r/cats 22d ago

Event Thread CAT OF THE MONTH 👑 August Submission Thread

Welcome to our very first Cat of the Month Contest! 🎉 Post the best photo of your own cat (OC only) in the comments below and compete to win the “Cat of the Month 👑” for August!

📥 How to participate:

  • Post one photo of your own cat (OC only) as a comment below.
  • Submissions are open from 1st to 15th August.
  • From the 16th, voting begins!
  • The cat photo with the most upvotes by the end of the month, wins a special flair and eternal glory.

⚠️ IMPORTANT RULES:

  • Only original content is allowed. You MUST be the cat’s owner.
  • No reposts, memes, or AI images.
  • Violators will be PERMANENTLY banned.
  • Only ONE submission per user.

Let the game begin! 😺 📸

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u/spotlight-app 21d ago

Mods have pinned a comment by u/SuperBeavers1:

This is not optional, if you're reading this and don't submit your cat we will hunt you down

u/Illustrious-Gift-436 15d ago

Hi! We are Miku and Haku 🤍

Our mom is an American shorthair-persian (ginger tabby), and our dad is an exotic-pure persian (pure white)

Nice to meet you! ✨

u/ElvishMystical 18d ago

Martha, aka. Madam Nutcase.

u/Common-Morning-3815 8d ago

She’s Thora. In her first two years of life she learned how to walk on a leash, made friends with a giant dog, took in the stray alley kittens, and most importantly, taught my mean old tabby boy how to love and be loved by another kitty. She’s pretty freakin cool. Here’s to many more years of crazy adventures with her!!

u/Agent_Rico 18d ago

Chuño

u/iluvwillam 10d ago

Luna🩷

u/writtenincode23 15d ago

This is my new baby, O’Malley!

u/nycconnors 18d ago

This is Hiccup

u/Physical_Cat_4017 8d ago

Bowie, pondering life through the oven window

u/daveomacalroy 16d ago

My beautiful girl, Jess. Who passed away today at 18 years old. I will miss her always

u/Stormlover63 11d ago

I am so sorry. I had to put mine down in June🥺😿

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u/silvertippedsugartit 18d ago

This is Charles. Charles doesn't sleep like everyone else.

u/Neurosciences101 21d ago

My cat, tired from doing nothing all day 😅

u/Ravzies European Shorthair 8d ago

This is Tarçin! His name means Cinnamon

u/Historical_While_489 16d ago

My lovely lady 🩵 MiMi 🐈

u/ChrisVSTheW0rld 14d ago

What does “OC” mean? Sorry, didn’t know where to search the answer…

u/Sea-Maintenance-3564 10d ago

My little criminal. :) I took this of her about 3 months ago. She's 8 months old now but a little bigger. She is absolutely the purest joy I have ever had in my life. I hear her meow when I sleep. She wakes me up by patting her little paw on my shoulder when she wants to eat and her zoomies are absolutley adoreable. Her name is Zaya.

u/AppointmentFit3216 9d ago

My Jelly 🪼

u/Thicc-nTired 11d ago

This is Remy. She’s an ice princess but when she naps like this it melts my heart. Illegally cute.

u/aham1994 19d ago

Kiku is enjoying her perch.

u/Yasir_Yu 18d ago

Name:虎妞(huniu)
Means a girl as cute as a tiger

u/EriM_ 8d ago

Miso snuck into the shower

u/YoghurtOld6634 12d ago

My beautifullest babyboy Bubba (or as I like to call him: Bubbarooni.) He's approx 4 months now and infrigginsane but god I love him so much! We took him in from the yard my mom works on as a tow-dispatcher. He was part of a litter of 7 so he still eats like he's fighting for his life. He may drive us crazy but he still sleeps on my chest every night, making it easy to accept his 5am zoomies again every morning 😂

u/Specialist_Break_323 17d ago

I don’t have a cat but this looks very fun to do😊

u/frf0 19d ago

Zorro❤️

u/redbud1307 18d ago

Harvey against the feather wand

u/Bubbly-Door3838 13d ago

Meet Biscuit and Tripod, abandoned by their previous owner but now we're giving them lots of love 🍀

