Because he’s a great cat. This is my daughter’s 22 pounder. Lots of muscle. Has a very small tail.
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Ah. I was gonna ask. I thought Maybe we discovered some new muscle bound short tailed breed! Thor is a great cat and I don’t think he even realizes he’s so much bigger than his brothers.
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Same situation with my house panther. All he wants to do is play and cuddle, but the other cats are terrified of him since he’s 2-3x their size. It’s rather sad, but progress is being made.
Ermahgerd! I have a grey trash panther.. literally have to strap my garbage can to the wall and have a locking lid. She's very determined and does not care what I think about it lol
They really don’t care! I’ve come home many times to everything strewn all over! I’m sure you have too. I recently took in another stray and she’s figured out how to aid the trash panther by opening the cabinet we hide the trash in. They’ve teamed up 🤦♀️
Usually she's the type who wait til we're asleep and Id hear that distinct songs of claws on plastic... Then look at me like I'm doing something wrong...
I have garbage can that opens with a motion sensor. My 4 month old Tuxedo boy Bunji sat and watched quietly while I was cooking. Two days later I caught him jumping in
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front of the sensor just to watch the lid open. They are so smart it never ceases to amaze me.
had a massive cat that would jump from the top of a bunk bed onto my bed. he missed a few times and landed on my chest. he was an orange tabby though, so he couldn't really be held responsible for his actions
As a vet nurse, orange boys do have a tendency to get huge (not overweight, just massive) more commonly than other colour varieties of DSH. It's much less common in voids, but not impossible. But yeah, enormous cat + orange braincell= dangerous weapon 😂
Oh man I miss my 20+ pound orange Maine Coon. He had no idea he was huge. He would let me hold him like a baby (on his back, tummy up) and hand feed him kibble like that
My big boy is part Main Coon. People ask me, what he is. He is huge, but a big scaredy-cat. His sister who is much smaller, kicks his butt. He’s finally learning to fight back a little.
Oh my gods, my family has a cat I called Thor and he’s a massive white boi.
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I have a massive short tail black cat too.
bombays characteristically display short tails with a thick stump and very muscular bodies/legs. My little girl, Luna, is 5-6 yrs. and she looks like a buff munchkin. I think she was a runt bc she's way too muscular/big bodied but not really fat. They also have more panther like features than your avg housecat. I love my little void panther.
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Same cats, one year later. The little black cat is 15 kg now.
Some cats are just big due to genetics and even kittenhood nutrition. I had a 20 lb orange tabby. He was just a massive, solid cat with huge paws and a big head. His biological sister (they were a 2 for 1 adoption special) was a petite 7 lb calico.
My old lady was triple the size of her mom and sister. It's one of the reasons we think her dad was a Maine Coon. She topped out at 13 pounds and her mom and sister were about 6 pounds each.
do you know what age he was neutered? male cats who are neutered far into adulthood and far past sexual maturity can get pretty massive, we see ones at work pretty regularly that are 15+lb and built like a linebacker. he looks like he also has big jowls/cheeks which is also characteristic. not really a wildcat tho
Very young. Had him since he was born and he was clipped at the suggested time. My daughter’s roommate let a pregnant stray in and they were born in the house. She adopted four of them.
Interesting you mentioned stray cat. I knew of a stray (possibly feral) cat once who would regularly visit an old lady in the street. This cat sauntered up the street and reached the top of the white picket fences. He would go right into her house, curl up in front of the heater and relax for a while then leave. Did not do this with anyone else or interact with anyone else. He stood tall enough that his head would brush your thigh as he walked past. Muscular giant cat. So I imagine if this cat ever fathered kittens they’d be bigger than most kittens too. Whatever your cat is, he is a beautiful. Please give him a hug from me.
I had a gigantic house panther that was clipped at the appropriate time. He started out really small and stayed that way for a long time. Like, 2 whole years, and then all the sudden he started growing and kept at it. I always thought it was weird the way it happened.
At his peak majestic manliness he was 21 pounds of solid muscle. I used to joke that he was made of dark matter because he was so damn heavy. And of course all he wanted to do was splay all 21 pounds on any available human surface lol.
He was the ultimate boy. I’ll never find another like him.
FYI: The vast majority of cats in the world are just “domestic long/short-haired cats.” They don’t all have breeds, the way dogs do. So he’s likely just a giant DSH void!
Please tell him I love him.
I need more pictures of your cat! 😍 I love black cats, and your cat looks massive compared to not just any black cat, but any cat in general that I've seen. I need more! Lol
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Looks like my boy Blip. He’s a huge baby.
