Cats are the silliest creatures, and their absolutely bonkers sleeping positions are the purring proof of it.

We always knew cats are weird, but they somehow, in a completely meowgical way, find more and more ways to prove it to us every day. It's not just about the way they stop mid-zoomies to lick their hind leg, and not even about how they can legit stare at a blank wall for 30 minutes. It's not even about how they'll meow profusely about a leaf that is flying way too close to the window, or the strange ekekek sound they make whenever they see a bird. Cats are, in all their being, the weirdest creatures on this planet.

And we don't just claim this, it's not a statement that comes from nowhere. We even asked you at some point to send us the derpiest pictures of your cats - and the I Can Has Cheezburger totally delivered. All ya'll's cats are super weird. But it's not just your cats. Here are some more examples: Do you remember the cat who brings his human toilet-soaked toys as gifts? Well, you remember this weird creature now. And what about the kind of single-brain-celled orange cat who won the Weirdlympics in the eyes of the online feline family? Here's a reminder, then.

So it's really no wonder, with this mountain of evidence, that cats also sleep like the weirdest creatures ever. We're not sure you're ready for this, but here they are - the weirdest nappers you've ever seen.

This is one of the many reasons why you shouldn't let your cats outside unsupervised.

If you're a cat owner, you know that cats would be apex predators if evolution had taken them on a slightly different path. Turns out they enjoy relaxing in a nice sunbeam more than hunting, but if they had to, they could and would hunt. Despite being lazy and adorable, cats are actually incredible hunters, with some of the fastest reflexes in the whole animal kingdom. In case you're curious how fast, a cat can react anywhere from 0 to 70 milliseconds after something happens (that's 0- 0.07 s). For reference, it takes you 0.1 seconds to blink.

However, just because cats are excellently equipped hunters doesn't mean that they're safe from being hunted themselves. Cats have many natural predators in the wild. Large canines (wolves, coyotes), bigger cat species (cougars, bobcats, mountain lions, etc.), and birds of prey all think that your feline would make a purrfect meal for them. This is why we say it's not safe for your cats to roam around outside unsupervised, among many other reasons.

You may think to yourself, "Well, that would certainly never happen to my cat/kitten," but think again! It happened to the stray kitten below, and if not for their neighbor's daughter intervening, that kitten would be a hawk's breakfast instead of looking for their furrever home.

It all occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, where Lucy, the neighbor's daughter, thought she was witnessing a hawk swoop in on a squirrel for their morning meal, but realized it was actually a smol grey kitten. She was able to save the kitten and take him to the vet, then to Woof Ave Rescue so he could get adopted. 

Cats may be stereotypically lucky with 9 or so lives, and they may be pawsitively ameowzing hunters, but they're still better off living in your comfy homes and hunting your hair ties or fake mice. 

We are not the ones who adopt our cats. It's our cats who adopt us. 

This is ancient knowledge at this point. A fact so inarguable that no one even tries to argue it anymore. Cats adopt their humans, not the other way around. If you are a cat owner, then you know this. Cats find us everywhere and everywhere. We can be on a walk when we get adopted, just going through our day-to-day lives when a cat waltzes into it and changes everything. We could get adopted while getting coffee, right there, in that Starbucks line. We could have a cat walk straight into our home, just like that, and refuse to leave. Even if you are someone who walked into a shelter and got your cat there, you know that as you were walking around and "choosing", you felt a special sort of connection with one cat - only one - and that is the cat that you went home with. 

We call this phenomenon the CDS - when a meowgical system distributes the right cat to the right human. Whether you will be adopted or not does not depend on you, and the couple in today's story knew that. That's the thing. This is knowledge that common people, who do not spend all day on cat internet, don't know. So, when these people get adopted by a cat out of nowhere, they are surprised, shocked, telling their story to everyone as if it's something that has never happened to anyone else. But we know. We are aware that a new cat will be given to us solely when we are deemed worthy by the CDS. The couple in this story were one of us. They knew that all they had to do was to put their desire for a cat out into the universe. Once that was done, the CDS would do the rest. They agreed that they would only adopt a cat if that cat came to them, that they would not go looking. And just like that, a single day after making their request, the CDS sent the cutest kitten their way. 