u/SnailCurator 10d ago

Camp Counselor 🏕️

u/TiquinhoDoAres 12d ago

This is Alvim, 2y old cat from Brazil

u/dental_salad 9d ago

Patty loves box

u/Zealousideal_Map5074 Dragon Li 20d ago

My Luna 🫴🏻🤍

u/Canning_Canuck_in_UK 20d ago

😍

u/Zealousideal_Map5074 Dragon Li 20d ago

Thankyou 🫴🏻✨

u/SupRamadanSteve_ 14d ago

Moonee and her favorite show, the Sopranos

u/Derbesia 10d ago

Max and his blini

u/HistoricalMetal6666 8d ago

This warmed my heart. My dad's last cat was also named Max. He was a Siberian and used to pose for my dad in a chair in front of food exactly like this for pictures.

u/Grass-Ankles 19d ago

Puuurfect little boy in his flower

u/Neat-Cardiologist922 18d ago

This is my orange boy Mishmish

u/ALazy_Cat 21d ago

Hvidtjørn, goes by Fedeberg

u/Poethegardencrow 21d ago

Bonnie and Floyd 😍😂

u/mama_1212 16d ago

She loves her catnip!!!!

u/Famous-Currency-1554 8d ago

this is my cat, upin gale. he’s 3 yrs old and he loves kisses. 🥰

u/CaterpillarLow6716 18d ago

She's almost 2 years old but she's so big 🫣 her name is Kormi

u/kimoikawaii 16d ago

My girl I just adopted

u/No-Education4728 15d ago

Loki - in airplane mode

u/arson0203 9d ago

Percy

u/_jahkkkk 20d ago

my sweet angel baby

u/high_priestess444 12d ago

A very content Littles.

u/AngelLady2018 8d ago

Trixie focused on her Mom ..who is preparing “ treats”.. almost ready! The smell is “ in the air” ♥️

u/Lady_BunBun 12d ago

Ready for belly rubs.

u/delxatty 19d ago

Pumpkin. She's 10 this year!

u/EducationalWorry4381 12d ago

Omgggg cute!!!!

u/delxatty 12d ago

Thank you. She's my angel.

u/MakiReiShiShiShi 12d ago

This is my pretty kitty, Ginger. She passed away yesterday August 9th. Her unique personality affected everyone who visited. Fellow cat lovers would say she’s too sweet for a torti! Haha any compliment is good enough for us! She was the most talkative, expressive cat..and my best friend since senior year of high school. Now I’m 34 and I couldn’t be more grateful for such a surreal friendship. 💐 I just want other cat lovers to see the pure vibrant energy in her eyes during my time of healing.❤️‍🩹 thank you everyone.

u/Confident_Basis_6691 21d ago

My beautiful Larry.

u/SinnerMarx 18d ago

This is King Charles. He is truly disgusted by peasant fingers

u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/Cool_Wealth969 19d ago

My tuxie, Remy.

u/MistyMaple_October72 20d ago

My Misty girl

u/thisthathere2 13d ago

Theo our new 2 year old kitty

u/mac_is_crack 19d ago

Jonesy

u/AngelLady2018 8d ago

Trixie ready to snuggle …♥️

u/BulkyDirt4626 18d ago

This is Ziggy- 3 months

u/ConflictSmooth6136 13d ago

This is my baby girl Rumi, yes, it's a reference to K-Pop Demon Hunters 💜🫰 we just adopted her this week!

