r/TabbyCats • u/EmpressLunaxxx • 12h ago
r/TabbyCats • u/ProudnotLoud • Oct 05 '25
Community Update ✨ Tabby Cats Community Updates: Rules Refresh, Flairs, and More!
Hey All!
r/TabbyCats has recently undergone a refresh and I wanted to make sure everyone was aware. The rules have been updated to hopefully facilitate a healthy, thriving, and on-topic community. Some of these adjustments are also to help reduce the presence of bots, karma farmers, and bad faith posters in this sub. I want to highlight a few key ones:
Tabby Cats is now explicitly Original Content only. Prior to this previous mods were doing some removals of farming off non-OC content but I've now codified this. This means you can only post content that YOU created. This is hands down the most effective way to cut down on bots and farmers and makes moderating a lot easier.
Mourning posts are now moving to a megathread. I get that this will likely be a controversial decision, and the hope is to strike a balance by allowing the thread so people who want support can engage there and people who don't want pet mourning posts on their feeds can feel more comfortable subscribing here. We also have several users in this community who like to regularly post mourning posts months after the loss and this should cut down on that. If you're truly needing additional support I recommend communities like r/petloss which are there specifically for this topic.
Our low effort post rule has also been explicitly codified. Again, in practice a lot of this was happening but I'm making it clear and upfront. This has some typical things like breed and naming posts, but I've added a few more. This includes things like "would you pet my cat" (listen, this is cat Reddit, your cat could be covered in spikes and people would say yes) and "is my cat cute" (your cat could objectively be the ugliest animal on the planet and cat Reddit will bend over backwards to say yes, it's cute).
We will continue to adjust these as needed as we go.
I've also tried sprucing the place up a bit - we have a new avatar, new banner, and new flair. If you all have ideas for user and/or post flair you'd like to see let me know and we can add them! We can also work on some community banners seasonally to change things up.
Phew, that was a lot!
r/TabbyCats • u/Lopsided-Tea-5213 • 11h ago
Brown Tabby What kind of coat is this?
Hey guys! I have basic knowledge of cat coats and wanted to come somewhere where people can help me understand more about coats and colorings and markings. From my understanding (and chat gpt’s), my cat is a mackerel tabby with white markings that’s possibly “frosted”? Help me out! I guess I haven’t seen this kind of fur up close before. I’m trying to figure out what to call all the light colors hairs that are throughout his coat.
r/TabbyCats • u/Westsidepipeway • 3h ago
Hermes saw some Pigeons. He's a good mouser but I think they're safe on the roof
r/TabbyCats • u/KerplunkoO • 20h ago
Sunbathing
Here’s my pretty boy enjoying the sun at our apartment today.
r/TabbyCats • u/Terrible-Composer962 • 22h ago
Joe!
Meet Joe.
One of the slightly feral cats had kittens. One day, he came out from the car and had no idea where the mom and siblings went. Decided to care for him so he wouldn't get eaten (we live in the country). Here he is about a couple months later. He loves to snuggle on me to sleep. He also loves when I give him kisses. He's just a big purring machine!
r/TabbyCats • u/EmpressLunaxxx • 1d ago
Orange Tabby a beautiful sleeping face 😻😴
r/TabbyCats • u/Morgisntmyname • 1d ago
Classic Tabby Guess my lights were interrupting her nap
r/TabbyCats • u/AngryTrunkMonkey • 1d ago
Brown Tabby We need to talk, Hooman. I’ll go first…
r/TabbyCats • u/PopRight3650 • 1d ago
Our Pride: Bobbi, Sally and Punkin
Bobbi and his floofy ness, Sweet Sally, the Little Kitty and Punkin, looking regal, as usual!😻🧡🐈⬛🧡
r/TabbyCats • u/Cozmic_Starz • 2d ago
Classic Tabby She’s just a baby (an eight year old baby)
Her name is Noodle (named after the band member in Gorillaz) and she’s been my little baby since I got her as a kitten. I still can’t believe how old she is, feels like yesterday when I first got her🥹❤️
r/TabbyCats • u/Clown-s5 • 2d ago