I heard him screaming from almost half a kilometre away and instinctively got up from my couch and went searching for the crying noises. Found him in a standoff with a bigger male cat with some scratches. Called to him and he immediately ran and took cover behind me. 5 months later and all vaccinations completed he’s now the best cat ever!

I am shattered and I can’t stop crying.

Yesterday my husband took our two cats to the vet for blood work for my cat Idris so she could come in for a teeth cleaning and my other cat Pinecone just needed some vaccines. I was at home with out daughter and the visit was taking a long time. He text me and told me that she was super distressed (like she often is at the vet, especially with bloodwork) so they wanted to observe her until she calmed down. Well, she did with a bit of sedation but she still wasn’t breathing properly. They did an xray and found her lungs full of fluid and cancer. They put her down right there while I wasn’t there. She was only 10 and seemed fine. She was my little cuddly stalker, often following me around the house just to see where I was sitting down next. When he came home and I asked where Idris was, he started crying and told me. It still doesn’t feel real. She was sitting on me this time yesterday. I miss her so much and I don’t know how to cope.

For context, I am currently a student in college living with my sweet baby girl (cat tax attached). There is a possibility that I will be moving back in with my family for a bit, and they have always been dog people (our whole family is allergic, and I was too when I was younger, but I grew out of it).

When talking about having my cat live in the house, my parents were incessant about having her declawed due to them hearing stories about dogs losing their eyes from a cat scratch (I counter it with I have heard about when dogs have killed cats, the behavioral and health issues declawing would cause, the pain it would put my cat in, etc).

But they still wouldn’t listen, they insisted that it would be fine but it genuinely makes me sick even thinking about putting my baby through that.

They made me buy cat claw caps and I am planning on slowly training her into wearing them comfortably but I still cannot get through to them that declawing is inhumane. I equated it to debarking (which also is insane, neither debarking or declawing should be legal ANYWHERE) but they think that dogs are angels and that cats are “assholes.” To be fair they have always had a problem with boundaries (moved across country for college lol) so it makes sense they think that cats are assholes if they don’t immediately want to cuddle with them.

I am unwavering in the fact that I will never have my babygirl declawed, but they always keep on referencing how both of our aunts cats have been declawed and they have been “fine” (honestly not really, the few times i interacted with said cats they have been very aggressive towards humans and dogs, but my parents don’t see that).

How do I get through to them that even if those cats seemed fine, it is still so insanely inhumane. Also they never spent more than a few hours with those cats so they don’t know their behavior at all.

I have explained how cats walk on their toes, how she’ll have problems using her litter box, how it’s equivalent to taking off a humans finger off at the knuckle.

Like yeah if I wasn’t able to grasp or use my hands in the way that I haven’t my entire life, I would be aggressive and bite too.

Honestly this is kind of a rant I’m sorry, but I would like some advice on how to get them to understand that declawing is inhumane (tbh they support putting children in cages so like I can’t even say i’m surprised) and that cats aren’t assholes.

they’re just biased towards dogs and that shouldn’t mean that it’s “fine” for cats to be declawed when our dogs can do whatever they want (I love our dogs so much don’t get me wrong, but they put them on a pedestal above my cat and it makes me angry because they think dogs have some superiority while the dogs don’t have any recall and don’t really listen to 2/3 of their commands, and that’s supposed to be “fine”)

once again I love my dogs, they’re my babies as well, and obviously they aren’t aggressive or reactive or else I wouldn’t even think about putting them in the same house, but I love my cat too. She is my baby and I’m not going to let her go through that torture just for the convenience of my parents.

I moved to the Caribbean and my first week this sweet little kitten came up to me meowing and wanting love. So I started feeding her to get her strength back up until eventually my heart couldn’t take to see her on the streets. I had full intentions of getting her spayed but to my surprise she started screaming and meowing loudly two nights ago. She is normally a quiet cat and when I walked into the room to check her one kitten was already out 😱. I’ve been reading on how to care for her babies and her postpartum as this is my first experience. All babies and mom are healthy and comfortable.

i would like to preface with, I am making sure kitty is getting the medical treatment he needs:)

this here is wonton. my cat I got as an early birthday present right before I turned six. it’s been 12 years and he’s like a little sibling to me. now why on earth is my cat three pounds? that would be because he has chronic kidney disease caused by damage from hyperthyroidism.

wonton is the greediest cat ive ever had, while in recent days due to a CKD crash he hasn’t eaten- at his prime he steals entire plates of food and even paws our food out of bowls or pans. and his meow I can only describe as reminiscent of an old door hinge. A creak then a squeak

i just wanted to share my handsome honeybun kitty as some of you may know, CKD is terminal. I am doing my best to keep him happy at the moment, including carrying him wherever he wants to go and cleaning him when he doesn’t have the energy to groom. The boy has refined tastes, as his favorite food is lamb and salmon. and his mouth is so small, his canines stick out like a little vampire

i would love to hear about everyone else’s crusty, sick, ugly and old kitties, they need appreciation too:)

edit: hey so I’m not genuinely calling him ugly. my post was literally supposed to be “even unconventional looking kitties deserve love”. I call him my ugly little honeybun with love

My original post was removed.