Get ready for another purrfect collection of the best cat Tweets of the week! 

Oh, Monday. Starting a new week is always the worst moment of the week. Yes, yes, we know that with a new week come new opportunities, new chances to improve ourselves, to be productive, to do the things that we love to do. But you know when else we can do those things? On the weekend. The only thing that makes Monday different is us going out and making the moneys at work. And the only reason that truly matters is so that we can spoil our cats the way that they are meant to be spoiled. 

That's why we make sure to start every Monday as pawsitively as possible, and for us, that means starting the meowrning with a whole bunch of purrfect cat memes. And these are not just any memes. Every single week, first thing in the morning, right as we start the new workweek, we bring you the best of the best that cat Twitter has to offer. The most viral cat Tweets of the week - so that you don't miss anything impurrtant. 

Doing good deeds is something that has largely been forogten about in our modern society. Without the social structures to uphold it, most people let life slip them by without lifting a finger for the less fortunate. But you know what they say, good things come to good people, a fact that this new cat mom discovered when she went to drop off some clothes to be donated.

Upon reaching the donation bin she was confronted with a sight that no hooman should have to see. Two tiny kittens, barely moving and almost lifeless. Our rescuer immediately got to work getting her hands on a cat carrier and giving the tiny babies some much needed shade. But our rescuer was not like most. She knew that where you find 2 kittens, you often find more. And with a further search a third kitten was found cowering in the bushes. Could you imagine if he had been left there all alone?

From that bleak scene in the parking lot to the lavish life that these cats are now living at home there is a whole heap of a story waiting for you below. But we want to say that this is truly a shining example of what even just a little bit of do-gooding can bring to your life. Even if it simply means going somewhere that you'd never have visited otherwise. You never know what you might find there. And with that we leave you to enjoy this story and its heartwarming contents.
 

It is rather ironic that with so many people leaving their families claiming to be going to the store, that this feline family reunion story would begin in much the same way. But in this case there is at least a bittersweet ending to help make it all go down a little smoother. Ah, who are we kidding, the whole thing is wholesome as heck and one heck of a tail.

It was our rescuer's plea for feline related help that brought this story to our attention. In their post they told of their trip to the local 7/11 and the feline who followed them all the way to their car and leapt right in, as though to say 'Please take me home with you, I cannot live like this anymore.'. And with a plea like that what can you do other than simply say yes and take the kitty home. It is a rather delightful feeling being chosen by a cat child like that.

But with much regret, that which began as happiness and heartwarming sensations soon turned into a bittersweet goodbye when it came to light that this poor cat child had been missing for more than a year and had a fur family who had not given up hope of finding him once more. So while this rescuer did not get to keep the kitten she had so luckily found, she was instrumental in making sure that one less cat is needlessly left out on the streets. 
 

Some animal rescues have obvious solutions. If a cat is stuck behind a fence, you open a gate. If a kitten has climbed too high, you find a ladder. But when a cat is stranded in a tree surrounded by water, there are no ordinary options. 

A tabby kitten is perched on a patch of branches rising above the water near a bridge. Everything around him is moving except the branch he has managed to hold onto, and he can't move without falling, so he sits there, helpless. People watching knew the water was too dangerous to cross, but they had to do something. The animal couldn't be left alone with nowhere safe to go. So the crowd figured out a way to reach him without putting anyone else at risk. 

Use a drone. 

Yes, that device people fly for photos was prepared for the rescue, carrying a line above the water while others helped pilot it from land. The drone serving as a tool for the rescue may be the surprising part, but it only worked because people cooperated. Everyone watched where the kitten was, and a piece of technology became useful to save a small life stranded in the water because they all decided the matter was worth their time and effort. 

