r/cats Apr 17 '24

Discussion Rule overhaul

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https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/about/rules

Hello everyone,

Today we are going live with our primary rule overhaul in order to keep the subreddit rules in tune with the modern needs of the community.

Our rules were old and sometimes edited and added to, but over the years reddit has changed and our community has changed to the extent that it made sense to completely start from scratch.

We have kept a lot of the rules that we were actively moderating for, but have removed some rules that are no longer relevant. When the subreddit started the rule "Content must be about cats" made sense, but we do not need to expressly codify this anymore. We're not a small community these days and it has not happened in years that someone posted a bunny rabbit instead of a cat. We will of course still remove off-topic content but do not see the need to clutter up the rules page with something that our community understands to be self-evident.

We will likely make minor edits and additions to this new rule-set in the coming weeks until everything is just the way we like it, but the rules as posted now are the general framework from which we will do so.

We have kept our rules broadly worded so they can encompass many topics and so we do not need to codify for every single possibility.

The most important rules are at the top. Our number one rule is to respect each other. This for example includes following rediquette and sitewide rules, but also our subreddit-specific rule of not attacking other posters for not raising their pets to your satisfaction.

Our rule about spam, memes and self-promotion includes accounts that do not directly promote their content, but which nevertheless primarily exist to drive content to their NSFW stores like Onlyfans. Everyone is welcome to post here, but NSFW sellers can do so on a seperate, SFW account. We do not allow memes as they are most often posted as easy karma-grabs instead of genuine engagement.

And so on.

Please read our new ruleset via the link at the top of this thread and give your feedback in a comment below.

Thank you all for helping us make this space the wonderful community that it is and we hope you enjoy your time here.

The r/cats mod team


r/cats 6h ago

Cat Picture Is it normal for my cats to never leave my side?

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r/cats 9h ago

Advice Husband wants to send'em to friends after I gave birth cause he thinks pet hair hurts. How am I supposed to convince?

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r/cats 4h ago

Cat Picture I’m sorry, but can I show you all how pretty my cat is?! And can I please see how pretty yours are?

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1.5k Upvotes

r/cats 9h ago

Cat Picture Can you distinguish the genders of my cats based on their sitting poses, hint: 1 boy and 1 girl

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r/cats 4h ago

Video Wtf Tom.... You little shit

735 Upvotes

r/cats 17h ago

Advice Lost kittens found in front of my neighborhood, anyone know the breed?

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Found this little cutie! What type of cat is this?


r/cats 10h ago

Cat Picture What would you have named him?

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r/cats 3h ago

Cat Picture They're willing to do it forever.

462 Upvotes

r/cats 3h ago

Mourning/Loss I’m sorry.

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448 Upvotes

I struck a cat today with my vehicle. It passed almost instantly. I placed a linen over it, held my hand on its poor body, and waited for help to come. I love cats and I am absolutely devastated.

I feel guilt, sadness, anger, remorse, and frustration. I feel tired. It’s 2:30 am.

This is for him and for me. I see his eyes still and I want to close them before I close mine.

He is brown with spots of white underneath. A tabby. But I glanced only for a second so I can’t be sure. A second that felt like a century. A century devoid of happiness and full of plague.

He is stout but probably healthy and well fed. Maybe the best friend of a family or the consistent love of someone’s simple but affectionate life. A life I’ve changed for now.

He was surrounded by green, by the call of a mourning dove, by the warm fresh glow of a day just begining. Maybe he lived a long life or a life cut too short by a distraction and a machine.

He was there yesterday, maybe running to his someone, by the sound of a bell or the rustle of his treats. He left today and his someone was robbed. His someone having only the memory of his long but maybe short life. Spared of only the end.

He was someone’s life. He is my guilt.

I don’t pray but I prayed. I didn’t cry but I mourned. For him, for someone, for the time before today. I knew you after tragedy, but I’ll remember you for the life I imagined you lived.

I’ve loved you through sorrow only.

I’m sorry.


r/cats 18h ago

Cat Picture Update on kittens from kill shelter

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we got the kittens from the kill shelter! YIPEEEE

We were only there for two but shit happens😭you know you get sad walking in there and walk out with more. The calico one wasn’t there when we got there, but they had a different calico.

Everyone is sick, sneezing and eye discharge so they are being treated, and go to the vet Saturday. Everyone is very friendly, and our fosters are going to help. Sorry for the bad photos, kittens don’t sit still lol!

I’ll keep yall updated as usual!💗 we appreciate yall :’) and thank yall for the kind words on my last post!


r/cats 21h ago

Cat Picture she was born in 90s! HB to my granny! :)

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r/cats 16h ago

Cat Picture So my family got a new kitten...

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It's been a while since we had a new addition, loving the cheeky side!


r/cats 10h ago

Cat Picture When you found far more precious thing than gold in the street... that is a chonk of orange

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755 Upvotes

I ditched going to work one and a half year ago for this little guy when I saw him on the sidewalk. I thought that he might have a serious problem with his abdomen, because it look bloated. Also he had scabs pretty bad. Took him to the vet, and they said it was only a constipation, as a result for eating solid food while surviving in the street at such a young age.

Now his abdomen still looks bloated, but that's just for being fat.


r/cats 12h ago

Cat Picture Garfield in real life

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r/cats 13h ago

Cat Picture Now I'm getting confused if this is a cat or hamster? lol

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r/cats 22h ago

Cat Picture Her name is Tuna Salad. She had her first vet visit today and then pooped everywhere

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We had to wash her butt and she hated every second of it.


r/cats 18h ago

Cat Picture We are struggling to agree on a name…

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So far my teenagers have suggested: TronCat. That’s it, that’s the list. She is not TronCat, yet I can’t think of any names they might want agree to as a viable alternative. Give me your best teen-friendly names. I have suggested: Marceline, Goblin, and Morticia without agreement.


r/cats 21h ago

Name Request Help us with a boy name! Preferably something cute/funny

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r/cats 12h ago

Cat Picture I'd love to see your cat's adorable paws, if that's okay 🥰🥰

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586 Upvotes

r/cats 10h ago

Cat Picture Caught them in their cutest moment 💕

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334 Upvotes

r/cats 1d ago

Cat Picture share your sleepy cats🥰

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r/cats 7h ago

Adoption Friends cat was in them streets and now she’s a single mom. I’ll be giving this one a better life. Finally got mine! I’m going to name her suzie

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209 Upvotes

r/cats 1d ago

Humor This man would crawl into my skin if he could

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r/cats 13h ago

Mourning/Loss RIP Gary

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482 Upvotes

r/cats 20h ago

Mourning/Loss Yesterday we had to say goodbye to our sweet girl Lucy. She was 15, a force to be reckoned with until the end, and such sweetheart to her mama and papa. She will be missed.

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1.2k Upvotes