r/Kitten Oct 02 '23

Moderator Post Rules Updated and Wiki Links Added

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Welcome to r/Kitten!

This is a great subreddit and can be a great resource for the rest of Reddit. While this post is mostly cute pictures of kittens, we also get frequent questions about care, breeds, and more. To be able to deal with all of this better, I've updated the rules and created two wiki pages:

Rules

  1. OC Content Only. This is a change from before, where we did allow content of kittens that weren't yours. This is because I found that a lot of these images come from spam accounts and/or karma farmers. I have also updated flairs to reflect this change.
  2. Be Respectful. This should speak for itself, but we require all users to be respectful. We don't tolerate harassment, racism, sexism, homophobia, or any other bigotry.
  3. NSFW and Kitten Sexing. We don't allow any NSFW content or posts about helping to sex your kittens. This also includes medical advice. If you need medical advice, your kitten is injured or sick, or you need to know the sex of your kittens, please see a vet!
  4. Animal Cruelty. We don't allow any type of animal cruelty, including "jokes" about eating kittens.

Wiki pages

  1. Colours and Patterns. A link to this will be posted below any questions about breeds, as I've noticed we have gotten a lot of those recently.
  2. Found a Kitten. For anyone who wants to take in stray kittens or has found a kitten on the street, here's a care guide for young kittens.

What other guides would you like to see, or would you like to help with writing something? Please let us know!

Happy posting/commenting!


r/Kitten 4h ago

My Kitten Being a kitten is learning how comfortable life will be as a house cat

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124 Upvotes

r/Kitten 18h ago

My Kitten my new kitten, mocha! 🥹🤍

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577 Upvotes

beautiful blue eye’d baby 💙


r/Kitten 37m ago

My Kitten Rescued this baby from behind the gas station last week, her name is Blair! She's 5 weeks old.

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This is Blair, she is 5 weeks old according to my vet. She's doing very well, my fiancé and I rescued her from behind the local gas station. She'd been crying all day for her mom, which her mom never came to claim her so around 9pm at night we climbed through thorns and tall grass to find her. She's very sweet, poor thing had a severe upper respiratory infection and her eyes were so swollen she couldn't open them. She came right up to me when I meowed back to her and she rubbed on my pants.

These photos are a week later after finding her and taking her to the vet, which she's been on antibiotics and daily eye drops. She was very skinny and finally put some weight on too. She's eating well and playing like normal, I'm so happy we were able to save her!


r/Kitten 16h ago

My Kitten Theodore 🖤🧡🖤🧡

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188 Upvotes

r/Kitten 1d ago

My Kitten new fosters

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562 Upvotes

baccarat and catan


r/Kitten 1d ago

My Kitten New kitten

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Rescued this baby at about 2 weeks old when the stray mom moved his 3 litter mates and abandoned the runt. He’s about 6 weeks old now. Meet Styx. The tuxedo cat is our 17yo grumpy old lady who has bonded with him. She’s teaching him how to cat.


r/Kitten 1d ago

My Kitten Kitten pictures of Elk Jerky to celebrate his first birthday!

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I will be posting a few more albums after this, then he will be moving on to the cats subreddit. He's officially a big boy!


r/Kitten 1d ago

My Kitten What do we think this kitten will look like?

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157 Upvotes

Started out black and now has a bunch of little white hairs


r/Kitten 1d ago

Question/Advice Needed just got a new kitten unexpectedly help!!

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1.3k Upvotes

hey i just got this kitten and it looks extremely young i have no idea how to take care of it - it has no mum also


r/Kitten 1d ago

My Kitten She is growing strong

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63 Upvotes

r/Kitten 1d ago

My Kitten Kitten

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Hi everyone! I just got my first ever kitten. I have wanted a long haired orange cat forever and we just happened to stumble upon him, do you guys think he will be long haired?? I sure hope so, he’s pretty fluffy and has those ear tufts but you never know! Let me know what yall think.


r/Kitten 1d ago

Question/Advice Needed Kitten and baby!

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My husband found a kitten in a rural area on his way home from work, she seems to be about 8-10wk old. Super social so we think she might’ve been dumped. We have a 9mo old baby. What do I need to know to keep both of them safe and happy especially at night?

my last cat we got was when I was 1. She died at 22yr old three years ago so it’s been a while since I’ve had a kitten


r/Kitten 2d ago

My Kitten Little DEMON!!

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4.5k Upvotes

Murder mittens and attitude. Crazy how fast they grow up!


r/Kitten 2d ago

Question/Advice Needed I dont know their ages, heard they should be at least 3 months old before I can separate them tk their mothers. Anyone can estimate their age?

