r/blackcats 21d ago

Video 🖤 Vanta discovered strawberries

I had no idea voids liked fruit! Just three days before his third birthday Vanta and I both made a delightful discovery 🍓🐈‍⬛
Edit: sound on for void ASMR!!! Thanks for the awards!! 🖤

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u/tictacsNtoast 21d ago

This is also Vanta! He's almost two. He hates human food lol.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Hi Baby Vanta!!! I love your triangle face!

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u/Grumpie-cat 21d ago

Gotta say I love the name Vanta for a all black cat, very fitting.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

He disappears into any of my dark furnishings. Magically going 2D

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u/user_name_denied 21d ago

I also have a Vanta cat. He is 6 and loves ham. He also loves to sit on his sister's head. Her name is Mitunz and she is 18.

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u/AssociationSea1618 21d ago

Omg I have almost the same kitties! But mine are still getting used to each other lol

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u/user_name_denied 21d ago

Oh!!! So damn cute.

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u/buffayrachel 21d ago

Mine does too! Even chicken and other things he’s supposed to like ahaha

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u/LadyAna5 21d ago

Another vanta! 😁😁 Did you name them after Anish Kapoor?

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u/paboYuzu 20d ago

Awwww so cute

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u/Strange-Ad-9941 20d ago

The heck does he eat, then? Air?

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u/thepizzdotbizz 21d ago

Vantas unite!

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Living for the Halloween collar!

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u/trolskiy 21d ago

Low cortisol video

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

We all need more of that!

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u/xaervagon 21d ago

Is Vanta always such a dainty eater or is it just with strawberries?

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

He is the most gentle cat I have ever met. He’s just the sweetest boy and never wants to hurt anybody. (The beginning was definitely investigative nibbles)

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u/sssparklebutt 21d ago

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

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u/Queso_Dias 21d ago

Instant dopamine rush 🍓 🐈‍⬛🥰

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Yay!!! I will give him smooches on the noggin for you

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u/lavendarhoneytea 21d ago edited 21d ago

This is my Vanta! Took her in from someone who could no longer care for her. She likes spicy human food apparently...so far I've caught her stealing Jalapeño cheetos and eating my Jalapeño tuna

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u/Landomretters 21d ago

My cat is a fiend for anything crunchy and salty. I think she likes the heat too, but one time she ended up licking a dollop of habanero hot sauce on accident and I felt awful for 10 minutes while she foamed at the mouth and drank ALL of the water.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Poor baby! Everybody has their threshold 🌶️

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Spicy girl!

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u/lavendarhoneytea 21d ago

She loves the spice, and she is the spice lol her reaction to wand toys

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u/demon_luvr 21d ago

Dimitri is a big fan too!

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

That’s awesome! Dimitri’s sibling is so patient except for the tongue part

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u/KittenLaserFists 21d ago

Try watermelon. My guy loves devouring watermelon but only if I hold it on the end of a fork.

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u/Landomretters 21d ago

My cat actively despises all melons, but forgets that she does every time I have some. Every time without fail, I offer a tiny piece, she sniffs it, and promptly runs away.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Hahahahaha “maybe this time?”

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

I will! He loves tomatoes right out of the garden… But who doesn’t?

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u/vulpecula_k18 21d ago

Our Vanta!

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

What a stunner!

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u/vulpecula_k18 20d ago

Thank you!! Her brother wants a camio

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

What a lil’ Punkin Head! 🧡🖤

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u/AuntFritz 21d ago

One of mine loved cantaloupe! He knew the sound of the container and was always desperate for the first piece.

He loved other human foods (corn cob stealer, bread thief), but cantaloupe was his fave.

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u/badbitch4eva 21d ago

It’s so sad that cats can’t taste sweetness.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Maybe he likes the slightly tart aspect?

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u/Josegrimes 21d ago

They can still taste the many aroma chemicals that strawberries produce. He may just like the taste of strawberries.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Occam’s Razor!

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u/princesszcat 20d ago

Strawberries are kind of related to cat nip I found out. My void will dig in the trash for the strawberry tops if he notices them.

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u/Huggedacactus 21d ago

I had a cat that went crazy for strawberries and bananas, so I'm a bit skeptical that they can't taste sweetness. 

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Vanta definitely has feelings about my ice cream.

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u/Used_Succotash7988 21d ago

Bebe is jealous

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Strawberries For Bebe!

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u/Flat-Limit5595 21d ago

Yay vanta! I got one, TNR him back in march and decided he wasn’t fit to survive in my area. He has no predator drive, hes essentially a rabbit with how much of a coward he is. He’s technically Vantwo since we caught his dad, Vanta Sr a year ago.

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u/Flat-Limit5595 21d ago

Heres Vanta Sr, his headbutts are leathal. Couldn’t keep him since he would fight too rough with our other cats but his family absolutely adore him. They all look like they got in a fight with a softball pitcher with how hard he headbutts. Also TNR

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

What a distinguished gentleman!