I will include screenshots of our conversations (between me, my student, and the lady who rehomed Peach).

Backstory:

May 2023

A lady posted in a Facebook group about rehoming a long-haired calico cat. She said the cat, named Kitty, was not getting along with her senior cat.

She told me she got the cat from the SPCA. I took the cat home, and she was very skinny but also very sweet.

I renamed her Peach, after Princess Peach.

My student later told me that she originally bought the cat from a breeder for $1,500. Believe it or not, they had also named her Kitty. Kitty was born in April 2021.

January 2023

The cat was two years old when she had to rehome it because she developed a cat allergy. Her husband gave the cat to a coworker at that time, who is no longer working at the same company. When she asked for an update about the cat, the coworker told her it had died. She was devastated, and her daughter told her that if she hadn’t given the cat away, it wouldn’t have died. She said she would have helped with the medical bills even though she didn’t own the cat anymore.

Fast forward to last Thursday (March 12, 2026). I have a practicum student, and she has been with us for a year now. I brought a family picture with Peach in it. She said Peach looks like a cat she had before. She showed me a photo of her cat. I couldn’t believe it because I instantly recognized Peach. I also showed her a clear picture of Peach, and she burst into tears. I hugged her, and I also cried. She had to go to the washroom and sobbed there. Once she composed herself, we compared everything, from the color pattern to the behavior, which matched. We connected the pieces together, like the fact that I got Peach when she was two years old. I thought her breed was a domestic longhair, but she is actually a Persian Ragdoll. We live in the same town, even the former coworker.

The reason the lady deleted her Facebook post about rehoming Peach but not her other posts is because maybe she don’t want the original owners to see she rehomed their cat. She gave me the name of the former coworker, and it matches the name from our conversation on Messenger. She and her family are very furious about the heartbreak this caused them.

She can’t take her back due to her allergies. She still loves her and has kept her collar all these years. We are planning their reunion. She will come back after Eid. I will update about the reunion when it happens..

He’s very cute and sweet to me. However, he is a feral cat that I got from the woods. He doesn’t respond to anyone but me. He needs to be able to go outside and play in the woods. To be frank, he doesn’t even want to be touched by anyone but me. I can’t put him into a shelter because nobody will adopt him. And he wouldn’t understand that. I’m afraid he would just be put to death. He’s only 10 years old. I don’t know what to do. The doctor says I have about six months to live. I wish I didn’t have to leave him behind. His name is Boggles.

No one can adopt him. He wouldn’t understand that or respond to it.

I have no other family but him. It breaks my heart to think that his only owner would leave him suddenly.

This is not an adoption request. He doesn’t like other cats. He doesn’t like other people. He doesn’t like children. He doesn’t like dogs. He doesn’t like anybody but me. He’s mean to everyone except me. That made me feel special until I got my diagnosis. To everyone else he’s just a mean, weird cat. But to me, when we are sleeping next to each other, he’s my buddy. I’m worried what will happen when I’m not there to take care of him.

Only two things I can think about is to anesthetize him prematurely before I die, or just let him loose into the woods and hope he makes his way.

Just writing this is breaking my heart.

Please advise.

I’m beyond heartbroken.

This is my Mando. We spent 5 years together.

I took Mando in for a routine vet visit. He got so distressed in the car and carrier, it exposed an underlying heart condition he had been hiding. He started breathing heavily upon arrival and had to be put on oxygen. They came in to the room and told me he isn’t going to make it and that he should be put out of his pain.

That was the worst news I could have ever heard in my life. I thought I was taking my young, relatively healthy, cat in for a check up. Not a euthanasia.

This cat is my entire life.

The nearest emergency vet hospital was 30 minutes away. They said he wouldn’t make the car ride; and even if he did, they really couldn’t do anything for him at this point.

My baby was in so much pain. It was a traumatic sight to see the sweetest, friendliest, calmest boy in such distress.