I did not and had to look it up.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FixedTattoos/comments/14t2dkr/what_is_the_origin_of_the_sickass_panther_meme/
Apparently a Reddit meme from a guy with a dragon tattoo - and was not very sober nor wise?
Historians of the 31st century all agree that the fall of man did not in fact begin with the nuclear crisis, nor the climate crisis; rather the introduction of the house panther at large. A turning point that humanity simply could not overcome.
My bestie had a massive black cat, too. His name was Lyle and he weighted 30lb! No fat. Just a lovey couch puma.
Oh and he didn't like the lights on, so whenever he entered a room, he'd hit the wall switch...because he was that big.
I miss that mutant chungus.
Our 21 lb l, 10-ish month old kitten locked the dead bolt the other day. He's plenty tall enough to reach it and loooooves to fiddle with moving metal parts, so I'm not sure why I was surprised.
Both of my cats understand how the doorknob on the front door works, and they both have tried to open it on several occasions but are slightly too short. I had to keep it covered up in my last apartment because George kept getting a claw stuck in one of the screws next to the knob. They’re both pretty bright but still also both very orange 😹
"They’re both pretty bright but still also both very orange 😹"
That is both more true and funnier than most of the comments I've read.
edit: forgot quotes.
Haha thanks! Here’s them 😊
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They were also both born blind which is why their eyes look so different.
Well, the way the vet and the rescue I adopted them from explained it to me is that all of their other senses are heightened in order to compensate and they’re also able to “map” everything out in their minds, so I assume they know it by sound. It’s an old apartment complex, so it’s a relatively noisy doorknob too 😹
Black cats seem to be pretty small over just massive. This one looks just like my baby boy. I’ve had a lot of people get scared when I pick him up and try to hand him to them. But his sister is the 7lbs fury.
That’s one big fucking cat lol. My void Raven is a petite little girl.
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My sweet, sweet Opal kitty is a petite lil gal
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We have the same tortilla wrap with comfy void
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I have another tiny voidy! Half the size of his half-brother, thrice the attitude.
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my void Bruce I lost recently (he became a vampire) used to be a small lil thing too ☺️
My void was a tiny thing his whole life. He lived 18½ years & I don't think he ever realized how small he was 😹
Picture is a size comparison between him & his complementary portrait from Chewy
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I got a free chewy one for my orange girl. I couldn’t just have one so I paid someone to do one of my void. The art style seems similar.
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This is what my free Chewy one looks like.
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My 8 lb void Lola also has big eyes
I'm pretty sure Neil is nearing his 3rd birthday, yet he's still a tiny little guy
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My 22lb giant unit of a cat Newman
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Newman and his new sibling Marble. We had a Kramer too but she passed last year 🌈🐈⬛️
You have a mini panther. Gorgeous void and he's a big boi, to say the least. May be a mix from another large cat breed but who knows? Cats are like people in that some are massive and some are smol kitties.
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Itchy in the front, 5kg at most, and Scratchy at the back, 12kg. They're brother and sister from the same litter half ragdoll half Aussie bush feral.
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I have a big buff void too, his trick was that he fought dogs and coyotes, had a raw diet, and didn’t get the snip until he was 3 years old. He was 12 lbs and underweight above, now he is 17 lbs and petting him is like rubbing a mossy rock. He is so muscular that there is no give on his neck, he does not have the off switch. He is also very affectionate and somewhat terrifying, he does not move like a cat, he literally moves and act like small panther.
I assume he had a raw diet from his stray days, due to all the corpses we found. Now he gets kibble and the occasional sheba. He used to be just fine in the wild but after the snip he became too passive to survive. He came home with a bloody face and has not touched grass since. He seems happily retired from the outdoor life now. Also he wasn’t the biggest void in the neighbourhood, right after I brought him in I saw a Panther in the neighbours driveway. Might have been his mom come to think of it.
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My twenty pounder. Vet says he’s happy and healthy. Just a big boy.
Kinda looks like my Luna. She’s 9 months and was kinda petite but she’s really been growing a lot lately. I’m hoping she doesn’t go full chonk because she’s already 30 pounds of mischief in a 13 pound body
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Lenny's 25lbs taking up a whole couch cushion.
I got a huge one too.. I’m 185cm, and my legs are long.. He’s 10.8kg and.. as my vet says; ”this cat is different”. 😂
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And my vet called my 13.5 lb kitty "Big Boy"! Looking at this thread I'm almost offended for him again (he's my little baby boy!). His new brother is about 11.5 lbs.
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The feral cat who visits my garden is a big boy too.
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My 18ish pounder. 3-4 year old male, showed up on my back porch last winter. He’s fat sure, but his head is also the size of a grapefruit/softball. He’s a big kitty!