Eventually, the kitten is brought safely away from the floodwater and back to the dry land. A later moment shows him indoors, creating a contrast between the quiet image of the safe animal and the danger he overcame outside. The cat, who had been clinging to whatever remained above the water, now has somewhere warm to rest. 

People involved in the kitten rescue are proof that there is hope in humanity. They saw an animal in trouble and found a solution together, even if none of them could promise the plan would work when they started it. They kept trying and made a drone with a line work. 

Dogs are actually secret agents of the Cat Distribution System.

A pet is a pet, but the best distribution system belongs to the cats. They don't only have a known name - the Cat Distribution System - they also employ other pets as secret agents, helping the right people find a cat in need and bring them home. And it's done mostly with dogs. Some unsuspecting dog people are matched with a cat, and it's all thanks to their dog who led them there. With the help of the Cat Distribution System, of course. They're the puppet masters, pulling the strings of destiny to make the most purrfect match between the cat and the human. Sometimes, though, a canine companion's help is necessary.

Take this one doggo, for example, who led a woman right to the cat she was matched with. But how do we know her dog found the cat she just so needed to find, and not a random stray? Well, that's part of the meowgic happening with the Cat Distribution System. This cat was matched with this woman for sure, because, as she describes it, the kitten is the spitting image of her soul cat who crossed the rainbow bridge two years ago. If that's not a purrfect match for adoption, we don't know what is.

But the best thing about these little nudges the Cat Distribution System makes to make sure every adoption process is going ameowzing is that it makes sure it's 100% purrfection. This isn't just a dog-found-cat situation, and not even the surprising look-alike condition - it's the precious friendship that bloomed between the kitten and her doggo rescuer. When a dog and a kitten develop a friendship, it's one of the most wholesome things to witness. There's something so heartwarming about seeing your pets from entirely different species being so close to one another.

This little kitty got lucky. 

Things could have gone badly for this little kitten. She was found in a box by students with a note that read, "I love my mom, I almost got run over. Wherever you take me, raise me with love" and the rest is history. An American who lives in Korea saw the photo of the kitten and note from a Facebook group for fostering cats, but the person who posted lives 3 hours away from her. Someone responded and said she'd drive the 3 hours just to take the kitten to the cat nursery. The kitten had to stay at a family's home for a couple nights though, and the family who got to foster her wrote another very heartwarming note about how attached they got to her, and what a good girl she is. Her name is Mori and she's only two months old. If you know someone in Korea who wants a kitten then please send them this post. 

Itty bitty teeny tiny cute pics of kitties for the whawl family!

Liking tiny things isn't a flaw or something to be ashamed of. It's a natural part of being a human being, so indulge in the things that make us feel warm, happy, and wholesome. Even if you're someone who's edgy, covered in tattoos and piercings, and you consider yourself bereft of a certain childlike innocence, you still have that inner child in you. That inner child is the one who wants to scroll adorable cats, to be enamored by tiny objects, and be a cat mom or dad yourself. 

Cats are some of the best animals for many reasons. As pets, they keep us company when times are tough, they're always there, and they're endless entertainment. Where would you be without their cute little whiskered face meowing up to your ear begging for a can of morning tuna? Or when you come home after a long and hard shift and they curl up on you just waiting to be pet. Or how about their wild middle of the night zoomies that make you feel as if you actually have a destructive teenage boy as a pet instead of a cat. Basically, they're just the best, with their wholesome adorableness and all. 

"Has anyone ever received a cat from a departed one?"

Everyone deals with loss differently. The only thing that we all have in common is the pain that comes with it. There isn't anything that we can do to make it go away, not completely. It goes away slowly, over time. And although there isn't anything we can do to cancel it out, there are some things that we can do to lessen the pain, to distract ourselves from it. That's where cats come in. Distracting yourself with silly cat memes and wholesome pictures of cats on the internet does not have a single downside. It can only help. But we're talking about more than that. If you're someone who loves cats and is going through such heartache, then adopting a cat could be the best thing you ever do for yourself. 

