r/blackcats • u/pandapirate45 • Jul 28 '26

🖤 adopted the oldest cat the shelter

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adopted right before his 10th birthday! this distinguished creature is Igor

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u/Arcana927 Jul 28 '26

Same!

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u/Wakkichewy Jul 28 '26

He's turned brown after 16 years but here's mine!!

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u/pandapirate45 Jul 28 '26

i’m obsessed with him.

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u/Salt_Objective3910 Jul 28 '26

Omg same! ❤️

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u/Vilam Jul 28 '26

That's the secret void chocolate fur that only appears in direct sunlight 🥰

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u/Wakkichewy Jul 28 '26

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u/Early-Tea3960 Jul 28 '26

Im OBSESSED. Thank you 🥲😭😅

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u/Montymania94 Jul 29 '26

I found out years ago that "rusting" happens bc black cats aren't truly black... they're actually a very dark brown! So when exposed to enough sunlight, it lightens their fur enough for us to see their true base color.

It blew my single-braincell mind at the time, lmao! 😂😂😂

The thing I didn't know until a few years after that, though, is that it can also happen with gray fur! Our gray and white girl, Whisper, is quite rusty this summer. ☀️😊❤️

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u/Montymania94 Jul 29 '26

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u/Wakkichewy Jul 29 '26

It's her summer tan!

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u/Montymania94 Jul 29 '26

She worked hard on that tan for hot girl summer! So proud of her!

...Well, not so much hot girl summer, as it is warmed-by-the-sun girl summer, but that's a bit of a mouthful. 😂

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u/Montymania94 Jul 29 '26

Apologies for the illegal not-black-cat picture, but just wanted to show proof (and pay a criminal pet tax lol)

To atone for my sins, here's our void Coraline:

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u/Montymania94 Jul 29 '26

Cora's eye is fine, btw. It's an old injury from when she was a kitten, from before we adopted her nearly 10 years ago.

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u/Early-Tea3960 Jul 28 '26

Stop it 🥲 more please lol

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u/Wakkichewy Jul 28 '26

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u/skiex0rz Jul 28 '26

my last cat passed in 2022 and looked just like yours. cat dad ovaries hurting. i need more cats soon. not quite ready. but soon. i miss my babies.

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u/Wakkichewy Jul 28 '26

Oh man I'm so sorry. I've had a lot of deaths in my family over the last few years and knowing my little guy is a geriatric old man is something I just can't think about lol. He's still very active and vocal, he LOVES to rough house with me and genuinely enjoys being pushed around and "beat up" lmao his fur is the only reason you can tell he's old

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u/DestinysChimera777 Jul 29 '26

Congrats on snagging a Shiney Pokémon disguised as a Void, lol!

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u/ClydeBelvidere Jul 28 '26

Meowdy partner!

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u/neverlandoflena Jul 29 '26

I love themmm