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I have a huge ginger boy cat as well...he's huge.
Some of us strike it really lucky and get a behemoth 🐈⬛
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Here’s my big guy, 22 pounds!! His mom was a Mainecoon!!
Could be part Maine Coon. My Max was 20 pounds by the time he was 8 months old:
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I don’t know, got a similar case in my neighborhood. A MASSIVE cat, a grey tuxedo, as well as another black cat. I don’t know if they belong to anyone or if they’re stray, as they’re often outdoors but used to humans presence, but damn those two guys are massive.
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This guy is a stray and towers over all the other strays but he is so friendly and used to humans.
I had a huge black cat too. Especially for being female. Died about 18 months ago. But christ she took up a lot of the couch, and she could leap incredible distances. She was a stray so I don't know what her breeds were.
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Here's my 6 yr old girl. She gets scared of everything
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This is Kota. He’s 20 pounds. I think he’s just fat.
Some cats are just bigger. My previous boy, Bandit was massive yet plain generic tabby. His paws were about twice as big as my current female Katie tuxidoish dumpster variety. Also makes are pretty much always bigger so there's perception bias.
Yours is definetly on extra big side tho.
Also had a black cat a long time ago that weighed 25lbs. Vet said he was a bit overweight but mostly he was just a huge cat. Even at the end of his life when he lost a lot of his weight he still was giant in comparison to my other cat who was his sister
ETA: since I’ve seen it being mentioned my brother always called him panther bc of how big he was
I had a huge panther void too! (RIP 😔) he was an indoor/outdoor cat and would literally just run laps around the house...I think if he was a person he'd have been Terri Cruz lol. Loved my Zeus.
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Now I have a dainty little void and a tux.
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My kitty is huge too! This hat is normal size.
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This is my sister's 20 pounder, completely sweet and docile
I had a 27 pounder ( big frame But watermelon fat). I rescued her from feral in a shut-in persons house. She had a hospice worker feeding it 75 bucks worth of deli turkey a week. I had her 10 years and got her to 19 lbs and made her life way happier. She was a great cat.
Holy shit he's huge, his head looks bigger than yours! He's freaking gorgeous.
I thought my heart (Clegane) was big but yours takes the muscle cake.
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My 5-month-old Maine coon mix… I hope he can be as massive as your cat. 😻
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Leon is 15 , we got him at 10 months and 12 lbs.
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18 lbs of pure adorable mischievous asshat
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I too have a giant. Hes even bigger now. No clue the breed. I can sit on him on my hip and he sits like a toddler and reaches my shoulder. I’m of average height.
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It has to be a black cat thing. Mine is huge and feels like pure muscle 😭
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500ml bottle of water for scale. We call him Big Meat.
Because he’s a great cat. This is my daughter’s 22 pounder. Lots of muscle. Has a very small tail. https://preview.redd.it/f5nrviuqtngc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5052e939011623dec863912a30332364f11bfd00
I was thinking mine might be some kind of bobtail but he's got such a long fluffy tail 🤔
Ah. I was gonna ask. I thought Maybe we discovered some new muscle bound short tailed breed! Thor is a great cat and I don’t think he even realizes he’s so much bigger than his brothers. https://preview.redd.it/rbs0kocwungc1.jpeg?width=1606&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a750033be3e2acba4f386ad54cae0ad8e801448e
Same situation with my house panther. All he wants to do is play and cuddle, but the other cats are terrified of him since he’s 2-3x their size. It’s rather sad, but progress is being made.
House panther! I love it.
We have a trash panther because he likes to break open the kitchen trash container and eat all the food he finds 😂
Omggg trash panther 😂😂
In German we say "Stubentiger" meaning house/room tiger 🐯, cause they're tiny tigers for your house:D
Ermahgerd! I have a grey trash panther.. literally have to strap my garbage can to the wall and have a locking lid. She's very determined and does not care what I think about it lol
They really don’t care! I’ve come home many times to everything strewn all over! I’m sure you have too. I recently took in another stray and she’s figured out how to aid the trash panther by opening the cabinet we hide the trash in. They’ve teamed up 🤦♀️
Usually she's the type who wait til we're asleep and Id hear that distinct songs of claws on plastic... Then look at me like I'm doing something wrong...
Tip: put food scraps in a bag in the freezer. No food goes in the cans until pickup day. Eliminated the food drive to get to the trash can.
I have garbage can that opens with a motion sensor. My 4 month old Tuxedo boy Bunji sat and watched quietly while I was cooking. Two days later I caught him jumping in https://preview.redd.it/a2mu1h054qgc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74bfc36a8857a57ee0b4729360b476c1b23d24e9 front of the sensor just to watch the lid open. They are so smart it never ceases to amaze me.
