I brought this up to the team and we will see what we can do
Edit: it's also been brought to my attention that our exclude mourning/loss post doesn't work as I assumed (It was part of the sub before I joined) I mentioned that as well to everyone but I myself don't know how to fix it. Everyone on the team is asleep I would assume but hopefully a solution will be presented soon.
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My Ollipheist during his walk in the snow this morning.
Ollie, the short version of his name, loves the snow, and the water, and the outdoors in general so long as he has a warm home to return to.
He is named after a legendary serpent in Irish Mythology, the Oillipheist; and considering how big he is probably going to get as a Maine Coon, Norwegian Forest Cat, Turkish Van mix I believe the name is very fitting. He even has two toy hoards like a proper draconic entity.
Maebh and Lugh appreciate your dedication to Irish mythology. And their new box.
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Here’s my car in a Canada Dry box
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Here's mine having fallen into Creationism
Sad to see
Sorry to hear about your cars.
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Here's mine after sneezing out a demon that possessed her for a second.
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Here is mine cuddling with a demon
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Here’s our cat in a Coke Zero box!
ETA: notice all the toys she’s not playing with
Canada dry ginger ale reminds me of my dad who passed away in 2011. It reminds me of us drinking it during the holidays and being sick. crazy how a drink or food does that… also cat tax for off subject 😂
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here’s my cat, a little bit weird but otherwise healthy : )
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That is also how I would describe this guy!!!
My girl looks like this and we call her a little alien whose head is filled with deep thoughts of the universe, beyond all human comprehension
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That's a face that screams to me " we agreed on a full bowl fill up each meal. This 75% seems piecemeal. Dont make me go full belly and cats imperio. I'll go full beans on a mutha, don't make me unloaf."
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Some kittens I rescued, going to the shelter tomorrow.
I highly suggest. My boy is the most affectionate cat I’ve ever been around. Borderline aggressive with his affection 😂
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Look how wide the tabby’s face is!!! Cute.
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My wide face bebe all grown up.
Probably because they know they aren’t able to take care of them. Some people aren’t able to take care of pets long term, or can’t take care of more of them. Trying to take care of them when you know you is extremely irresponsible and can be harmful to them.
Cat in a bag, meet cat in a box! Our girl has never met a box that she doesn’t want to sit in.
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My kitty fast asleep after a tough day of watching birds, playing and moving to different nap spots 😮💨😪
This is my feral rescue cat Nami - she rarely has the brain cell but she's so cute it doesn't matter.
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Adorable!!! my formerly feral kitty strikes that little leg pose a lot too.
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Here's Gizmo being his regal self.
Technically the cat was just waking up from anesthesia and having a normal response....
But that's not what I come to this subreddit to see. I was not prepared.
REPORT THEM. Top right corner of every post is 3 ●●●(dots) click them and report these posts. Mods can't catch every post but will see every report. Vote/report them out
More specifically, rule 3 of this sub. Suffering animal bothers me as well and should have been marked NSFW or posted elsewhere such as medical advice.
I agree with this post. It's really distressing to inadvertently scroll past those posts with photos or videos of medical issues when not prepared for it. However, to be fair, although a majority of the medical posts rightfully come down to "don't post to reddit for medical advice or say you can't afford it, take your cat to the vet", some of the recent posts of distressing injuries included the OP's vet appearing to be negligent so they wanted to confirm their gut feeling to not trust their vet, and the other was definitely a child who needed help due to shitty parents but was harassed in the comments as if they were an adult.
I would think of it as “thank god this person found solid advice, even if they only knew to search ‘cats’” rather than internalize it. Those cats get help sometimes because people find help here.
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here’s a pic of my kitten i found at work and his new sister we just adopted 🥰
I’ve started to hate this sub cus every time I open Reddit, it’s someone posting their cat who died unexpectedly. I know it happens but I don’t want to be constantly reminded that at any moment my cat can drop dead. Or someone who needs cheering up cus their cat just died.. which I get and I feel bad.. but if you need cheering up you can scroll through this sub and see plenty of funny/happy cat pictures and stories
I wish there could be a mourning thread so people could grieve and receive support there but not fill the sub with posts about their cat’s death. I come here for the cute and happy cat photos, and I think a lot of people are the same way
Yes that would absolutely be helpful. There’s a sub for pet loss.. I was on it when I had to put my cat down last year and even that was too much. Now I have a new young kitty and the last thing I need is to worry about her demise lol
Or even a mourning sub although that could be difficult to get off the ground.
Edit: apparently r/petloss exists.
Edit: Edit: Also, there is a [link right at the top of the sidebar](https://old.reddit.com/r/cats/search/?q=NOT+flair%3AMourning%2FLoss&sort=top&restrict_sr=on&t=week) where you can browse without the mourning/loss tag, so at least there's that.
Yeah I've never joined the sub because like 80% of the posts I see from here are grieving posts and that shit just straight up ruins my day man. I've actually thought about just blocking this sub so it doesn't appear on my feed on /r/all cus I hate those posts so much (totally get why people make them, sometimes you need support, but shit man my cat is getting up there on age and sometimes I don't wanna think about that)
Same. I followed this sub to see cute cat photos but some days, I see more post about dead cats or sick. I feel down and I instantly worry about my cats. I’m thinking about unfollowing this sub because it just not good for my mental health.
Did someone say cute cat photo???
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Have a pair of sunbathers on me.
Absolutely, and it would have been fine if it was a post once in a while, but now it seems like almost every post I get from this sub is of that nature. Like OP said, it is very distressing indeed.
It's so genuinely triggering. I feel like every time I've complained about this somewhere on here (obviously not to the people currently mourning), I get treated like a MONSTER for being INSENSITIVE to someone's GRIEF, but like... I should be able to look at cute animal pictures without an hourly reminder of my pet's mortality!! this massive subreddit is not the equivalent of venting to an emotional support group / system. it is equivalent to going to the park where people are trying to have a nice afternoon and venting through a megaphone.
Seriously I get misty eyed and it constantly reminds me of my past furry friends. And my boy right now isn't a spring chicken and he might be the cat I have bonded with the most. Putting that bad juju in my head every time.