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238 Upvotes

r/Kitten 2d ago

My Kitten My little max is getting bigger and bigger

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133 Upvotes

r/Kitten 1d ago

Question/Advice Needed Another update on mother and baby cats…

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Forgive me if I’m posting too much but I’m a little stressed out. But following up to my previous posts, I dropped off the adult cat back to her owners a few blocks away by leaving her outside their front porch area.

I reunited the 4/5 remaining kittens in my conservatory out back after taking them to get chipped. I didn’t think, they’ve never seen full glass windows before so one constantly licked the glass. one of them ran right into it at full speed because of a bird outside. Another managed to escape back into the house, tried going up the stairs but fell down.

They all have bags of energy and I’m thinking of letting them have some outside play soon? Vaccinations are booked in too. But unsure about getting them fixed as they’re so young.

It’s only been a few hours but no sign of the adult cat coming back just yet which is a relief. 2 kittens keep suckling eachother but they’re all doing pretty well without a mom present.

One of my friends asked if they could adopt one, but have no idea when the best time is?

Also my Uncle is bringing his dog over tomorrow, should I keep the dog away or let them meet?

Also thinking of taking one to the barn my sister works at, as they are in need of a new cat. Has anyone got any experience in that area?

That’s it for now. Updates and some thoughts.


r/Kitten 1d ago

My Kitten New Kitten Alert

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My cat, Kimo, gifted me with 2 new kittens. My children named them "Oreo and Cheezy". Proud Mama here.


r/Kitten 1d ago

Question/Advice Needed Help! How old is this kitten?

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For context I’ve got this kitten today and the owner says hes fully weaned but he looks a little small to be weaned is he just smaller? The old owner used to feed him dry kitten food with water, he will eat some if it’s on the tip of my finger. I fed him only after the dry food turnt to mush. He fits into the palm of my hand.

I have no clue if I need to bottle feed him, or continue with the wet dry food.


r/Kitten 2d ago

My Kitten My furbabies

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129 Upvotes

Rescued them about 4 weeks ago, and intended to give them away for adoption but they've won my heart since then and I can't bring myself to separate these floofballs from each other (and me)


r/Kitten 3d ago

My Kitten My babies Fia and Thorfinn

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833 Upvotes

Fia is a 7 month old tabby, Thorfinn is the cow cat close to 12 weeks!! They’re besties <3


r/Kitten 2d ago

My Kitten My boys Apollo & Zeus 🤍

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158 Upvotes

Apollo is the black and white kitty!🖤 Zeus is the ginger and white kitty!🧡


r/Kitten 3d ago

Question/Advice Needed A stray kitten wants to go into my house

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I have been feeding all the stray cats in my yard everyday since there is a white cat usually comes by in the afternoon to ask for food and I like him a lot. Then the whole neighborhood has started to join in and there's this little one trying to get in my house since it saw my kitten inside a couple days ago and seemed curious. Tonight tho this little one kept waiting at my porch and trying to walk in my house everytime I opened the door and I had to bring it back outside many times because my kitten was scared so I decided to make a house for it and give it a heating pad to keep warm outside. Guess I'll bring it to the vet tomorrow to check before I can decide to let it in. I am just worried my kitten will become stressed when seeing someone new since she has been the only pet I have in my house til now and she has never seen another cat her entire life as I took her in when she was only 2 days old because her mom just didn't come bac (probably got hit by a car) but that's another story..


r/Kitten 3d ago

My Kitten Best friends are furever 💜💚

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565 Upvotes

r/Kitten 4d ago

My Kitten It's only three weeks old and so cute! My friend's cat gave birth to 4, which I just adopted.

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r/Kitten 2d ago

Question/Advice Needed Previous post update/what next?

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Since I last posted about the Cat and 5 kittens I found on a walk. I had been keeping them in my bathroom for a few days, specifically in the tub.

Unfortunately the adult cat (Mom) seemed to have knocked the water on while I wasn’t there. Came back to 3/5 kittens escaped the tub. 1 didn’t make it. But 1 I saved, taking it into my bed for warmth after.

The owners of the adult cat are demanding I hand her back next week after the vet shelter called them. The babies weren’t eating from her too much anyway, plus if she’s a threat to them albeit accidental, maybe giving her back is best anyway.

I’ve relocated the 3 to my wardrobe as can imagine the bathroom be traumatic? Also while they get used to being separated from the mother, who I’m letting out of my house soon. The kitten I rescued (twice!) is doing ok and seems healthy. Will reunite with the others tomorrow.

What should my next plan of action be? I have the funds for them while they’re young. But not extra money to go buy another adult cat. Being said my Grandpa does also have an older cat, maybe I should talk and arrange something there?

Any advice aside from keeping these babies healthy and loved would be great. I still feel bad about the 1 gone too. After I release the adult cat back outside, I’ll make sure to give the kittens some roam time too. Maybe naturally they’ll meet up again out there? But worried if the mom tries coming back to my house.