Adopting a cat at any point in your life is a good thing, all cat owners would argue, but I can personally say that I adopted a cat during the worst time in my life, and it was the best thing that I could have done for myself. Suddenly, there was an itty bitty ball of joy in my house, small, chaotic, purring. Someone completely dependent on me, and the only thing that someone really wanted from me was love. It's hard not to smile at a cat. It's that simple. They really do change things. Cats bring so much peace into your life. And your loved ones know that too. They know the meowgic of cats. 

That is exactly what led the person in this story to think that their late father sent them a cat. He passed suddenly, unexpectedly, and it hurt. And then a kitten appeared in his daughter's life and started making things a little less bad for her. All of a sudden, she was smiling again. And for someone who's going through loss, smiling, even if it's just a little bit, changes things. She couldn't help but think that her dad sent this kitty to her, and we can't help but believe that she's right. 

The best way to welcome fall is with a fluffy blanket, a hot cup of cocoa and a whole bunch of cats. 

We cannot believe that we have made it all the way through summer. It has been a long one and a hot one. We tried to make the best of it, we really did. We had so much ice cream and iced coffee, and we watched our cats sunbathing for hours, moving along with the sun spot in our house. But we missed the cold. We couldn't wait for September to come. There is nothing we love more than this time of year, when it's not hot anymore, but it's also not freezing yet. And as every fall person knows, the best way to welcome fall is with a fluffy blanket, our cat by our side, a cup of hot cocoa in one of our hands and a phone full of wholesome cat memes in the other. 

Embrace the cold, friends. Enjoy it. Listen to the rain gently tapping your window and find joy in that. The jackets and blankets will keep you warm on the outside, and the heartwarming cat memes will keep you warm on the inside. 

Fall is almost here, and the cats are more than ready to dive headfirst into the season. Literally.

Cats will play with pretty much anything that moves, so a bunch of leaves blowing around the yard is obviously going to get their attention. They can chase them, pounce on them, dig through them, and hide in a pile waiting for the perfect moment to jump out. It's basically a whole yard full of free cat toys, and they don't even have to wait for their hooman to open the Chewy box.

We especially love the cats who completely disappear into a big pile of leaves. You'll see a little face poking out, maybe a pair of ears, and occasionally one suspicious tail giving away exactly where they're hiding. They look very pleased with themselves too, even though absolutely nobody is fooled.

Fall also happens to be a pretty great time for kitty pictures. Orange cats were practically made for this. Put one in a pile of orange and yellow leaves and suddenly you have to play a game of find the feline. Black cats look extra cute out there too, especially with spooky season getting closer. Add a few crunchy leaves and they're ready for their October calendar shoot.

We just feel a little bad for whoever has to rake the yard afterward. Getting all those leaves into one big pile probably took a while, and the cat is about to undo that work in record time. Sorry, but you made a giant pile of fun right in front of them. What did you expect?

So bring on the crunchy leaves, fluffy tails sticking out of leaf piles, and kitties running around the yard like fall is one giant playground.

The rake can come back out later. The cats are busy.

A year ago, Breadstick was a 5-pound stray. Now he's 13 pounds of fluff, food obsession, and unconditional love.

Breadstick has come a long way from the tiny 5-pound stray who was adopted in April 2025, and we're not just talking about the extra eight pounds he's picked up along the way.

When Breadstick first came home, he wasn't exactly the type to spend every waking moment glued to his new pawrent. He was friendly, but cuddling wasn't really his thing. That started to change about three months in, when Breadstick began sleeping in bed with his hooman. Once he discovered the benefits of nighttime snuggles, there was no turning back.

These days, Breadstick has gone full velcro cat. If he's awake and realizes his favorite person isn't in the room, he'll actually go looking for them. Excuse us while we cry over the former stray making sure his hooman hasn't wandered off somewhere without him.

He still isn't much of a lap cat, but that doesn't mean he's giving up his cuddle time. Breadstick prefers snuggling right beside his person, which we'd argue is just as cute. He's also a major foodie and, despite presumably having plenty of actual cat toys available, his favorite is literally a piece of string. Cats really will ignore anything you spend money on for the random object they found lying around the house.