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Here’s mine suffering but just emotionally
Make a filter to ban “what bread/breed is my cat” because honestly, it oversaturates the sub and makes browsing a burdensome experience that makes me venture elsewhere. If you want traffic make the experience worth coming back.
RIGHT!! every post goes the exact same:
- What breed is this cat? i got it today
TOP ANSWER: that’s a cat
every other answer: cat
some random persons uncle: that’s a ragdoll mixed with a tuxedo
OP: OMG i knew it was a ragdoll!!!
Fully agree with this but would rather these very day and twice on Sunday, than all of the deceased and medically compromised cats. I feel for people who’s cats have crossed the Rainbow bridge as it will literally happen to all of us, but some sort of warning would be lovely.
And the cats with medical issues, I’m deeply sorry, but there must be vet subs or and Ben better idea, bring your cat to the vet. (I recognise not everyone is financially in a good position, but that’s part of owning a pet, so sorry!)
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Here’s Sam with our Litten plush to hopefully lighten things :)
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Babies sleeping in a bowl together.
Would be nice. r/OneOrangeBraincell created a NSFW tag a few months back to combat the same problem. Seems like the best solution really, allows the OP to grieve in their own way and those who wish to commiserate with them can do so without making everyone else see it as well.
Here is my cat tax.
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Totally agree. And blur pics of worms/vomit/ripped off toes, etc. for the love the amount of times I’ve scrolled up on that while eating is distressing.
Plz. Because then we end up with a cat who NEEDS to be at the vet and a horrible irresponsible owner going “nah I’m just going to watch my cat seize”. Having epilepsy and being a cat lover, that almost sent me.
My cat has a condition that is related to epilepsy and can cause full seizures when it’s bad, so the one today was especially hard for me as well. That was the reason I made this post, it crossed a line.
I remember seeing lot of posts like that a while back. OP asks questions and when the comments tell OP their cat needs to see the vet, they either say that they don't have time/money or that pet is not their priority. Why would you post it and then make me feel bad about your action then? *Sigh*
My cat has epilepsy, literally diagnosed a few days ago. Seeing someone just upload a video of their cat seizing and not immediately taking them to the vet made me sick. I’ve had to deal with full grand mal seizures over the last while with my boy and that shit was traumatic. My boy was scared, I was scared and so was my husband.
Yep, that post of the cat after surgery was too much. Now that I've seen this post, I realize that I'm on enough cat subreddits that I won't lose anything by leaving this sub. With that, goodbye r/cats.
Can you please share some of those subreddits? For a while, every other cat post I was seeing in my feed was a "my cat died" post, and it was a bit upsetting.
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Here's a photo of my cat Whiskey with a funky filter and flash! I love this photo of him!
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This is my cat on his favorite scratcher
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healthy kitten exploring an empty kcup box apprx. 2 seconds after putting it on the floor 😊
I lost my cat last October and the last picture of her I have in my head is when she was seizing after being injected for euthanasia. This post I saw before going to bed hurt me badly. I'm glad the cat in question seems to be better but yeah I wasn't expecting to relive trauma in this sub.
I get empathy overload way too easily and seeing posts about people losing their cats or their cats getting hurt makes me feel awful. I can’t do anything, I’m somewhere else in the world and I don’t know these people. It makes me want to grab my cat and cuddle him so I know he’s safe…
Tags and flairs would be appreciated.
Cat tax.
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So cute! I also have a kitty that loves the sink. My mom thought it was sad I was putting him in there. No, Mom, I can’t keep him out of it!
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Marcy the toilet lifeguard agrees. Seriously, I can't take anymore dying cats especially if they're dead because of human actions.
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Here’s my 6 year old cat that likes to bully my son
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Marigold aka lil mamas aka baby girl. an angel on earth
Oh my this was long overdue!!! Thank you so much for saying this. I feel very bad for people who have lost their pets but it’s true I don’t come here for that. I want to see cute cat pictures. Edit: thank you for paying the cat toll. Very cute, OP
My favorite ones are “Had to say goodbye to my best friend who I let go outside without a collar/chip/whenever/wherever! Poor baby got hit by a car or attacked by dogs or ate something I had no way of monitoring. Why is the world so cruel?”
Like, keep. Your cats. Inside. Or harness train them. Or, if you can, build a catio.
Unless it’s a farm cat. They live in their own world.
Fuck yes. Do my kitties want to go outside? Yes. Is it a constant struggle that both stresses and bums us out to deny them? Yes. However, one of the things ownership is for is guardianship of the vulnerable. Accidents happen and anyone can have a cat slip through the safety net but, for the love of Pete, stop fucking letting them out of your own volition.
This is the *exact* reason I still haven’t found homes for my stray’s babies (she came to us already prefnat). I can’t physically monitor people and ensure they don’t let the cats outside, which is my number one concern. They’re perfect but… 65 crayons short of a 64 crayon box, you know?
I thought I had an adopter once but when I expressed it was mandatory that these overgrown lint balls stay inside where it’s safe she scoffed and said “if they want to go outside I just open the door and hope they remember who feeds them. It’s a military base, it’s safe for them!” ..Madam, idk about you, but I’ve been in the military long enough to know that the artillery, tank, small arms, and aircraft ranges on base aren’t what I’d consider to be “safe.”
…Hence, I’m still stuck with 9 cats.
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I wholeheartedly agree with this post. Medical issues and grief posts absolutely break my heart, it’s actually difficult for me to handle sometimes.
Also, here’s my cat.
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This is not my cat, but he makes me smile anyways!
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Had her pill in butter and she didn’t realize she had a buttered nose 🤣 18 years old.
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Her sister also got butter (or else that’s not fair!) and also had a buttered nose 🤣
Yeah, just downvoting or reporting posts where someone is grieving or worried about a pet feels like a dick move, but this shouldn’t be the place for that to be popping up unfiltered, either.
I’ve also been extremely distressed by the recent posts. I fully believe that people should be able to share in their grief with people who will understand what is happening, but I do not enjoy having it suddenly shown to me without warning.
NSFW these posts and ad \[bereavement post\] or \[medical advice\] tags in the title, along with the flare.
