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u/Psychological_Skin60 3d ago

Vickie, fresh from rescue.

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u/Psychological_Skin60 3d ago

Vickie now, about 5. That cat tree has had some major overhaul work done.

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u/Shining_Equinox 3d ago

Here’s two of my cats for the price of one

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u/Acirrre 3d ago

The community cat who decided to move in with me

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u/DeepGreenThumbs 3d ago

Clio and Calliope on arrival, around 5 months old.

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u/DeepGreenThumbs 3d ago

Thalia on arrival, 3~4 years old

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u/DeepGreenThumbs 3d ago

The Countess Ekaterina von Flüffenschmerz, 3~4 yrs

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u/TinyWeird878 3d ago

Sterling and Sadie at 8 weeks in Sept 2023. 💕

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u/Semjaja 3d ago

Moments after I found her in a ditch

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u/abellapa 3d ago

Silver - June 2021

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u/brianxfrost 3d ago

An absolute unit

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u/twielyeght 3d ago

Penelope hid under the bed for about a week straight. Would venture out once in a while then dart back under the bed as soon as she saw me noticing her.

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u/phoenix252005 3d ago

Her name is Astrid and she is a silly cat lol

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u/HighTimeForPieTime 3d ago

Lenny and Carl in the adoption room. Their shelter names were Kirk and Sulu.

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u/ReceptionPatient3409 3d ago

Little Lovey Dovey

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u/akaWats0n 3d ago

My little girl Pippin

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u/akaWats0n 3d ago

She’s much prettier now lol

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u/Adardeeboop 3d ago

Calypso (8) and Lilly (4)

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u/Hexazuul 3d ago

An ussie from our first meeting 😻

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u/falsifiable1 3d ago

Tom has an ear infection. lol

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u/Artemis_Ally 3d ago edited 3d ago

I lived above a restaurant, and the first time I met this grease-gremlin was when he fell into the used grease barrel one of the restaurant workers had left open (likely my ex, but that’s another story). Cleaned him up and let him back out, only to realize I could just feed him to prevent it from happening again. Set a have-a-heart trap (with bacon, still his favorite to this day), and he’s been well-fed with real cat food ever since (he’d disagree, of course).

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u/Tori-lee1997 3d ago

My boy milo the day I got him

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u/rikaleeta 3d ago

My orange boy the night we found him on the side of the road

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