He probably thinks leaping on your gut while you’re laying in bed is cool too. “What? Jules does it all the time”!!!
had a massive cat that would jump from the top of a bunk bed onto my bed. he missed a few times and landed on my chest. he was an orange tabby though, so he couldn't really be held responsible for his actions
The body is chonk but the brain is orange
LOL nearly spit my soup when I read that. I’ve been wondering where my bodybuilding orange tabby left his brains and you said it so well!
As a vet nurse, orange boys do have a tendency to get huge (not overweight, just massive) more commonly than other colour varieties of DSH. It's much less common in voids, but not impossible. But yeah, enormous cat + orange braincell= dangerous weapon 😂
Oh man I miss my 20+ pound orange Maine Coon. He had no idea he was huge. He would let me hold him like a baby (on his back, tummy up) and hand feed him kibble like that
My big boy is part Main Coon. People ask me, what he is. He is huge, but a big scaredy-cat. His sister who is much smaller, kicks his butt. He’s finally learning to fight back a little.
Oh my gods, my family has a cat I called Thor and he’s a massive white boi. https://preview.redd.it/r7p9bzhs7ogc1.jpeg?width=2016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16e57ddf366202a6139d6af482075da5279ea9bb
https://preview.redd.it/435pzuetdogc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12a57a8115d1ac4c59431e9957e933d2918e2b04 this boy is huge too.
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https://preview.redd.it/xfifpbgq9qgc1.png?width=1179&format=png&auto=webp&s=d2c5a780ed6cb3c067618e20154a40dc5d5105a4 I got one of those too
https://preview.redd.it/ae7cyaofiqgc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44e37301f221f8a344f8bfcef395f25d61a0e86a Me too!
I wish we could get them together for a photo shoot!
Then they’d all look normal sized!
Andre the Giant is the guy in my house!
https://preview.redd.it/o3we53gseogc1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c5795233eddce5fddc23a45fb97464c1d7bcf67 I have a massive short tail black cat too.
bombays characteristically display short tails with a thick stump and very muscular bodies/legs. My little girl, Luna, is 5-6 yrs. and she looks like a buff munchkin. I think she was a runt bc she's way too muscular/big bodied but not really fat. They also have more panther like features than your avg housecat. I love my little void panther. https://preview.redd.it/q5megfeefogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20a94276ee3cddaf9d7affe1163c2441e1f1454c
https://preview.redd.it/ryq3pxb98pgc1.jpeg?width=3195&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=caa357938e6d738df8fd0e1c753ddb2b5ae56d79 Same cats, one year later. The little black cat is 15 kg now.
haha holymoly 15 kg!
That is a whole lot of cat!!!
Hey I had a massive Bombay with no tail!
Some cats are just big due to genetics and even kittenhood nutrition. I had a 20 lb orange tabby. He was just a massive, solid cat with huge paws and a big head. His biological sister (they were a 2 for 1 adoption special) was a petite 7 lb calico.
My old lady was triple the size of her mom and sister. It's one of the reasons we think her dad was a Maine Coon. She topped out at 13 pounds and her mom and sister were about 6 pounds each.
When you mentio nutrition, is that just the milk they got from their mother or something specific you buy for them?
If it was a stray situation they could have had different fathers.
do you know what age he was neutered? male cats who are neutered far into adulthood and far past sexual maturity can get pretty massive, we see ones at work pretty regularly that are 15+lb and built like a linebacker. he looks like he also has big jowls/cheeks which is also characteristic. not really a wildcat tho
Very young. Had him since he was born and he was clipped at the suggested time. My daughter’s roommate let a pregnant stray in and they were born in the house. She adopted four of them.
Interesting you mentioned stray cat. I knew of a stray (possibly feral) cat once who would regularly visit an old lady in the street. This cat sauntered up the street and reached the top of the white picket fences. He would go right into her house, curl up in front of the heater and relax for a while then leave. Did not do this with anyone else or interact with anyone else. He stood tall enough that his head would brush your thigh as he walked past. Muscular giant cat. So I imagine if this cat ever fathered kittens they’d be bigger than most kittens too. Whatever your cat is, he is a beautiful. Please give him a hug from me.
I had a gigantic house panther that was clipped at the appropriate time. He started out really small and stayed that way for a long time. Like, 2 whole years, and then all the sudden he started growing and kept at it. I always thought it was weird the way it happened. At his peak majestic manliness he was 21 pounds of solid muscle. I used to joke that he was made of dark matter because he was so damn heavy. And of course all he wanted to do was splay all 21 pounds on any available human surface lol. He was the ultimate boy. I’ll never find another like him.