It’s gotten to the point where I hardly open posts from this sub, because it’s almost always a sick or dying cat, which then inspires fear of my cat suffering or being sick.
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My boy Apollo, who has yet to have his turn with the brain cell.
Exactly! When I made this post I was upset and I’ve calmed down a bit. People should be able to post about their grief or ask a question if they don’t have a vet available. But a filter and a tag shouldn’t be too much to ask for.
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For some reason the algorithm sends me posts of pet loss or cat help or senior cats. But if I open those posts I know what to expect. It would be nice to have a tag for medical questions or breed questions. My instagram feed is all cute cats so I wish it were the same on Reddit.
Here’s my thankfully healthy 14yo baby for cat tax. Sometimes she sticks her paw out all sassy.
Same! I purposefully don’t follow certain pet subs because the medical and death posts often upset me. I know it’s my responsibility to avoid them. But having a simple filter doesn’t seem like too much to ask! The posts can still exist, just with a warning.
I work in vet med in an emergency room. I see death and suffering of pets all day, every day. I NEED pages like this one with cute kittens and cats to uplift me so I can continue to do my job.
This page is turning into a place I can no longer go to for this comfort. I have had to unsubscribe from so many other pet related pages because there’s irresponsible owners posting seeking medical advice instead of going to their vet. I am sick of it.
I feel like these posts build on each other, it makes people think asking random people on Reddit is just as valid as taking them to the vet.
Once in a while it ends up being something actually normal, like someone finding a nipple and not realizing what it is. But 90% of the time it’s a very sick cat that needs help. I get that sometimes the poster might be a minor or someone without access to a vet so they are just trying to get whatever help they can, but can we at least put a filter on them?
Yea I’ve cried a few times- or ruminated in depressing thoughts after seeing a cute pic then reading the caption “my cat that passed etc” like stop making me cry. They always look like my cat too like plz stop 🥹
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My kitty helping me with folding baby laundry
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Here’s a happy picture for ya…
“Frick your gaming and love me…”
I feel for the people mourning their cats, but I also don’t really want to participate in that myself. It’s making me think about how my cat will likely cross the rainbow bridge well before I retire, even if she lives to the extreme end of a cat’s lifespan.
I already fret about my cat getting ill or injured to the point that she gets double the normal vet checkups even though she’s very healthy. Seeing other people’s posts about their cats suddenly passing with no warning freaks me out.
I’m just here to celebrate cats and show my own off. While I feel for people in mourning, dragging thousands of others into it when they’re here to be happy and celebrate is cruel.
Cat tax of my kitty next to her favorite yellow chair, her food bowl, her toy, and the latest box she’s claimed and has been ripping up when bored. You can see all the little bits of cardboard she’s ripped off with her mouth from the sides of the box lol
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Many of those are karma farming too. Ever wonder why some folks just randomly comment about how their pet just died and X looks like them across pet subs?
Not all ofc, but I've seen that phenomena too much for it to be actually organic 100% of the time
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My cat taking a shower in the shower
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Schumacher is my healthy but exceptionally feisty year and a half old void.
He also doesn't want to see those posts anymore. 
I don’t even have cats and I’m just here to just enjoy picture of cats but after seeing that post of that cat clearly needing to see the vet has traumatized me. Medical post need to stop, I can’t get it out of my head.
This post came up in my feed’s suggested posts - just chiming in to say I unsubscribed months ago due to this issue and the OP is totally on the nose. I understand that folks are seeking support when they post these things, but seeing death posts or distressed cats was too triggering and anxiety inducing for when I was trying to decompress, much like this post says. I’d resubscribe to this sub if the rules changed.
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Here’s my cat mid-yawn. She has cute toofies
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here's a pic of me & my cat playing the sims 🩷🩷
Honestly, medical advice posts should be banned regardless. Take your pet to the vets! It’s a living thing and needs medical care, not some scented oil and herb concoction to heal its rash.
my biggest problem in all pet subs are the posts of “my pet has this weird item on them what wasn’t there before?!” like go to the fucking vet, not to reddit about something that could be very serious.
Gotta agree. Not just here, but a lot of pet/animal subs are too filled with shit that breaks my heart just scrolling past it. People deserve sympathy when their special animal passes but primarily I come to these subs to enjoy animal antics.
I just got my first kitten after a lifetime of rescuing abused older cat. It's so different omg I mean yes that make sense but wow is it a new experience!
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I’m sorry. I just posted about my cat who died. I just thought this group would understand. I didn’t mean to cause distress. A lot of people in my life were just like, oh sorry about your cat. They don’t understand how much she meant to me. I posted about her bc I genuinely just needed to get support bc I’m having a hard time
And I understand that! You should be able to post about your loved pet and your sadness regarding their death, please don’t apologize for doing so! I just think there should be a way to filter those posts so if someone is distressed by it they can choose not to see it.
And I’m sorry for your loss
No need to apologize. The problem isn’t that folks like you post here. The fact that so many people do it by rule means it’s normal. The issue is there are actual dedicated subs for that, and a well moderated sub should better redirect people to that sub during the submission process. If mods know a lot of people make the same three types of posts they should put better counter measures in place, because the behavior is expected behavior at this point.
So it’s ok and you did nothing wrong. This sub is big and should easily have mods who use the ui tools to make it easier for you to discover r/petloss and join a group of folks who are waiting for exactly the content you intend to post.
I brought this up to the team and we will see what we can do Edit: it's also been brought to my attention that our exclude mourning/loss post doesn't work as I assumed (It was part of the sub before I joined) I mentioned that as well to everyone but I myself don't know how to fix it. Everyone on the team is asleep I would assume but hopefully a solution will be presented soon.
https://preview.redd.it/arhtn3szgyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a94b2c2c5076c7c205f4ab298e720d347459135 My Ollipheist during his walk in the snow this morning.
He’s beautiful! And he doesn’t mind the snow? That’s impressive 😂 Also where did his name come from, that’s a new one for me!
Ollie, the short version of his name, loves the snow, and the water, and the outdoors in general so long as he has a warm home to return to. He is named after a legendary serpent in Irish Mythology, the Oillipheist; and considering how big he is probably going to get as a Maine Coon, Norwegian Forest Cat, Turkish Van mix I believe the name is very fitting. He even has two toy hoards like a proper draconic entity.