Breadstick now weighs a healthy 13 pounds, so that little 5-pound stray has done some serious growing. But his relationship with his pawrent might be the sweetest transformation of all.

His hooman calls Breadstick their soulmate and says he's healed a part of them without them even knowing how. They hope they'll somehow find each other in every lifetime.

Shouldn't the one place that's about taking care of your pets actually be about pet health and not solely focused on money?

It's a fact that nearly everything is more expensive now than it was 20 years ago. That's just the way the cookie crumbles, and we have to deal with it. This change in our society has led to many more changes, like people having kids later, renting property instead of buying, and as a result, adopting more pets instead of children. For example, my parents had their first baby at 27, which was when I got my second cat. I'm still working on the kid part, but that's a story for a different article.

So, if more people are adopting cats and dogs, that must mean that it's cheaper to do so, right? 

Wrong.

Vet costs have also gone up in the last 5 years, and one of the big reasons is because a lot of veterinary practices and medical centers started getting bought by private equity-backed corporations. One statistic states that these corporate consolidators now control roughly a quarter of primary-care practices and three-quarters of specialty and emergency practices in the US. Do you think that these mega corporations care about the health of your pets? No. They care about money and thus, have changed a lot of vet practices from health-focused to profit-focused. 

This whole topic exploded on X a few days ago after a cat pawrent took their senior cat to a new vet practice for a sprained leg, where the vet suggested a $12,000 operation. Surprised by this recommendation, they decided to get a second opinion from their family vet, who had been practicing for nearly 30 years in their community. This vet's advice? Rest and supplements for about 3 months.

Have you had any experiences recently with your vet where you felt like they were more focused on making money than the health of your pet? Let me know in the comments!

Sometimes our cats are the most elegant creatures on earth… Some other times, they are just a ball of floof that seems to be surviving on caffeine alone. 

Some days, our kittens act as if they have just entered another dimension of insanity, one that makes them act in ways beyond our comprehension. They run around the whole house, they jump over furniture, they scratch the couch, they jump over our heads, and leave us looking dumbfounded. We still have no idea where they get so much energy from, but they do. 

Besides the endless nights of meowing without letting us sleep, these furballs live some days with a single functioning brain cell. Especially when they ask for food. You put the plate right in front of them, full of their food, and somehow, they manage to stay completely blind to it. They keep screaming and following us around, asking us to feed them even though their plate is right there in front of them! We're starting to believe that they do it on purpose. They are not blind at all; in fact, their eyesight is better than ours. They just play dumb to force our hand into giving them a can of tuna instead of their cat food. They are sneaky little creatures, and they know it. 

They are indeed crazy, but they're not foolish. They have already understood how us hoomans work. Everything they do is calculated. They know when to go mad, when to behave normally, and when to ask for cuddles. They might be crazy, but they are crazy smart. And these memes we have here are crazy funny! This is the purrfect opportunity to grab your crazy cat at home and show them these memes. They will most likely be looking at you with annoyance in their eyes, since looking at memes is beneath them, of course, but this time, there is no escape. They might as well just sit with us and accompany us in our laughing moment. 

I never expected a cat to love the water this much. So brave of his human not to fear being clawed. My cat would have ripped me into a million pieces by that time. This kitten's brave first swim is the cutest thing you're going to see today.

The cat was surprisingly and incredibly calm when his human got him to the pool. Instead of trying to escape, he remained tucked against his owner while taking in the unfamiliar setting, looking very unconcerned. His human doesn't rush him. He carefully holds the cat and starts getting closer and closer to the water, giving the animal time to look. The owner waits patiently for the kitten to feel comfortable, and the kitten's calmness makes the moment even sweeter. It's clear he trusts his human so much that he looked comfortable and at ease with the situation at all times, despite the fact that cats don't like water. Or at least that is what people say. 