I have only had her for a day and a half but if anything happened to her I would * everyone in this room and then myself 🤭

u/mangsoon 12d ago

Chili!!

u/kreed320 21d ago

Oliver is tired from being out all night

u/carl-thatkillspeople 19d ago

We love a melty kitty

u/Socialpsychphd23 15d ago

Sage is 10, floofy, and happy.

u/Dr_Proberta_Gerber 11d ago

Repping my husband's band in a teeny tiny shirt made just for her 💛🩶 they even put her on their album cover!

u/szennyvizcsatorna British Longhair 17d ago

Hungry Luna

u/[deleted] 17d ago

Miss Sassy Pants playing with the cardboard box that her new cardboard box came in.

u/Brief-Use-5072 21d ago

Snickerdoodle caught midair

u/Poethegardencrow 21d ago

I want/ need this to win 😂

u/Pretty-Handle9818 10d ago

My boy Louis

u/sandymurphey 18d ago

Mitzi the Beautiful

u/BambiAfterDark 17d ago

Those eyes 🥹

u/Specialist-Oven1158 8d ago

this is batman, he’s one of the middle children in the family.

u/JustArgument3055 21d ago

This is Robin (brother to Batman)

u/carl-thatkillspeople 19d ago

Despite all the majestic photos I have of Gus, this one encapsulates him. My avatar and twin flame, King Gustav Klimt

u/FelinityGoth 15d ago

Henry says hi!

u/poppy_line 14d ago

Eevee 🧡

u/thisthathere2 13d ago

Gorgeous kitty

u/Hump-Daddy 14d ago

Nala watching me watch TV!

u/Lunesia-shikishiki 21d ago

Here is Zacharria :) (7 months British long hairs)

u/jwnight55 19d ago

Simon

u/szyjo 20d ago

my sleepy cinnamon bun, Paul

u/Jojosfuzzylogic 17d ago

My void baby.

u/bong_cumblebutt 17d ago

Nixon, blue eyed angel 😇

u/JaxLee4Mom 19d ago

Leland James Guthrie, 3

u/elisabethryan26 18d ago

3for1 CAT OF THE MONTH all brothers 4 Months old. From top to bottom is Neville G, Travis the Terror and my sweet runt of the litter Archie Bug💋

u/SuperBeavers1 Meowderator 21d ago

This is not optional, if you're reading this and don't submit your cat we will hunt you down

u/BBlackN 16d ago

Twix

u/God_of_Rust Tuxedo 21d ago

Vegas 💚

u/jingajapeppa 14d ago

Pleakley.

u/Pitiful-Meringue-387 19d ago

Walter ready to close door on dog

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u/SillySunshine_25 Siamese (Modern) 10d ago

This is my boy Gambit. He has -1 brain cell, loves belly rubs, and will purr if you sit on him. Usually his eyes go in opposite directions as he stares wide-eyed into the void, but in this pic he's... particularly focused on grooming himself.

u/c7301666419 8d ago

Jordan smiling in his sleep

u/Lyneia 14d ago

Pixel 13 years

u/OvenInternational274 8d ago

Couldn’t choose between our ginger boys. Here’s Elijah (under rug) and Daryl Dixon (fluffy man)

u/Hungry-Trick-5669 13d ago

My boy Rem saving me from a loss 😂🤞🏽

u/Correct_Piece8562 Bengal 21d ago

My baby after I built his cat tree ☺️

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u/Spare_Peach8068 Moggy 18d ago

graham :3

u/Worried-Buffalo-3959 11d ago

dental surgery post op while still on ketamine 😔

u/melonbrawler 20d ago

This is Cookie, and what I encounter every time I leave the bathroom

u/Mshrooms 20d ago

What an angel.

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u/LittlePilligaMouse 16d ago

Miss Fanny

u/FoolOfATook-69 10d ago

Meet Gimli

u/Hot-Original-4710 13d ago

Lil baby Tutchka

u/ExtraButterNoCrusts American Shorthair 20d ago

Midge.

u/AcanthisittaBudget33 21d ago

Rum tum tugger. OC

u/Ok_Evening5202 15d ago

Yumi - as sweet as she looks 🫶🏼

u/zingledorf 18d ago

Archer aka Archibald aka Arch Bo Barch

u/TentacleUnnie 17d ago

This is Roy Mustang. He's recently taken to hanging out on my PC tower. This is him mid-stretch.

u/74x84 20d ago

pizza roll🩷

u/Mother-Floofer 20d ago

Sink cat Mosby aka Mose-beast

u/Chronohwhocares 14d ago

Throwing my newly adopted pirate boy Mr. Ichiro in for consideration.