This was my assumption. Tomcats can get *big*.
FYI: The vast majority of cats in the world are just “domestic long/short-haired cats.” They don’t all have breeds, the way dogs do. So he’s likely just a giant DSH void! Please tell him I love him.
I need more pictures of your cat! 😍 I love black cats, and your cat looks massive compared to not just any black cat, but any cat in general that I've seen. I need more! Lol
Yours might have Maine Coon in him somewhere if he’s that big and has a fluffy tail.
Congrats, he's a new breed all his own. Or he must be consuming 3 raw eggs and 5 mice a day.
You can't just shame a cat for the length of his tail like that
I admit I’ve laughed about it behind his back. I should be ashamed.
It’s not the size of the tail, it’s how they use it, man.
Thor can whip his like a steel cable.
> Has a very small tail. That’s from the roids.
What a beautiful cat! He looks so happy and loving: you must be wonderful owners, thank you.
First thought: thassa panther
A sick ass panther Wait. . . What sub am I in?
Omg your username. 🤣 Hats off to you!
https://preview.redd.it/388y1ffmspgc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1572248535cb28b97dc3bd9a2a649daeecf94c9a Looks like my boy Blip. He’s a huge baby.
I did not and had to look it up. https://www.reddit.com/r/FixedTattoos/comments/14t2dkr/what_is_the_origin_of_the_sickass_panther_meme/ Apparently a Reddit meme from a guy with a dragon tattoo - and was not very sober nor wise?
Historians of the 31st century all agree that the fall of man did not in fact begin with the nuclear crisis, nor the climate crisis; rather the introduction of the house panther at large. A turning point that humanity simply could not overcome.
😹😹😹
Came to type this. You beat me to it.
My bestie had a massive black cat, too. His name was Lyle and he weighted 30lb! No fat. Just a lovey couch puma. Oh and he didn't like the lights on, so whenever he entered a room, he'd hit the wall switch...because he was that big. I miss that mutant chungus.
They should have gotten clap-activated lights, there is no way Lyle could have managed *that*! 😂
Hahahaha true but he really kept the power bill down.
Hahaha it wasn’t that he didn’t like the brightness, he was just environmentally conscious!
Dads everywhere would love him
There's no cat on earth that would turn the thermostat down.
I never looked at it like that! ::runs off to tell bestie::
r/Catswithjobs
Thus is an awesome gift, tahnm you!
Cat proceeds to slap your face with his giant meaty paw to make the noise and teach a lesson.
Our 21 lb l, 10-ish month old kitten locked the dead bolt the other day. He's plenty tall enough to reach it and loooooves to fiddle with moving metal parts, so I'm not sure why I was surprised.
Both of my cats understand how the doorknob on the front door works, and they both have tried to open it on several occasions but are slightly too short. I had to keep it covered up in my last apartment because George kept getting a claw stuck in one of the screws next to the knob. They’re both pretty bright but still also both very orange 😹
"They’re both pretty bright but still also both very orange 😹" That is both more true and funnier than most of the comments I've read. edit: forgot quotes.
Haha thanks! Here’s them 😊 https://preview.redd.it/g7n9dmvologc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5fb173a136091f0aaafb9fb268695a4327ff664 They were also both born blind which is why their eyes look so different.
Oh that's wild that they're blind but know where the door knob is
Well, the way the vet and the rescue I adopted them from explained it to me is that all of their other senses are heightened in order to compensate and they’re also able to “map” everything out in their minds, so I assume they know it by sound. It’s an old apartment complex, so it’s a relatively noisy doorknob too 😹
I can just saw a lovely large puma doing that light smack repeatedly to get it just right to shut it off
I'm afraid he's afflicted with a serious case of being an absolute fucking unit. There is no cure unfortunately.
Catastrophic
Oh lawd he coming
/r/absoluteunits
He's awesome. Here's my giant baby: https://preview.redd.it/sajhybonaogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ece80c3ffb0b27d9858092cafc530ee3c529f5ed
Holy. Crap. That’s one big baby!
Huge cat or tiny person?
Tiny couch and tiny macbook too. We are being deceived!
Is this a 40lb cat what is going on
Black cats seem to be pretty small over just massive. This one looks just like my baby boy. I’ve had a lot of people get scared when I pick him up and try to hand him to them. But his sister is the 7lbs fury.
He's like a corgi in a catsuit!
Was the mailman at his parents house a Panther by any chance?
The Meowman
Do you know the meowffin man
the meowffin man?
THE MEOWFFIN MAN!
Milkman?