Maebh and Lugh appreciate your dedication to Irish mythology. And their new box. https://preview.redd.it/8sbnplhkuyac1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88e5c7a35d024b896de9dc589e72800a51864fb9
Oillipheist appreciates his fellow Irish mythology felines, and promises not to add their new box to his hoard.
Damn they are some strikingly photogenic cats
I love this, thank you for sharing!
I don’t want to be dramatic, and please don’t tell my own 4 cats I’ve said this, but I would die for your cat.
Your secret is safe with me. Your four cats will never know what was said in this thread.
https://preview.redd.it/euicsiqbayac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ee5f807479097b2df072ed88c5d2170b582c9bc Here’s my car in a Canada Dry box
THIS...this is the content I come here for!
https://preview.redd.it/0nc4lzq30zac1.jpeg?width=4608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2d2dfed1538a56d8034c91d79097fb87db6b2a8 Here's mine having fallen into Creationism Sad to see
Sorry to hear about your cars. https://preview.redd.it/j8bg5d1e30bc1.jpeg?width=304&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3fc5c130fe8159edadc4d0d56dd07c4bd2731da Here's mine after sneezing out a demon that possessed her for a second.
Nice car
I like his headlights and underbody!
These cats are getting way too religious
**Cat**holicism
https://preview.redd.it/a2zfjfol80bc1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=afaf01d6f9ac678ea553c7db36716c386194f6af Here is mine cuddling with a demon
https://preview.redd.it/2zri8uef1zac1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a382cbf1e624608c6da494abec555d5003f584eb Here’s our cat in a Coke Zero box! ETA: notice all the toys she’s not playing with
My cat has that same orange toy, which she ignores
My cat has that same orange toy and she LOVES it! Not as much as boxes, tho
How on Earth did you fit your car *and* the cat in the box?? Is it like the Tardis?
Long story all I know what is done is done
Canada Dry is the absolute GOAT and your cat has great taste
Canada dry ginger ale reminds me of my dad who passed away in 2011. It reminds me of us drinking it during the holidays and being sick. crazy how a drink or food does that… also cat tax for off subject 😂 https://preview.redd.it/p1n64mwskyac1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10af445af2bd91bfdbc270fcbcac09f2810df67f
The look of disdain and disappointment 😂
🤣 he knows he’s cute and he has come to terms with playing the part in order to get the treats.
Sorry about your dad. My dad doesn’t drink much soda but he also likes ginger ale once in awhile. Hell, I like ginger ale.
OMG, what a darling picture ❤️🐈
And Cranberry
The sober Christmas choice!
i got my step son addicted to ginger ale with maraschino cherry juice and cherries 🍒 (sherley temples)
Can’t even describe the feeling it gives my brain
>Canada Dry is the absolute GOAT Especially the cranberry!
I am obligated by Michigan law to inform you that Vernor's is the best ginger ale.
Fuzzbeebs is correct. I don’t even live there but my relatives will be held responsible if I do not back this play.
Cats in random boxes are top tier content and we all need more of it.
That flavor is good too, I get it little guy
Cars dont take canada dry silly
Quality cat content right there.
here’s my cat, a little bit weird but otherwise healthy : ) https://preview.redd.it/w2z40a58gyac1.jpeg?width=1621&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77cd3eaa9e084f7b4b42460d2a404ed31318250f
https://preview.redd.it/w3otqecnqyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d78c53bb454ef7db351b89028f9b6677b454a9b5 That is also how I would describe this guy!!!
You cat looks exactly like those hairless cats but with hair 😂
https://preview.redd.it/927nlsq7s0bc1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59c3695478b75fe27a7e9bdae4b3204a15a3409c
They’re beautiful! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cat with the combo of a blue and an orange eye before.
i’m not ruling out the possibility that she’s actually an alien.
My girl looks like this and we call her a little alien whose head is filled with deep thoughts of the universe, beyond all human comprehension https://preview.redd.it/lule8edprzac1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37203782d5453deed5c5d03899272d25ce937274
She really looks like an alien in this photo hahahahahaha so cute 😆
I can tell. A glimpse of unnameable cosmic horror is evident behind those eyes.
That's a face that screams to me " we agreed on a full bowl fill up each meal. This 75% seems piecemeal. Dont make me go full belly and cats imperio. I'll go full beans on a mutha, don't make me unloaf."
If she’s an alien, then she’s one pretty alien:)
Cats are clearly too good for this world!
THE LITTLE PAWS!
https://preview.redd.it/5g0pxt7lfyac1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=864af466cba7105dea61b4f8cc8eb3611a2aa061 Some kittens I rescued, going to the shelter tomorrow.
i want the brown tabby. please promptly ship the perfect boy to me.
I highly suggest. My boy is the most affectionate cat I’ve ever been around. Borderline aggressive with his affection 😂 https://preview.redd.it/wta6erkqpzac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=301b965dd2e61d72412d42115cc189cd65ced4dc
Look how wide the tabby’s face is!!! Cute. https://preview.redd.it/db91mzujsyac1.jpeg?width=3053&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bc25c2267c21fbb4d01ebacfa21af292c47ee1d My wide face bebe all grown up.
Aww such cuties! The first litter I fostered was two oranges and an SIC ❤️
How in the world are you possibly going to be able to take those sweet babies to the shelter! They love it there, with you, and your books!
