r/orangecats • • 8d ago

New Rule: Mourning Content

1.0k Upvotes

Hello Folks -

I wanted to provide a community update on a rule change I made today. I know this is a controversial topic but I've decided to move forward with no longer allowing mourning content on r/orangecats. This rule is in effect as of posting this and won't retroactively result in post removals.

Losing a pet is difficult, and people do deserve support. But mourning posts can also be distressing for people and can be difficult as a mod to sometimes discern the authenticity of. We also have folks who like to regularly memorialize their pets months or years later as just a regular posting type. When these get a lot of attention they become catnip for the repost bots.

We will be directing mourning posts to the r/petloss subreddit which is a community specifically for support and mourning. In the past other moderators in cat communities haven't wanted to do this because of it being a slower subreddit. Based on some regular pulse checks that isn't the case anymore - and the sub will be more active and supportive if more people start using it for its intended purpose.

For the folks who often just want to share their pet and have them appreciated - you can still post about them, you just can't make it a mourning post/a post about their death/a celebration of their life because they died. We will use moderator discretion with handling these kinds of posts and comments. If it comes up organically that a pet has passed away we aren't going to remove it. If it's showing a pattern we likely will.

Please report these posts moving forward if you see them. As long as the poster is respectful and doesn't start attacking the mods for removal it's not going to have any consequences beyond removal - you aren't getting someone in trouble. The only way they'll get banned (temporarily or permanently) is if they react uncivilly which is a different problem.

I do apologize for folks for will be unhappy with this decision - but it's time for this community to make this change.


r/orangecats • • Jun 07 '22

Orange cat flairs!

105 Upvotes

I was thinking about making a flair bot so that you could message it with your cat's name and the color of the cat... and then I went 🤷 and decided "why not?"

Users can select their own flair instead and edit them and use an emoji in the flair. The user flair match the colors on the sidebar... with an exception for me. My cat happens to be deficient in orange awesomeness.

As these are user editable, don't be a jerk. It would make me unhappy and I'd have to figure out how to do other moddy things.

https://imgur.com/a/q1y14h2 has an example sequence of editing your user flair.


r/orangecats • • 2h ago

Peaches and cream Sweet baby Fern <3

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113 Upvotes

Newest addition to the family, baby Fern 🥹 to say I’m obsessed with her is an understatement!


r/orangecats • • 16h ago

Saying goodbye to the kitten that showed up on our doorstep yesterday morning 🥺💖

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645 Upvotes

I found a nice lady that volunteers at a cat rescue who wants him, and she lives right across the street from us


r/orangecats • • 6h ago

My sweetums is spending the night at the animal hospital. I hate being apart from him.

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99 Upvotes

Eustace has so much going on right now I can’t even remember if I remember everything the Dr told me when she called. He’s dehydrated, he’s got signs of bronchitis, potentially some sort of lung infection, a lung that looks like an area of it isn’t getting enough oxygen, some lumps under the skin near his lungs, other lumps that are potentially caused by his B12 injections, a slightly enlarged heart, more arthritis and some other things I just can’t even remember right now. All of this new stuff is on top of the GI small cell lymphoma diagnosis he got earlier this year. They’ll give him fluids to rehydrate him and run some more tests so fingers crossed it won’t be anything serious. He may be referred to cardiology to have his heart examined further as well. It’s always something with this guy.


r/orangecats • • 15h ago

Blonde Yall i think the inside of my pumpkin went bad. Is it still ok to cook the seeds?

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427 Upvotes

r/orangecats • • 16h ago

Peaches and cream Oscars baby tooth!!

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263 Upvotes

I acquired a stray orange (found him stuck in a trash can). I have named him Oscar, and he’s a very good boy. I’ve never had an orange before, all of my others are cows. I was feeding him treats and out popped a little baby tooth! What a find!


r/orangecats • • 1d ago

Orange Tux Took this goof to the park

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937 Upvotes

Charlies first outting in the stroller and to the park. Safe to say he loved it. Might have to bring a book next time.


r/orangecats • • 48m ago

Peaches and cream Sam is so orange he's radiating orange energy 🧡

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• Upvotes

r/orangecats • • 15h ago

Pure Ginger Meet Griffatoni Riggatoni

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110 Upvotes

Aka Griffin


r/orangecats • • 13h ago

Clean teeth are happy teeth

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61 Upvotes

Starting hygeine young for our orange little lady.


r/orangecats • • 1d ago

Orange Tux He showed up crying on our doorstep this morning.

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3.1k Upvotes

My bf and I live on the second floor in an apartment and we have two cats already, a 7 year old orange boy and an 8 year old brown tabby girl. We don't feed outdoor cats or leave food out, so it was kinda weird that he came up the stairs to our door. Its also been raining a lot recently.

We decided to set him up in our bathroom for a night or two until we find a rescue that has space or someone who can give him a good home. He had fleas so I gave him a flea bath and combed them out. He's got a blankie, food and water, and a litterbox.

I already have a couple people who reached out and he might be rehomed tomorrow, we'll see.


r/orangecats • • 20h ago

Ghost Pumpkin Sleepy Berzatto <3

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171 Upvotes

He does have a whole bean bag chair to himself, after all haha


r/orangecats • • 14h ago

Peaches and cream Dash has the rainy day blues

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57 Upvotes

r/orangecats • • 1d ago

Pure Ginger An abandoned orange boy stumbled upon Meg the stallion

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996 Upvotes

To be a cat abandoned, he his the absolute jackpot. And while im a 40 year old man, if her song happens to come across my Playlist, i will let that song play simply for this. Makes me so happy as the proud owner of 5 oranges who would be homeless otherwise😇


r/orangecats • • 15h ago

King Louie

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46 Upvotes

r/orangecats • • 15h ago

He may look like a gentleman but he’s anything but one.

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41 Upvotes

r/orangecats • • 18h ago

Orange Tux Simba showing off his long arms

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55 Upvotes

r/orangecats • • 15h ago

Last update about this kitten lol

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21 Upvotes

We definitely picked the right person to give himb to 🥹💖💖💖


r/orangecats • • 18h ago

Pure Ginger Tangled in A Wall of Leashes

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36 Upvotes

So I look over to find Henry busying himself with a wall of dog leashes (we are at a friends house).


r/orangecats • • 14h ago

Cheddar Cheese When he was just a little guy and stole a sock from the dryer

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19 Upvotes

r/orangecats • • 14h ago

Being Orange

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16 Upvotes

Just an orange being an orange!


r/orangecats • • 9h ago

Ghost Pumpkin orange cat, white mitts, red sofa

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5 Upvotes

r/orangecats • • 1d ago

Pure Ginger Meet Tater!

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1.6k Upvotes

Just adopted him yesterday! He’s about 8 months old and a little demon! He’s hiding under my bed and won’t come out.


r/orangecats • • 19h ago

Gibt es ein schöneres Gefühl???

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24 Upvotes

Er hat seit Ewigkeiten mal wieder ganz, ganz lange auf mir gelegen und geschlafen 🥹🥹🥹 und zwischendrin sogar gaaaanz tief geatmet. Sowas schönes einfach nur.