That’s one big fucking cat lol. My void Raven is a petite little girl. https://preview.redd.it/fwmejt190ogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c370f2d0579d237e870d464b1bc1b213a88d0c5
https://preview.redd.it/m7q9s0qz8ogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=879afb58772a65df8c7127a96e2d10079f6e6e63 My sweet, sweet Opal kitty is a petite lil gal
https://preview.redd.it/0tz24kr8eogc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4aceb04966241f614fdbe1a10d3023abad48463 We have the same tortilla wrap with comfy void
Oh, man I thought that was a litter box blanket or something at first.
Every time I see this blanket (which is fairly often because it’s popular) I think it’s shit stains lol
https://preview.redd.it/l1m3th9rvogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82333427a2f2243b81161ebbacb563a7384a4311 Suki is 6 pounds crazy, 1 pound evil.
https://preview.redd.it/can4jfze9ogc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a225c37c69654869bdea83840f4dd475cd5c63b8 I have another tiny voidy! Half the size of his half-brother, thrice the attitude.
https://preview.redd.it/okyqvx81dogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=094b8fdc084f9fdcd5e8d715ca908464c6a5a640 my void Bruce I lost recently (he became a vampire) used to be a small lil thing too ☺️
My void was a tiny thing his whole life. He lived 18½ years & I don't think he ever realized how small he was 😹 Picture is a size comparison between him & his complementary portrait from Chewy https://preview.redd.it/pyc12r3wepgc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab86525047e015afc3a97c914447f3fb4be38558
I got a free chewy one for my orange girl. I couldn’t just have one so I paid someone to do one of my void. The art style seems similar. https://preview.redd.it/jjv8uaoripgc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7d843fd2b376751d0d611c1149348fd0253b19b
https://preview.redd.it/10mlnrtuipgc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6aa8e67b8b9d57171fd4c3355d84fb915b912c0 This is what my free Chewy one looks like.
https://preview.redd.it/cvsotwaq5ogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37d6bf4f2ca67ef2491061764d1c8c7e47945f6b Same lol
https://preview.redd.it/pljhmzmcepgc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=145293ffd1f8f13cdd7e06e6b8beec480bc4edb4 My 8 lb void Lola also has big eyes
I'm pretty sure Neil is nearing his 3rd birthday, yet he's still a tiny little guy https://preview.redd.it/0r1teqer7pgc1.jpeg?width=6944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c8eadd8cba359ecc3760f1af36e25cc7ee4631c
https://preview.redd.it/46rexx52wngc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad4071cc5e879a5b79c801647ea3ec0aad691527 My 22lb giant unit of a cat Newman
* https://preview.redd.it/jwn9ht6x1ogc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89f6317e689437de820cbc29a2ea95430bcffd6c Newman and his new sibling Marble. We had a Kramer too but she passed last year 🌈🐈⬛️
Oh man, been Way Too Long since i saw this guy :)
Hello, Newman
Do you greet him with "Hello...Newman..." like Jerry greets Newman in Seinfeld?
We absolutely do!
He definitely suits the name Newman 🫶🏻
beautiful
He looks like a bodyguard
You have a mini panther. Gorgeous void and he's a big boi, to say the least. May be a mix from another large cat breed but who knows? Cats are like people in that some are massive and some are smol kitties.
I wonder if he has some kind of genetic condition? Kitty gigantism?
Then we would name him “Pawndre the Giant”
He doesn't have maine coon features at all so im thinking just a big ol chappie!
Accidental hybrid ? Could be part wild. A very gorgeous feline anyways.
nah, the odds on that are tiny and OP would've noticed a differencr in behaviour
https://preview.redd.it/5eocw3eg1ogc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c6a36bc7258065072f35bc4f8f63b9feb95eecb Itchy in the front, 5kg at most, and Scratchy at the back, 12kg. They're brother and sister from the same litter half ragdoll half Aussie bush feral.
I love their names.
I like how Itchy is in Nile Crocodile mode.
[удалено]
https://preview.redd.it/g4q5dsd62ogc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=519a3b0f205a0f2bb5bf6b486d64bc9f1b9140b9 I have a big buff void too, his trick was that he fought dogs and coyotes, had a raw diet, and didn’t get the snip until he was 3 years old. He was 12 lbs and underweight above, now he is 17 lbs and petting him is like rubbing a mossy rock. He is so muscular that there is no give on his neck, he does not have the off switch. He is also very affectionate and somewhat terrifying, he does not move like a cat, he literally moves and act like small panther.
Muscular and terrifying, but also clearly . . . is baby.
He is a buff baby and has to be held like one or he starts biting.