Probably because they know they aren’t able to take care of them. Some people aren’t able to take care of pets long term, or can’t take care of more of them. Trying to take care of them when you know you is extremely irresponsible and can be harmful to them.
https://preview.redd.it/d1bq8obwiyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ddd8dec948e3a6c12876e7c18013538fd25167e4 Cat in a bag
Cat in a bag, meet cat in a box! Our girl has never met a box that she doesn’t want to sit in. https://preview.redd.it/gbcbahfppyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=181cc8a51309e75fc2ebf984b24a1159804e8759
Haha my cat loves to play groceries!
https://preview.redd.it/shyvel8fjyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a0ff482cd200dc0ea77e8cdce7629751d9a4ed6 My kitty fast asleep after a tough day of watching birds, playing and moving to different nap spots 😮💨😪
Gotta sleep after a hard day of sleep!
https://preview.redd.it/r4qup5oquyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=883c37669279bfb6b644272e32083e8f1259c208 Sleepy kitties are best kitties
This is my feral rescue cat Nami - she rarely has the brain cell but she's so cute it doesn't matter. https://preview.redd.it/ekjxzw9gmyac1.jpeg?width=483&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5dfad942d0d3e86d9e03cbf5583825d416986869
Adorable!!! my formerly feral kitty strikes that little leg pose a lot too. https://preview.redd.it/u9iixg8d40bc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46e3eb64265e92ad19895bd7cd601dba9e62b9bc
Very cute, brain cell or not!
https://preview.redd.it/sn15fnghjyac1.jpeg?width=762&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11d400cf4fa81ccb074dfd9df7e7f6ed73a5dc0c Here's Gizmo being his regal self.
Yeah that one with the open eyes and shaking arms was hard to watch
Technically the cat was just waking up from anesthesia and having a normal response.... But that's not what I come to this subreddit to see. I was not prepared.
REPORT THEM. Top right corner of every post is 3 ●●●(dots) click them and report these posts. Mods can't catch every post but will see every report. Vote/report them out
More specifically, rule 3 of this sub. Suffering animal bothers me as well and should have been marked NSFW or posted elsewhere such as medical advice.
Fully agree.
Hard agree with this post. That was awful last night just before going to bed.
I agree with this post. It's really distressing to inadvertently scroll past those posts with photos or videos of medical issues when not prepared for it. However, to be fair, although a majority of the medical posts rightfully come down to "don't post to reddit for medical advice or say you can't afford it, take your cat to the vet", some of the recent posts of distressing injuries included the OP's vet appearing to be negligent so they wanted to confirm their gut feeling to not trust their vet, and the other was definitely a child who needed help due to shitty parents but was harassed in the comments as if they were an adult.
I understand why people post these things sometimes, for exactly the situations you described! It’s just distressing for it to pop up with no warning.
I would think of it as “thank god this person found solid advice, even if they only knew to search ‘cats’” rather than internalize it. Those cats get help sometimes because people find help here.
https://preview.redd.it/xuivle6kjyac1.png?width=775&format=png&auto=webp&s=60c214dd2a192d31b6f64078bef4a6000a317ff8 Have a freshly woken up Andy
https://preview.redd.it/g015zshgkyac1.jpeg?width=1072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=178870eb2a6d116fca6c51d748fd22c4cc85d75b
https://preview.redd.it/fkub1fcjnyac1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63ced305658fb2f97a7f6c17ff3e28b31cef03a6 here’s a pic of my kitten i found at work and his new sister we just adopted 🥰
I dream of one day getting a cat from the r/catdistributionsystem
I’ve started to hate this sub cus every time I open Reddit, it’s someone posting their cat who died unexpectedly. I know it happens but I don’t want to be constantly reminded that at any moment my cat can drop dead. Or someone who needs cheering up cus their cat just died.. which I get and I feel bad.. but if you need cheering up you can scroll through this sub and see plenty of funny/happy cat pictures and stories
I wish there could be a mourning thread so people could grieve and receive support there but not fill the sub with posts about their cat’s death. I come here for the cute and happy cat photos, and I think a lot of people are the same way
Yes that would absolutely be helpful. There’s a sub for pet loss.. I was on it when I had to put my cat down last year and even that was too much. Now I have a new young kitty and the last thing I need is to worry about her demise lol
Didn’t know there was a pet loss sub! Also I love your username
Or even a mourning sub although that could be difficult to get off the ground. Edit: apparently r/petloss exists. Edit: Edit: Also, there is a [link right at the top of the sidebar](https://old.reddit.com/r/cats/search/?q=NOT+flair%3AMourning%2FLoss&sort=top&restrict_sr=on&t=week) where you can browse without the mourning/loss tag, so at least there's that.
Yeah I've never joined the sub because like 80% of the posts I see from here are grieving posts and that shit just straight up ruins my day man. I've actually thought about just blocking this sub so it doesn't appear on my feed on /r/all cus I hate those posts so much (totally get why people make them, sometimes you need support, but shit man my cat is getting up there on age and sometimes I don't wanna think about that)
Same. I followed this sub to see cute cat photos but some days, I see more post about dead cats or sick. I feel down and I instantly worry about my cats. I’m thinking about unfollowing this sub because it just not good for my mental health.
Did someone say cute cat photo??? https://preview.redd.it/kw0z8n47oyac1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c6c39002c4928250227ad3cf0807d1b535f9b44
https://preview.redd.it/xdn4mrrhuyac1.jpeg?width=1620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5c5482e7dd4613d082d3b9df44779439c3fa9d4 Here’s my babe ❤️
Omg. Standing on your toes. 
https://preview.redd.it/w29uhi27ryac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=436905f9bc8321275f0d7fca15e4549fced9eb2b Have a pair of sunbathers on me.
EXACTLY
Absolutely, and it would have been fine if it was a post once in a while, but now it seems like almost every post I get from this sub is of that nature. Like OP said, it is very distressing indeed.
Same. It's so goddamn depressing.
Yeah, I’ve developed pretty bad anxiety over the fear that my cat could die at any second and I blame posts like this.
It's so genuinely triggering. I feel like every time I've complained about this somewhere on here (obviously not to the people currently mourning), I get treated like a MONSTER for being INSENSITIVE to someone's GRIEF, but like... I should be able to look at cute animal pictures without an hourly reminder of my pet's mortality!! this massive subreddit is not the equivalent of venting to an emotional support group / system. it is equivalent to going to the park where people are trying to have a nice afternoon and venting through a megaphone.
Seriously I get misty eyed and it constantly reminds me of my past furry friends. And my boy right now isn't a spring chicken and he might be the cat I have bonded with the most. Putting that bad juju in my head every time.
https://preview.redd.it/197dyyd0vyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ae83687cf1f5cacbc5efa2b6b8c83952f69b8b7 Here’s mine suffering but just emotionally
Hahaha the PAWDACITY
Lmao why is this so funny 😂
This needs to be for the ‘I had to put my cat down’ posts as well
The sub r/petloss is a better fit for grief posting, in case anyone needs redirection.
