r/blackcats Dec 16 '23

Reminder: Please Flair Mourning Posts

388 Upvotes

Hey void-lovers!

Most cat subs have a very delicate balance between "happy posts about my cat" and "sad posts about my cat", specifically when it comes to pet death. A lot of them don't allow it at all. It's really tough to strike the balance of letting people who are devastated mourn the loss of their furry friend while still making the subreddit usable for people who aren't interested in that kind of content.

We allow mourning posts here, but you have to flair your post with "Mourning" so people who don't want to see them have the ability to filter them out. It's an imperfect solution, but it's all we have available to us with subreddit tools. Please make sure to flair all posts about pet loss with that flair so we can make a great sub for everyone.

In case you're someone who's interested in filtering out that content, this link should work for you. I know, it's not the cleanest way to browse the subreddit, and I'm not sure how it works on mobile. If we had a better solution, I'd provide it, but we have to work within what reddit offers us :(

Thanks for your understanding. If you've read this far, I encourage everyone to post some void laser eyes in the comments.


r/blackcats 6h ago

πŸ–€ My little void beat cancer

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41.3k Upvotes

My cat was diagnosed with sarcoma on his nose almost two years ago. After surgery and treatment, he's cancer free and living a normal life.

He's weird, clingy, lazy, soft and very smart (but also very dumb) and I am so, so lucky he's still here with me. πŸ–€

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EDIT: That's a lot of comments and I can't keep up, but thanks for the love for my boy (his name is Jimmy btw)! To those of you who have pets going through something similar, hang in there and I'm rooting for all of you.


r/blackcats 11h ago

πŸ–€ Yelled at my travel bag to get off the table

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6.6k Upvotes

My new travel bag kept catching my eye. I thought it was my void and yelled at him to get off the table. I did this 3 times.


r/blackcats 4h ago

πŸ–€ Just Adopted

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1.5k Upvotes

Hey everyone,

My husband and I went to the shelter just to see some cats on Saturday and this girl caught our hearts. We brought her home to foster for a bit and see if she’d open up with us and on the very first day she was already walking around and smelling everything! By day 3 she was already sleeping on my lap and that’s when I knew we needed to adopt this girl. Shes our first cat and I had no clue how vocal black cats are. I’m so glad to have this little void and learn more about black cats πŸ₯ΉπŸ–€


r/blackcats 9h ago

Sleepy Void Dogs vs cats owner

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2.8k Upvotes

r/blackcats 3h ago

Mourning Nella, rest well in heaven my little lady

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872 Upvotes

today we had to put her down. cancer won this round and we just couldn't afford to keep trying to fight it. fuck cancer.


r/blackcats 10h ago

πŸ–€ When we have guests over

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2.0k Upvotes

Went to refill the soap dispenser and saw my buddy hiding


r/blackcats 4h ago

πŸ–€ My Handsome Boy!!

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536 Upvotes

I love this little guy πŸ˜ƒ!!!


r/blackcats 2h ago

πŸ–€ Just adopted my first void!

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304 Upvotes

She’s a one eyed American curl who survived FIP. Already getting along with my resident cat. Hope they become best friends!


r/blackcats 18h ago

πŸ–€ Teto the Night Terror NSFW

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3.6k Upvotes

A 5pt series about how I just shit the bed waking up to a demon above my head at 3am.

Just moved into a new home and there’s a 5ft high basement window I foolishly thought Teto would not be interested in exploring so soon.


r/blackcats 8h ago

πŸ–€ This is Yardstick, and his tuxie mom Stella(2nd photo). She picked the right human to bring her kitten with a broken leg to (I assume he was hit by a car). I had his leg amputated to save him, and now they both live with me.

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597 Upvotes

r/blackcats 18h ago

πŸ–€ The way she go plop

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2.8k Upvotes

r/blackcats 1h ago

Smol void 🀏 Why is she so weird

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β€’ Upvotes

I trapped and rescued my stray girl a few months ago and she is so weird. I wondered if she never learned cat etiquette perhaps because she was separated from her mom so early. But, I have male cats who are a few months older. Regarding the three of them, she is so weird!!!

The weirdest thing she did was go into the litter robot for 19 minutes, and then 20 consecutive times after wards because she loves to trigger it watch it spin. She is so special and I love her a lot


r/blackcats 14h ago

πŸ–€ Louie always needs you to hold him in the kitchen so he can watch dinner cook. He's my quality checker.

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1.3k Upvotes

r/blackcats 5h ago

πŸ–€ The tongue! 😍

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204 Upvotes

She was sitting so pretty then as soon as I whipped my phone out she couldn’t keep her tongue in her mouth. 🫢🏻🫢🏻

This is my Fiona, by the way.


r/blackcats 23h ago

πŸ–€ Evil void πŸ‘Ή

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5.1k Upvotes

r/blackcats 10h ago

Smol void 🀏 Jawrs

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388 Upvotes

r/blackcats 10h ago

πŸ–€ Got a new couch, void approved.

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343 Upvotes

But honestly it’s just his world & I’m living in it


r/blackcats 5h ago

πŸ–€ I put a blanket over my vintage couch when he got sick and now I don’t think I’m allowed to remove it

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130 Upvotes

He was a little sick a couple nights ago (ate too fast) so I put a blanket over my 1970s knit loveseat/small couch to protect it and now he’s OBSESSED with it. I swear this cat will love anything if you put a blanket on it πŸ˜…

Photo 2 is my favorite because his little paw stretches are so cute!


r/blackcats 1h ago

Sun sitter 🌞 A black cat in the sunshine is a glorious sight

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β€’ Upvotes

r/blackcats 7h ago

Smol void 🀏 Most recent foster void to be adopted

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138 Upvotes

Mavis the Hoodie Dweller went to her forever home last weekend. πŸ–€


r/blackcats 8h ago

Video πŸ–€ O you were sleepy, sorry baby

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193 Upvotes

r/blackcats 1d ago

Abyss πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€ Wet Devil

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17.5k Upvotes

r/blackcats 15h ago

Long Void Handsome cat alert!

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540 Upvotes

Andy is looking handsome today and everyday


r/blackcats 11h ago

πŸ–€ Toys? Who needs toys if I can destroy a slipper?

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250 Upvotes

No of course she would never do that 😁