As they get closer to the water, the kitten sticks to his human's arms without ever feeling unprotected. There is something tender about the instinct of holding on to the human so fearlessly. The cat knows he is safe with him, so he rests against his shoulder, knowing there is no danger in the place. 

Then, the last thing anyone expected happens. He leaves his human's arms and starts paddling. The kitty goes from being held above the surface to discovering that he could actually move through it without losing the security that helped him try. The human stays nearby, ready to help just in case the animal needs him. But the cat seems so happy experiencing this new adventure. He's totally adding swimming to his list of talents.

His first swim is more than a cute surprise. It shows how much courage a small animal can find when a familiar person they trust stays close. It's impossible not to smile at this heartwarming moment.

Olive Marbles showed up in a backyard one night, and four days later her new hooman was already making her a playlist.

Her future pawrent was pretty excited about the surprise visitor from the start. Orange and black cats happen to be their favorites, and Olive, being a calico, conveniently showed up with a little bit of both. They spent that first night playing together and assumed she'd probably be gone by morning. Olive disagreed. She stuck around and started sleeping in the shed, which is a pretty bold move for a cat who technically hadn't been invited to move in yet.

For the next few days, Olive enjoyed her new outdoor setup with regular meals, playtime, and a hooman who was getting more attached by the hour. Eventually, it was time to take her to the vet and check for a microchip. Instead of bringing Olive home afterward, though, the shelter took her in. Her new friend was crushed and worried that their little backyard buddy might be gone for good. Four days together was apparently more than enough time to get emotionally invested, because Olive even got her own playlist while they were apart. We fully support this level of cat attachment.

A couple of days later, the call finally came. The shelter told Olive's finder that they would have first dibs once she was officially available for adoption. After worrying that they might never see her again, they were getting the chance to bring her home for good. Obviously, Olive wasn't going back to shed life.

Now this sweet little monster is officially part of the family. She showed up unannounced, hung around long enough to make herself impossible to forget, and somehow turned a four-day backyard visit into a permanent living arrangement. We have to respect the technique.

Her new pawrent put it perfectly: "She chose me, and I chose her back." Olive clearly knew exactly which backyard to wander into.

It is not uncommon nowadays for there to be specific neighborhoods in slightly more rural areas to become magnets for the dumping of cats. Some how word spreads from dumper to dumper, creating hot spots so well known for their dumpings thst local residents are non too surprised when a cute cat comes crawling out the bushes pleading for help. But what is unusual about this story is the kind of feline that ended up crawling out of a bush on this fateful day.

This was no ordinary cat that came out of the bush, it was a massive Maine Coon. these are a breed of cat that as their name suggests were bred to survive the harsh climate and winters of Maine and the northern states. Equipped with long insulating fur, big paws that act like snow shoes and the ears of a wolf, they are formidable predators and survivalists. But at the same time they are highly prized as pets for the very same features. 

Features which sadly require a lot of maintenance, something which this dumped feline's previous family could not keep up with. For when this cat finally revealed himself to the kind couple who would soon begin caring for him, he was covered in fur matts, proving that he had not been cared for properly in a long time. That is until the fateful day that this story took place and this hunter of the snowlands was given a warm and loving furever home complete with a cute canine sibling. 
 

Fall + cat memes = the best time ever. 

Fall is a special season. The leaves start to change color, there's a new feeling in the air, things get colder, closer, chillier, and you start having to take your sweater with you wherever you go. There's nothing wrong with these changes, and in fact, changes are the only certainty there is in the world. Orange cats have their stereotypes, like having one brain cell, being a little bit on the slower side, and that's why these orange cat memes are falling headfirst into fall. They're absolutely ready for the cold weather, the air to cool down, to play in piles of leaves, to go to pumpkin patches and climb all over them. They're ready for fall to start, and to kick the season off right, we've given you these delightfully funny orange cat memes. Perk yourself up with some pumpkin spice and some orange cat memes for feline fall. There's no point in ignoring the changing seasons! Go ahead, scroll away. And remember to kiss an orange cat if you see one.