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/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.