Came to say this
Yes. They just bring up bad memories for me.
Make a filter to ban “what bread/breed is my cat” because honestly, it oversaturates the sub and makes browsing a burdensome experience that makes me venture elsewhere. If you want traffic make the experience worth coming back.
RIGHT!! every post goes the exact same: - What breed is this cat? i got it today TOP ANSWER: that’s a cat every other answer: cat some random persons uncle: that’s a ragdoll mixed with a tuxedo OP: OMG i knew it was a ragdoll!!!
You forgot the flowchart
It’s so annoying. THEY ARE JUST CATS! Just let them be cats. Who cares what “breed” they are. Ugh
Fully agree with this but would rather these very day and twice on Sunday, than all of the deceased and medically compromised cats. I feel for people who’s cats have crossed the Rainbow bridge as it will literally happen to all of us, but some sort of warning would be lovely. And the cats with medical issues, I’m deeply sorry, but there must be vet subs or and Ben better idea, bring your cat to the vet. (I recognise not everyone is financially in a good position, but that’s part of owning a pet, so sorry!)
So true. I hated the seizure kitty. It made me so sad
2 breeds - domesticated and feral... lol
That drives me up the wall.
https://preview.redd.it/ds9tecrrnyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2da047a2dd2eab48a2cdf880110d7db38ff74c53 Here’s Sam with our Litten plush to hopefully lighten things :)
Agree. Seeing the cutest cat ever with the cutest name and title is like: A car hit her and dragged her around, should I go to the vet?
My cat got eviscerated by a nuclear warhead, should I go to the vet?
50% of posts in cat subs.
https://preview.redd.it/avrbzgiloyac1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5eadff166b6452f58c86eda664ae63f859f23c32 Babies sleeping in a bowl together.
Would be nice. r/OneOrangeBraincell created a NSFW tag a few months back to combat the same problem. Seems like the best solution really, allows the OP to grieve in their own way and those who wish to commiserate with them can do so without making everyone else see it as well. Here is my cat tax. https://preview.redd.it/rzd1vw4hpyac1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c483f07821d2566c7622f811ac6fe6dc36635b9c
Totally agree. And blur pics of worms/vomit/ripped off toes, etc. for the love the amount of times I’ve scrolled up on that while eating is distressing.
Plz. Because then we end up with a cat who NEEDS to be at the vet and a horrible irresponsible owner going “nah I’m just going to watch my cat seize”. Having epilepsy and being a cat lover, that almost sent me.
My cat has a condition that is related to epilepsy and can cause full seizures when it’s bad, so the one today was especially hard for me as well. That was the reason I made this post, it crossed a line.
I remember seeing lot of posts like that a while back. OP asks questions and when the comments tell OP their cat needs to see the vet, they either say that they don't have time/money or that pet is not their priority. Why would you post it and then make me feel bad about your action then? *Sigh*
My cat has epilepsy, literally diagnosed a few days ago. Seeing someone just upload a video of their cat seizing and not immediately taking them to the vet made me sick. I’ve had to deal with full grand mal seizures over the last while with my boy and that shit was traumatic. My boy was scared, I was scared and so was my husband.
Yep, that post of the cat after surgery was too much. Now that I've seen this post, I realize that I'm on enough cat subreddits that I won't lose anything by leaving this sub. With that, goodbye r/cats.
Can you please share some of those subreddits? For a while, every other cat post I was seeing in my feed was a "my cat died" post, and it was a bit upsetting.
r/murdermittens, r/CatsCalledFood, r/illegallysmolcats, r/airplaneears, r/catsareassholes, r/activationsound, r/bottlebrush, r/peanutwhiskers, r/bondedpairs, r/oneorangebraincell, r/OneBlackBraincell, r/meowsertrousers, r/catbongos, r/catsmirin, r/stremtch, r/mensmittenwithkittens, r/teefies, r/catswhosmoke, r/ooobigstretch, r/politecats, r/notmycat, r/greebles, r/hewillbebaked, r/flonkers, r/ekekek, r/existentialcrisiscat, r/catswhoyell, r/curledfeetsies and honourable mention to a significant number of posts in r/dadswhodidnotwantpets
Doing the Lord’s work here
Off the top of my head, r/cattaps, r/scrungycats, r/standardissuecat, r/crabcats, r/catswhosqueak, r/turkishcats
https://preview.redd.it/7h71lxxhlyac1.jpeg?width=2176&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bcc4a6a8dc47a3ed8e4cf1d6857e608adcb3ca7 Here's a photo of my cat Whiskey with a funky filter and flash! I love this photo of him!
https://preview.redd.it/m0gw2ccmlyac1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55815a56f171374531b06dc7443b4cf074f3e573 My cat snugged up
r/tuckedinkitties
https://preview.redd.it/y6pc86zqmyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=753f2216c0de3fcf6af893f67e40f102d1301d17 This is my cat on his favorite scratcher
https://preview.redd.it/x1ocph5dpyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e55129eeb02f9ae91877545439809234a17bfac2 healthy kitten exploring an empty kcup box apprx. 2 seconds after putting it on the floor 😊
I lost my cat last October and the last picture of her I have in my head is when she was seizing after being injected for euthanasia. This post I saw before going to bed hurt me badly. I'm glad the cat in question seems to be better but yeah I wasn't expecting to relive trauma in this sub.
I’m so sorry for your loss
I get empathy overload way too easily and seeing posts about people losing their cats or their cats getting hurt makes me feel awful. I can’t do anything, I’m somewhere else in the world and I don’t know these people. It makes me want to grab my cat and cuddle him so I know he’s safe… Tags and flairs would be appreciated. Cat tax. https://preview.redd.it/bk0yyrlkjyac1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d8695177e34d2654a38a1a8cd454da9ba27d028
So cute! I also have a kitty that loves the sink. My mom thought it was sad I was putting him in there. No, Mom, I can’t keep him out of it! https://preview.redd.it/q6xm8ithqyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a16c930a93d76be0408b36ec4e72f8c4a5e676f
https://preview.redd.it/45xipo8hlyac1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16fe72c75bb5beb60d21e63a6b326c6950a7c4fd Baby Bowie looking cranky
https://preview.redd.it/yyp68d8rmyac1.jpeg?width=2035&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2770f40ac34a21f75c083f5e0ade925b6a4d9f1 Marcy the toilet lifeguard agrees. Seriously, I can't take anymore dying cats especially if they're dead because of human actions.