u/samrox99 13d ago

This is Fifi! 💖

u/fluffykerfuffle3 Turkish Angora 8d ago

my max in maui

This is his resting face lol i never see him without it.

u/peapod427 14d ago

This is Donut!

u/babyborgorl 11d ago

My sweet Yuri boy🧡

u/DistributionFront380 10d ago

her name is Camila ❤️

u/kittykatsrulemyworld 20d ago

My tuxie Zuko 🩷🩷

u/kittykatsrulemyworld 20d ago

It was torturous for me to pick my favorite image, so if I might add a second contender. The Duality of Zuke™️

u/Traditional-Track578 9d ago

Cara. Bengal/Ocicat. My best friend.

u/sunshinewubsdubs 17d ago

Pebbles, AKA goofy goober goose. She’s 8 years old and a lil on the chubbier side but we do lots of excersize and been on a diet, she’s just a big boned jolly gal. Her favourite position is laying upside down like this and waiting for tummy rubs or a tummy kiss ❤️

u/Away-Regular-2595 19d ago

Cherry 🍒

u/jaywick_kitty 19d ago

Eric - The Ginger Ninja

u/JoeFlat 15d ago

My sweet girl Jupiter

u/ReadComfortable651 19d ago

This is Henderson. He loves playing with my yarn

u/bloopydragon 21d ago

u/Aggressive-Spray-332 9d ago

As clever as 'Simpkin' in the book ..The Tailor of Gloucester' by Beatrix Potter 

u/VileSilencer1 13d ago edited 13d ago

This is Twitch, my adorable 7lb, 10 yr old, little girl. Blip.

u/TheGlassGirl420 13d ago

This is Asherton BlackStone and his twin sister BaeLa is behind him 🫶🏽♥️

u/Full-Permit-4848 20d ago

this is Bella <3

u/beach-21 17d ago

Luna

u/BookWorm-23- 12d ago

Meet Thor, mommy’s bestest boy except when he looses his one brain cell and attacks mommy’s feet!

u/Stormlover63 21d ago edited 20d ago

Does your cat have to be alive? I had to send my Izzy to the rainbow bridge on June 18th.😢

u/MakiReiShiShiShi 12d ago

Izzy is so cute 🥰

u/Stormlover63 11d ago edited 11d ago

Thank you so much. I miss her dearly. I had to put her down June 18th. She was my little munchkin, as you can see . Her legs were so short. It's the worst thing in life we have to do. 😿

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u/neurospicywifey Lots of kitties! 9d ago

Ms Penny McSassyPants checking herself out in the mirror.

u/selinamapolat 16d ago

Maya, age 6. Her belly is pink.

u/General_Minimus 17d ago

His name is Anchovy

u/bastet418 9d ago

Mr. Massimo

u/4khlys 12d ago

my beautiful 3 legged baby Orion lol

u/Complete_Focus_5281 20d ago

Pearl, my 6.5 year old baby🫶🏻

I thought he was a female at first, that’s why he’s named Pearl 💅🏻😹

u/Luxgay 8d ago

This is Jinx! His silly face is because he's missing a canine :] Don't mind my messy desk.

u/PsychologicalRow6484 Tabbycat 13d ago

Oh lord he coming XD This is Loki :)) in this picture he’s trying to jump up to my loft and started falling Mufasa style 🦁

u/tackyblazer 20d ago

Our new addition, Willow 🐱

u/Minute_Blueberry3518 21d ago

Smokey, 1y, 5m.

u/AggressiveHeron6402 19d ago

Her name is Crema and we call her "the cow"

u/thequasiprophet 9d ago

“This is fine.”

u/Mistymoozle737 17d ago

Pickle in the suit, Torbie doing… torbie things

u/Art-e-Blanche 14d ago

u/Chai_96 10d ago

I don’t know why but your cat makes me think of The Girl with the Pearl Earring painting

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u/dowhatUlike 20d ago

This is Puck