I held him and cried. I begged him to find me again, in this life and every life after this.

I miss him. Life isn’t the same without him.

I can’t wait to see him again.

Thanks for reading.

I’m a hobby potter and learned a new technique to make tiny vases, and decided to turn this one into a whisker vase being knocked off a table by a cat. I already made one for myself, so looking to make another whisker collector happy with this one. I’ll paint the cat to look like yours (examples in pic 3-4) and can add a name on the table too.

Completely free, but preference goes to someone in mid-Michigan who can pick up in person or someone who is open to covering shipping (~$10 depending on location). Just shoot me a message or leave a comment to claim it:)

I cannot praise the artist enough for how well she captured my baby girl! Please share your cat tattoos if you have any!!

Forever my babies. I am cherishing each day with them. Been with me since I was 19. They are siblings and best friends. I am so lucky that they are still relatively healthy. Lucy demands treats every night ('cookie parties'), and she gets what she wants! Obligatory kitten pics. I have 1 pic of Lucy as a tiny kitten (can't find one of Desi sadly) and it's one of my favorite pictures ever!

Samsa is around seven months old. He had worms but has been treated for it and seems very healthy. He’s always had a huge appetite but our vet said we can’t really overfeed him right now. The thing is our previous cat really struggled to eat and Samsa eats twice the recommended food intake on the packaging every day. Are we just not used to a cat with a healthy appetite or is he actually already a little fat? We’re not sure if we should keep free feeding him or not. Thanks!

Love this cat so much, she saved me from severe depression. Freakin take a bullet for this fluff ball.

I don’t know how to fully put this into words as everything is still very raw for me. I was only nine years old when AJ came into my life he was so tiny..when we brought him home he gave me and half the house ringworm. Even as a kitten AJ never knew how to close his mouth and constantly had something to say about anything. Only during a routine vet checkup did we find out that he had hyperthyroidism at age 10. He was taken care of like any other cat with hyperthyroidism would but he just kept getting smaller and smaller yet he’d never stop talking, playing, or purring. Even last night at 3am he was perfectly fine when I saw him, but something was wrong this morning and he wouldn’t eat. Half an hour later he was gone so fast…still meowing at the very end. 13 is too short of a time with such a delightful cat that AJ was everyone loved him dearly and he was my little brother and my mom’s tiny shadow. It’s going to be very quiet in the house without you now AJ you had a great run in life I wish it was longer.

shes kinda dumb but we i her

Kevin showed up one day 4 yrs ago. Now he's living his best life

Happy Friday fellow cat lovers. I have some very exciting and uplifting news on Stella - an abused elderly kitty that had been confined to a bathroom for 10 years and had severe matting and mobility issues.

Here is the original post for anyone who wants to reference it: https://galavant-travels.slack.com/archives/D04V6C86R6J/p1773438280222839

So for those of you new to the story - u/gaiaonlinee posted 2 days ago about a cat that she had rescued from a friend of a friend. U/gaiaonlinee was at a loss of what to do because the cat was in horrible condition. Her previous owner had confined her to a single bathroom for 10 years, declawed her so she couldn’t use a litter box without pain and the humidity of the bathroom led to her to be covered in thick, painful mats. When OP got her, they could tell she was in a ton of pain but the mats were so bad she had to be sedated by a vet to remove them. OP and her mom wanted to get this done but just didn’t have the funds so they were considering trying to cut out the mats themselves but were worried about the complications and potential injuries from that. Thankfully we were able to pull the money together to get Stella treated by the vet and her appointment was today. There was some risk with the procedure - because of how thin she (4.5 pounds) the vet warned us that she may pass from the sedation. But we kept our hopes high because we knew she was a fighter! Her appointment was this morning and she did incredibly well, they shaved 90% of her body and were able to remove all the mats without cutting her skin. She’s now back home with OP, hungry as ever, purring a ton and recuperating.

Thank you to OP and her mom for giving this little lady a second chance at life and showing this kitty that humans can indeed be caring and loving stewards of their animal companions. 💛💛💛 Reddit is a powerful community and can connect people to do good. Thank you to everyone for all the well wishes for sweet little Stella!

He was also the biggest pain in my ass, but I'm going to miss him so much. Just wanted to share his handsome face with everyone here, and say to hug all your kitties tight, even when they make you angry.

I just wanted to take a moment to appreciate my baby boy. He’s the sweetest, most well behaved kitty. I never liked cats and then this love bug came into my life. I’m totally in love with him. Can I see your kitties?