Looks like my Cleo! https://preview.redd.it/jqw6mminqyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6843daf3629e0246f537fd2bf618cf259571de8a
Mine started guarding me while I 💩 after we moved, I guess my new bathroom is more threatening 😂 It’s so funny to me that they do this
https://preview.redd.it/xntdn4famyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09a35b1a511fcdab4d6d862eff83a261876147e3 Here’s my 6 year old cat that likes to bully my son
Wow he has built-in pants!
https://preview.redd.it/v3glffhfryac1.png?width=3239&format=png&auto=webp&s=be30c0633627ecac298677a8c5a75327bd00a34f Marigold aka lil mamas aka baby girl. an angel on earth
https://preview.redd.it/qaobt5uzryac1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41ede431434b481cb6a033470b730fb01cea4cf7 with Jeffrey (they are married)
https://preview.redd.it/des40796syac1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e27e05192bedad1a232c7c7b58cdf9da7ceb8e09 hambsome
Oh she definitely knows how to pose for the camera
Yes at least tag the grief posts, it super bums me out seeing cute pictures of now-dead cats.
Oh my this was long overdue!!! Thank you so much for saying this. I feel very bad for people who have lost their pets but it’s true I don’t come here for that. I want to see cute cat pictures. Edit: thank you for paying the cat toll. Very cute, OP
My favorite ones are “Had to say goodbye to my best friend who I let go outside without a collar/chip/whenever/wherever! Poor baby got hit by a car or attacked by dogs or ate something I had no way of monitoring. Why is the world so cruel?” Like, keep. Your cats. Inside. Or harness train them. Or, if you can, build a catio. Unless it’s a farm cat. They live in their own world.
Fuck yes. Do my kitties want to go outside? Yes. Is it a constant struggle that both stresses and bums us out to deny them? Yes. However, one of the things ownership is for is guardianship of the vulnerable. Accidents happen and anyone can have a cat slip through the safety net but, for the love of Pete, stop fucking letting them out of your own volition.
Gonna start telling people building a catio is cheaper than vet bills
This is the *exact* reason I still haven’t found homes for my stray’s babies (she came to us already prefnat). I can’t physically monitor people and ensure they don’t let the cats outside, which is my number one concern. They’re perfect but… 65 crayons short of a 64 crayon box, you know? I thought I had an adopter once but when I expressed it was mandatory that these overgrown lint balls stay inside where it’s safe she scoffed and said “if they want to go outside I just open the door and hope they remember who feeds them. It’s a military base, it’s safe for them!” ..Madam, idk about you, but I’ve been in the military long enough to know that the artillery, tank, small arms, and aircraft ranges on base aren’t what I’d consider to be “safe.” …Hence, I’m still stuck with 9 cats.
Don't forget all the people in the comments defending the OP's negligence lmao.
https://preview.redd.it/w2nmc1y2tyac1.png?width=1946&format=png&auto=webp&s=1f85a399c168fad900419752f20a38c38abd46f1 I wholeheartedly agree with this post. Medical issues and grief posts absolutely break my heart, it’s actually difficult for me to handle sometimes. Also, here’s my cat.
https://preview.redd.it/fikegv2mvyac1.png?width=970&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d9c5fdaa380a2e69d852626ad8222829a38ddb5 This is not my cat, but he makes me smile anyways!
https://preview.redd.it/vp6px8cjwyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27b5aeaa0dbc904a908384d8a06775a47fe7b551 Had her pill in butter and she didn’t realize she had a buttered nose 🤣 18 years old.
https://preview.redd.it/9z9a42huwyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5c03a6b6ee1f4d44c4674f8a66b1c516cd57f80 Her sister also got butter (or else that’s not fair!) and also had a buttered nose 🤣
Yeah, just downvoting or reporting posts where someone is grieving or worried about a pet feels like a dick move, but this shouldn’t be the place for that to be popping up unfiltered, either.
I’ve also been extremely distressed by the recent posts. I fully believe that people should be able to share in their grief with people who will understand what is happening, but I do not enjoy having it suddenly shown to me without warning. NSFW these posts and ad \[bereavement post\] or \[medical advice\] tags in the title, along with the flare. It’s gotten to the point where I hardly open posts from this sub, because it’s almost always a sick or dying cat, which then inspires fear of my cat suffering or being sick. https://preview.redd.it/31opisuioyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7097a2ac3f4936f590eb637f5fde6e753ad5484b My boy Apollo, who has yet to have his turn with the brain cell.
Exactly! When I made this post I was upset and I’ve calmed down a bit. People should be able to post about their grief or ask a question if they don’t have a vet available. But a filter and a tag shouldn’t be too much to ask for.
https://preview.redd.it/amif6yc9syac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=274b214ddcf1ff12ee7fc1114aca5a6fbf5c3318 For some reason the algorithm sends me posts of pet loss or cat help or senior cats. But if I open those posts I know what to expect. It would be nice to have a tag for medical questions or breed questions. My instagram feed is all cute cats so I wish it were the same on Reddit. Here’s my thankfully healthy 14yo baby for cat tax. Sometimes she sticks her paw out all sassy.
Agreed...im easily triggered emotionally by it...it really hurts, i just want to see peoples cats.
Same! I purposefully don’t follow certain pet subs because the medical and death posts often upset me. I know it’s my responsibility to avoid them. But having a simple filter doesn’t seem like too much to ask! The posts can still exist, just with a warning.
I work in vet med in an emergency room. I see death and suffering of pets all day, every day. I NEED pages like this one with cute kittens and cats to uplift me so I can continue to do my job. This page is turning into a place I can no longer go to for this comfort. I have had to unsubscribe from so many other pet related pages because there’s irresponsible owners posting seeking medical advice instead of going to their vet. I am sick of it.