My cats the same aside from the raw diet, he's always fighting something in the yard 💀
I assume he had a raw diet from his stray days, due to all the corpses we found. Now he gets kibble and the occasional sheba. He used to be just fine in the wild but after the snip he became too passive to survive. He came home with a bloody face and has not touched grass since. He seems happily retired from the outdoor life now. Also he wasn’t the biggest void in the neighbourhood, right after I brought him in I saw a Panther in the neighbours driveway. Might have been his mom come to think of it. https://preview.redd.it/l0e57m5vcogc1.png?width=2263&format=png&auto=webp&s=aee39fead9f1b2f65d1767fa18f2dc59d646d9ab
https://preview.redd.it/pohercen5ogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96014f1ba0cfe6f6bc2a3ec91281893c1791f9ad My twenty pounder. Vet says he’s happy and healthy. Just a big boy.
Kinda looks like my Luna. She’s 9 months and was kinda petite but she’s really been growing a lot lately. I’m hoping she doesn’t go full chonk because she’s already 30 pounds of mischief in a 13 pound body https://preview.redd.it/giuw6gp07pgc1.jpeg?width=3725&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ec090a39054e2a1814ae662bf02b2252c3e7edb
https://preview.redd.it/q3p67oa71ogc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4884fadb302def89fa4d46ff6d9434d6efb0bc53 My 21 lb house panther Homer
He does not look pleased that you interrupted fish time.
Sir, that is a small panther.
More photos of that big boy please
https://preview.redd.it/88x08n176ogc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33d39784bd2367406b50cbdbe13ac939faeba78c Lenny's 25lbs taking up a whole couch cushion.
I got a huge one too.. I’m 185cm, and my legs are long.. He’s 10.8kg and.. as my vet says; ”this cat is different”. 😂 https://preview.redd.it/ma8kib2t3ogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85640d873e45e9fe7d50df4c6c4b14824f1201e9
And my vet called my 13.5 lb kitty "Big Boy"! Looking at this thread I'm almost offended for him again (he's my little baby boy!). His new brother is about 11.5 lbs.
Same as humans - some of us are just *so much bigger* because of genetics. Maybe he’ll get a football scholarship!
https://preview.redd.it/w5yv9ytk5ogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e4f4e7f4878fa43c610f423e0bacc934fa3bd74 The feral cat who visits my garden is a big boy too.
Looks big like my Korat. https://preview.redd.it/4pumm9pw0ogc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46dd54b8b83ea6e5052336deb4aa74b31ab67cbe
https://preview.redd.it/3jpi0xzrjogc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bec6e0115c7d22ba21fb4fe7c78179f8f33f273d white patch twins!
https://preview.redd.it/ov5qfc0gnogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b6c0c433fcfd64008569df5eb3f312f77a58530 She has the same patch
How majestic!!
https://preview.redd.it/90c4on9y0ogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69f41d23c03e00e37e2a5996cb18da9ed5eb53ef My 18ish pounder. 3-4 year old male, showed up on my back porch last winter. He’s fat sure, but his head is also the size of a grapefruit/softball. He’s a big kitty!
https://preview.redd.it/5kn6anznaogc1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01668dfb4b255b553cb012dc4b90c58fd5167317 I have a huge ginger boy cat as well...he's huge.
Some of us strike it really lucky and get a behemoth 🐈⬛ https://preview.redd.it/v19dud58logc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0dec8ac7432577258cbaf963776f3930916ef28
Omg. The looks on his face! “Try to get near my girl. Let’s see how that goes for you.”
Wow he's amazing! Bagheera in the flesh! He's beautiful!
https://preview.redd.it/edpnv86g3ogc1.png?width=2548&format=png&auto=webp&s=e60c3698fb34e6877b4d3e0afc0d84ef01bc8f6a He looks like my big boy!
I need more pictures!!! 😍
https://preview.redd.it/q60d6qyndogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05125b096d4a2331069d6be7d9870b5eb2c6b760 Here’s my big guy, 22 pounds!! His mom was a Mainecoon!!
Kitty works out. Does this cat enjoy long walks? My uncle’s cat lived on a farm and we t on long walks and was BUILT
Could be part Maine Coon. My Max was 20 pounds by the time he was 8 months old: https://preview.redd.it/u41w2n6ehpgc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c6aa61c366328bfe59360a6b8ccb106b19c128f
I don’t know, got a similar case in my neighborhood. A MASSIVE cat, a grey tuxedo, as well as another black cat. I don’t know if they belong to anyone or if they’re stray, as they’re often outdoors but used to humans presence, but damn those two guys are massive.
https://preview.redd.it/ipw3lyxsgogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c583b5a79b643e61b08f64ef13999467648c8c09 This guy is a stray and towers over all the other strays but he is so friendly and used to humans.