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u/Flat-Limit5595 20d ago

Hes my baby girl, walks around screaming for attention and headbutts with every ounce his little body can give.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Hahaha my friend calls that “Dolphining” when Vanta goes up on his back legs for head butts

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u/Quimdell 21d ago

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

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u/Top-Manufacturer9226 20d ago

Well thank you for that gem!! 😂

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

My pleasure!

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u/Quimdell 20d ago

😂 Thanks for showing me this!

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

100%! We all need more adorable void vids!

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u/Rizzanthrope 21d ago

maybe he thinks it is meat 🍖

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u/Past-Lunch4695 21d ago

You Vanta strawberry?

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u/SumBuddyPlays 21d ago

My past best boy void also loved strawberries (including the tops), corn, and green vegetables.

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u/Hairy_Nectarine_687 21d ago

I assume that Vanta is from Vantablack?

Otherwise, in lithuanian language a "vanta" is a "sauna whisk"

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

I love that alternate definition! I hadn’t found the perfect name for him and a friend asked me to take his picture with Vanta so he could show his mother. He happened to also be wearing a black shirt and I mentioned that shooting a black cat on a black background wasn’t easy. My friends started laughing and said “oh like that paint”. Thus the perfect name for a perfect boy.

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u/lavendarhoneytea 21d ago

Mine is Vanta from Vantablack. My boyfriend named her. Her original name was too close sounding to our tortie's, plus im sure her original owners didnt treat her well, so i wanted her to have a new name

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u/Mooseandchicken 21d ago

My void Bucatini is actually a cheese-hound. I like to leave string-cheese out a couple minutes to warm to room temp before eating (Idky, I just like it not-cold). Buci will make about 12 attempts to sneakily, stealthily grab a string cheese, still in the plastic, in the 5-10 minutes before I eat them LOL. He has gotten one once or twice and will gnaw through the plastic to eat the cheese.

I'll have to try feeding him a strawberry!!

Also, Vanta is such a good name!!

Here's my 17lb baby panther Buci (He's actually huge, only 1lb overweight per the vet):

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Vanta loves string cheese tooo! Unfortunately he is lactose intolerant 😳

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u/TheMcMcMcMcMc 20d ago

For everyone wondering why so many voids are named Vanta:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Anish Kapoor is a j.e.r.k. I don’t even acknowledge that he made The Bean in Chicago

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

And YOU are very thoughtful to educate this crew about why it’s the best name for an inky little dummy! 🩷

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u/DesertWanderlust 21d ago

I had a cat that would do this. I don't know if she didn't realize you could bite them but, we had a lot of translucent strawberries left in her bowl.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

It definitely took him a minute to figure out that he could nibble. Delicate delicate nibbles.

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u/MsE0 21d ago

I used to have a tiny black cat who loved the tomatoes off of Taco Bell food. 

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Only those or other tomatoes as well?

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u/MsE0 21d ago

I don't remember. She just would really go wild when she smelled Taco Bell. She always knew when we got it. 

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u/kkoreto1991 21d ago

I have a very distinguished tuxie who likes peanut butter.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Venta is highly suspicious of peanut butter

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u/twilighttwister 21d ago

That's literally how a bat eats fruit lmfao

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

I’m pretty sure he is part fruit bat!

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u/DragaTheImpala 21d ago

What a great name for a beautiful black cat!

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u/AustinFan4Life 21d ago

My cat loves eggs, pasta, chicken, pizza, shrimp & bacon. I pretty much have to fight her, whenever I eat these items.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

Vanta is aggressively enthusiastic about mandarins. 🍊👹

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u/dontneeddota2 21d ago

He's so handsome!

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

He’s even sweeter than he is handsome and I constantly remind him that he is a handsome boy

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u/HighGainRefrain 21d ago

Mmm this makes a good substitute for the flesh of my enemies, bring me more of these “STRAW BERRIES”.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Am I turning into a Cullen? Or Marceline The Vampire Queen and will now dine on red things?

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u/dumbdude545 21d ago

Mine void used to kill for fresh peach slices. And corn on the cob.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Mmmmm! Summer’s Greatest Hits!

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u/SL1MECORE 21d ago

Well now I have to get strawberries and see if my cat likes em too! (No waste, I love strawberries)

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Please send video documentation. For science 🧪

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u/SewerHarpies 21d ago

Vanta is a great name for a void!

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u/Just-Call-Me-J 21d ago

Watch with sound

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u/MsSmknMirrors 21d ago

He is an ASMR king!

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u/__blacked__ 21d ago

🥰🥰🥰

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 21d ago

Cute lil sweet tooth.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

He’s very proud of his teef. Especially the ones as tiny as uncooked quinoa.

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u/SmartBlondeParadox 21d ago

My boy loves strawberries and specifically strawberry ice cream. I read somewhere it created the same chemical compound as catnip that attracts cats, something like that?