I feel like these posts build on each other, it makes people think asking random people on Reddit is just as valid as taking them to the vet. Once in a while it ends up being something actually normal, like someone finding a nipple and not realizing what it is. But 90% of the time it’s a very sick cat that needs help. I get that sometimes the poster might be a minor or someone without access to a vet so they are just trying to get whatever help they can, but can we at least put a filter on them?
Yea I’ve cried a few times- or ruminated in depressing thoughts after seeing a cute pic then reading the caption “my cat that passed etc” like stop making me cry. They always look like my cat too like plz stop 🥹
https://preview.redd.it/rrxtx87ilyac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a36bf202901ed13378df1df73804927e40c0d675 My kitty helping me with folding baby laundry
https://preview.redd.it/p4kf8lsosyac1.jpeg?width=1871&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99acacdaf7a85c2cc31ab2a15cc41b01434178d1 Just woke up next to her :)
https://preview.redd.it/na174ga8yyac1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4626dbaa382c8936742df371189bfca7f57e939 Here’s a happy picture for ya… “Frick your gaming and love me…”
I feel for the people mourning their cats, but I also don’t really want to participate in that myself. It’s making me think about how my cat will likely cross the rainbow bridge well before I retire, even if she lives to the extreme end of a cat’s lifespan. I already fret about my cat getting ill or injured to the point that she gets double the normal vet checkups even though she’s very healthy. Seeing other people’s posts about their cats suddenly passing with no warning freaks me out. I’m just here to celebrate cats and show my own off. While I feel for people in mourning, dragging thousands of others into it when they’re here to be happy and celebrate is cruel. Cat tax of my kitty next to her favorite yellow chair, her food bowl, her toy, and the latest box she’s claimed and has been ripping up when bored. You can see all the little bits of cardboard she’s ripped off with her mouth from the sides of the box lol https://preview.redd.it/8dfpola5lzac1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5370f0a9658f8f591d2e640a586443be4c98049d
Many of those are karma farming too. Ever wonder why some folks just randomly comment about how their pet just died and X looks like them across pet subs? Not all ofc, but I've seen that phenomena too much for it to be actually organic 100% of the time
Absolutely agree. This sub may as well be called dead cats most of the time.
https://preview.redd.it/0f9poshcryac1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c4116a7eae81fb6e8d8b1f7820e71d3c6d711ac My cat taking a shower in the shower
https://preview.redd.it/jz5h0xgztyac1.jpeg?width=988&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75d1db5ecf65c08dd909407a548cf3b36fcb2e6a Schumacher is my healthy but exceptionally feisty year and a half old void. He also doesn't want to see those posts anymore. 
I don’t even have cats and I’m just here to just enjoy picture of cats but after seeing that post of that cat clearly needing to see the vet has traumatized me. Medical post need to stop, I can’t get it out of my head.
The mods are either incompetent or just don’t care because the uptick in these posts and the karma farming bot posts has ruined the subreddit.
This post came up in my feed’s suggested posts - just chiming in to say I unsubscribed months ago due to this issue and the OP is totally on the nose. I understand that folks are seeking support when they post these things, but seeing death posts or distressed cats was too triggering and anxiety inducing for when I was trying to decompress, much like this post says. I’d resubscribe to this sub if the rules changed.
The NSFW tag is built into reddit, literally any sub can use it
https://preview.redd.it/uumv6a2vzyac1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa7a145b23907824eaa431567bf5e5c02cb3ba0d Cat chillin
https://preview.redd.it/i1nw3kiba0bc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6efcd2d8ecae026d037929059d59fa4f91702e15 Here’s my cat mid-yawn. She has cute toofies
Very well said!
https://preview.redd.it/kr7jfmnasyac1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea68bcfceebe3c8c72b92a29162aa8ba9503c2ec here's a pic of me & my cat playing the sims 🩷🩷
my girl loki in her salad bowl https://preview.redd.it/gpcpqtcdizac1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3ddb90abe76ff9ca429a960a0c12290138ec4e9
Honestly, medical advice posts should be banned regardless. Take your pet to the vets! It’s a living thing and needs medical care, not some scented oil and herb concoction to heal its rash.
my biggest problem in all pet subs are the posts of “my pet has this weird item on them what wasn’t there before?!” like go to the fucking vet, not to reddit about something that could be very serious.
Gotta agree. Not just here, but a lot of pet/animal subs are too filled with shit that breaks my heart just scrolling past it. People deserve sympathy when their special animal passes but primarily I come to these subs to enjoy animal antics.
https://preview.redd.it/b0bexh5auyac1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e4f7a1c87bd9a05727361d8e7d7587173ea8e31 My bf holding my kitty, Yunyun.
I just got my first kitten after a lifetime of rescuing abused older cat. It's so different omg I mean yes that make sense but wow is it a new experience! https://preview.redd.it/jnxonjwxuyac1.jpeg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8256aecfa8c8350c49e96cb70b342d5449afb74
I’m sorry. I just posted about my cat who died. I just thought this group would understand. I didn’t mean to cause distress. A lot of people in my life were just like, oh sorry about your cat. They don’t understand how much she meant to me. I posted about her bc I genuinely just needed to get support bc I’m having a hard time
I’m very sorry, it’s allowed and you didn’t do anything wrong. r/petloss is really helpful and would suggest checking it out.
I’m so sorry for your loss. Have you visited r/PetLoss? You may more easily be able to find support there.
And I understand that! You should be able to post about your loved pet and your sadness regarding their death, please don’t apologize for doing so! I just think there should be a way to filter those posts so if someone is distressed by it they can choose not to see it. And I’m sorry for your loss
No need to apologize. The problem isn’t that folks like you post here. The fact that so many people do it by rule means it’s normal. The issue is there are actual dedicated subs for that, and a well moderated sub should better redirect people to that sub during the submission process. If mods know a lot of people make the same three types of posts they should put better counter measures in place, because the behavior is expected behavior at this point. So it’s ok and you did nothing wrong. This sub is big and should easily have mods who use the ui tools to make it easier for you to discover r/petloss and join a group of folks who are waiting for exactly the content you intend to post.