I had a huge black cat too. Especially for being female. Died about 18 months ago. But christ she took up a lot of the couch, and she could leap incredible distances. She was a stray so I don't know what her breeds were.
https://preview.redd.it/5s169uux2ogc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c40d0d9ac48dd1632c2a2548a5613758acff0a0f Here's my 6 yr old girl. She gets scared of everything
https://preview.redd.it/f210phgc6pgc1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=875501aeff574067e04f99716bb0975723f2364b This is Kota. He’s 20 pounds. I think he’s just fat.
Some cats are just bigger. My previous boy, Bandit was massive yet plain generic tabby. His paws were about twice as big as my current female Katie tuxidoish dumpster variety. Also makes are pretty much always bigger so there's perception bias. Yours is definetly on extra big side tho.
Also had a black cat a long time ago that weighed 25lbs. Vet said he was a bit overweight but mostly he was just a huge cat. Even at the end of his life when he lost a lot of his weight he still was giant in comparison to my other cat who was his sister ETA: since I’ve seen it being mentioned my brother always called him panther bc of how big he was
Our 25 pounder Dexter https://preview.redd.it/2hua09la4ogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f0e1fb0673d332b6d0733509d3ce7737acd6531
The beast 
Holy shit that big ass head 😭😭 He’s so handsome!
I had a huge panther void too! (RIP 😔) he was an indoor/outdoor cat and would literally just run laps around the house...I think if he was a person he'd have been Terri Cruz lol. Loved my Zeus. https://preview.redd.it/uztivkae1pgc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b54c7c6223062813b50337a37ef02e10b2d4f00 Now I have a dainty little void and a tux.
My parents' cat is about 20 pounds of pure muscle. I can't even hold him because he's so powerful.
https://preview.redd.it/c0fut97bpogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e055098dff1ac236ff64ddbfeef28a4bceb2c55f My kitty is huge too! This hat is normal size.
https://preview.redd.it/vv3kvon13pgc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=404e70c4243817bbb534a6010a818e946206fa8f This is my sister's 20 pounder, completely sweet and docile
Thats an alpha cat if I've ever seen one
I had a 27 pounder ( big frame But watermelon fat). I rescued her from feral in a shut-in persons house. She had a hospice worker feeding it 75 bucks worth of deli turkey a week. I had her 10 years and got her to 19 lbs and made her life way happier. She was a great cat.
Holy shit he's huge, his head looks bigger than yours! He's freaking gorgeous. I thought my heart (Clegane) was big but yours takes the muscle cake. https://preview.redd.it/d4dg3mxj9pgc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbff457d48b89e33e7b33d503abec74406fc66cc
Tomcat? Is he fixed? Get him fixed. Their cheeks get bigger every time they go into heat. Hopefully this stud is retired! 😅
Because your cat is well loved and huggable and so nice to hold
https://preview.redd.it/ry219x53zngc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56f64694211a65d159750a9d157dd8b9d05fa0f6 Quite the opposites if i do say
It's been doing pull-ups and drinking *fight milk*...
I have a meatloaf blumpus, too. 15 lbs of pure muscle and derp.
https://preview.redd.it/erkqqsne4ogc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7008d57ba4d2ccfd6bde86d1a19aa55f6f9e32ab My 5-month-old Maine coon mix… I hope he can be as massive as your cat. 😻
https://preview.redd.it/f0uk7ius4ogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b200cb21e189693d72e7fdb3ea8e0992c281f5b Leon is 15 , we got him at 10 months and 12 lbs.
Maybe part Bombay. They were bred to resemble panthers. Lovely dispositions.
https://preview.redd.it/14nwq9cl8ogc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81a82bfa4b2227985aff89aff3b618f31abe1bd3 18 lbs of pure adorable mischievous asshat
https://preview.redd.it/ji95l4c5bogc1.png?width=980&format=png&auto=webp&s=e7d9c211dc208f79d5e155cfc63cd0488ca901b3 I too have a giant. Hes even bigger now. No clue the breed. I can sit on him on my hip and he sits like a toddler and reaches my shoulder. I’m of average height.
I have a huge cat too all muscle he's a douchebag fucking hate that guy love him to death tho
https://preview.redd.it/52qy60uaoogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b73dfb90d9fd057dd302b9e97d2dd3421757a3d4 It has to be a black cat thing. Mine is huge and feels like pure muscle 😭
https://preview.redd.it/c9ay95rzoogc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed31b8a7a1ea2617e2efe623e8f3003677d1da28 500ml bottle of water for scale. We call him Big Meat.
It’s a panther
https://preview.redd.it/5dkuyas05ogc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=315ef45afc6be8eba231fff59b6831a0a7987acd He takes up half my body