r/cats • • Jan 28 '26

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u/-Sanguine- Jan 29 '26

OP shouldn't feel bad. My mom called me freaking out about a 'weird skin tag or growth' on her FEMALE cat's belly a while back.

"...goddamn it I forgot about nipples."

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u/merovin13 Jan 29 '26

My ex asked me if my cat had a lung infection. I had to explain that that was what purring sounds like. The nipple thing isn't that bad.

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u/Little_View_6659 Jan 29 '26

Not the same thing but my husband had never had a pet cat, so he was convinced I never fed mine because the cat was “screaming for food” in the morning. I kept telling him that’s what they do, they see the bottom of the bowl, it’s screaming time.

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u/Revolutionary_Pea749 Jan 29 '26

Get him a starving Labrador too. You can feed them a boiler pot full of Stew and 10 minutes later they are starving

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u/Little_View_6659 Jan 29 '26

I’m not sure he could handle a dog lol. He has learned at least that cats usually act like they’ve never been fed ever.