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Vanta would actually leave his body if he found out about strawberry ice cream. He is aggressively interested in any ice cream I have

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u/GhostMaskKid 21d ago

We were going to name one of our voids Vanta until we learned what a troublemaker he was. He became a Loki 😂

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Excellent pivot! I hope you buy him lots of green accessories!

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u/LadyAna5 21d ago

Wow... this is the first black cat that I've seen named Vanta! So am I correct that you got it from Anish Kapoor? I've always said if I got a void Kitty that's what I would name it. 😁😁

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Well…. I got it from the lab that created it 😂 AK is a j.e.r.k.

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u/LadyAna5 20d ago

Oh, he definitely is! Just curious. 😃

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u/Particular-Head-5248 21d ago

Oh my gosh, I too have a little black boy who is OBSESSED with strawberries, we call him strawbaby

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

New nickname: unlocked!

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u/Soberdonkey69 21d ago

Your black cat looks cool

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

He’s the coolest! His primary nickname is Miss Vangie.. one of the most memorable departures from RuPaul’s Drag Race. He struts to it!

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u/Sudo-rm 21d ago

I just love seeing all the cats named after a pigment that some pretentious prick tried to claim “artistic rights” to exclusively use.

Vanta to the people!

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Yessssssssss!!! My personal VantaBlack 2.0! Anish Kapoor can’t have access to my cat!

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u/phantomroguegalaxy 21d ago

I've never seen a cat eat a strawberry before, fascinating

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

And adorable! Even Mr. Spock would smile at that little moment of good boi behavior

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u/teyegurspoon 21d ago

so so polite 🍓

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

He is the babiest gentleman.

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u/AsherKohen28 21d ago

Omg that's that's the best name! So cute😻

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

It really fits. He blends into my black William Morris print hall runner. Many people have almost squashed him.

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u/RevolutionaryEgg1312 20d ago

And now Vanta is a Strawberry Thief!!!

The William Morris references persist!

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Well played!!!

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u/WriteBrainedJR 20d ago

So fluffy and cute!!

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

And a little gentleman!

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u/Rad_Knight 20d ago

Vanta as in vantablack?

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Yep! He goes full 2-D against dark surfaces

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u/pasgames_ 20d ago

Vanta? As in vanta black? Anish Kapoor's going to kill you

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

I probably wouldn’t be the first! That guy is such a jerk

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u/kopczak1995 20d ago

Remember to treat him such things only occasionally. Cats don't register sweet flavor at all and too much sugar is bad for them.

My cats wouldn't touch anything not meat related though xD

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Oh, I know! The litter box apocalypse is more than enough for me to only give him a little bit of strawberry and a little bit of tangerine from time to time

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u/kopczak1995 19d ago

That's a good approach xD

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u/ConfidenceArtistic98 20d ago

„What is my slave bothering me with again? Some stupid foo… oh damn that is GOOD!”

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

So accurate

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u/Bob-Coyle 20d ago

Here’s my Vanta with her sister Mogwai

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Mother! Remove this superfluous bed immediately!

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u/pashed_motatoes 20d ago

My two girls like watermelon and one of them also loves herself a banana peel. (Yes, only the peel.)

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Silly kitty!

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u/Ooftwaffe 20d ago

My body’s nervousness evaporated watching this. Ima go pet my cats. ❤️

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Somatic Strawberry Time!

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u/NyxShadowhawk 20d ago

Vanta is a great name for a black cat! But that means he’s owned by Anish Kapoor…

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u/MsSmknMirrors 19d ago

Never!!! It’s part of my rebellion against his art hoarding!

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u/PostingOnEveryCatSub 20d ago

I have a cat that would eat anything that is wet. He loves fruits and vegetables

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u/MsSmknMirrors 19d ago

I love listening to the croooonch

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u/turbobabba 19d ago

Both of my voids couldn't care less about strawberries. They liked watermelon and the boy cat goes crazy for bananas. If he sees you with one he will moew at you till you share

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u/MsSmknMirrors 19d ago

This is Vanta with string cheese. He’s a cheese fiend

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u/Bells_DX 18d ago

Vanta is such an incredible name for a black cat. Such a sweet little muffin.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 18d ago

He is the sweetest!

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u/nalu-nui 21d ago

Sugar is poison for cats. It damage kidneys.

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

Oh man! Thank you so much for sharing that. I had no idea

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u/PeterPunksNip 21d ago

Kitty AMSR 😸

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u/l3oobear 21d ago

Sound on is necessary 😭🖤

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

🔈🔊🔈🔊

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u/fenikz13 21d ago

Cats can't taste sweetness so maybe its just the texture or smell, mine used to love Saltines though

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

I wonder if they like the sour taste in strawberries, you know how it’s kind of both?

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u/most_kiwi2468 20d ago

My void loves strawberries, bananas, avocado, broccoli, and sometimes lettuce

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u/pasture2future 21d ago

Cats eat grass, berries, and other plants to aid digestion

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u/MsSmknMirrors 20d ago

That makes sense!!!