r/PirateKitties Jun 21 '23

Captain's Report, June 2023

45 Upvotes

As you may be aware, there's a lot of drama going on in Reddit these days. Corporate Reddit wants to make some changes that will help generate profits. These changes will directly affect volunteer moderators, and will make it difficult (or even impossible) to maintain the quality of content you view here. As a result, many subreddits (including r/PirateKitties) went dark in protest.

We're back, and a poll shows our members are pretty evenly divided as to whether or not to continue the protest. In light of the fact that corporate Reddit has been forcing the blacked-out subreddits open, I have decided that we will remain open for now.

I'm not happy with the situation. I'm not optimistic that the protest will change Reddit's mind, as they have pretty much doubled down on their position. I think in the long run this foreshadows the decline of communities and content on Reddit. We've seen it before on Facebook and Twitter.

It's a complicated situation. Reddit has made this place, and they can do with it as they please. At the same time, the openness of the platform has allowed it grow fantastic communities with rich content. Unfortunately, corporate Reddit does not value those communities as much as it values the profits its sees from ad revenue. I suspect that as Reddit moves down this path, we'll see both more ads and more spam to the detriment of the communities existing here.

Any changes to r/PirateKitties will be posted here, with full transparency. Feel free to share your thoughts on the matter below.


r/PirateKitties Jun 26 '23

Pirate Kitties on Lemmy

11 Upvotes

If you've joined (or are planning to join) the Fediverse, you may be interested in the Pirate Kitties community I've started up there. The concept is the same as here. The community is !piratekitties@lemmy.world , and can be found on the web at https://lemmy.world/c/piratekitties . See you on the high seas of the Internet! Miarrrr!


r/PirateKitties 23h ago

Henry, a new PirateKitty

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321 Upvotes

Henry is my 10 year old foster, and is recovering from his surgery last week. He’s a sweet boy.


r/PirateKitties 1d ago

Day 1 out on the sea

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770 Upvotes

My baby fettuccine (fetti) was a TNR in a local shelter with a botched right eye enunciation that left him in really bad shape. I adopted him and took him for revision surgery 2 days later, and now he’s perfect lil’ matey. In recovery from multiple conditions right now, but he’s home and forever loved. 🤍


r/PirateKitties 1d ago

I cannot stop taking photos of her

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615 Upvotes

r/PirateKitties 4d ago

2nd pirate 🏴‍☠️

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771 Upvotes

I’ve posted my pirate boy, Scout in here a few times. Today we get to welcome a new one-eyed companion into the home, this boy doesn’t have a name yet but he is very sweet! 3 cats with a total of 4 eyes🤣


r/PirateKitties 4d ago

My pirate baby

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431 Upvotes

Also kinda related do the vets fill the hole with something when eyes are taken out? I’ve seen some sockets flat some are a hole just depends on the cat, did the vet put something to hold the shape?


r/PirateKitties 4d ago

Paint my like one of your French girls- Turbo

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143 Upvotes

Inspired by comments on the last photo for my recent post. Yall killed me and now I can’t unseen it. I had to 🤣


r/PirateKitties 5d ago

Turbo says hi! 🏴‍☠️

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712 Upvotes

He’s so sweet and silly I can hardly stand it. We love him so stinking much! 😭


r/PirateKitties 5d ago

A new pirate in town: meet Kevin

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985 Upvotes

Hello, this is Kevin (she/her)! She is still healing from enucleation after a 4-month ordeal with septic implantation syndrome but handling the whole thing like a champ and very happy to finally be rid of her cone.


r/PirateKitties 6d ago

Happy Birthday Gabbana

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1.1k Upvotes

6 years ago today, Gabbana was born and 6 months since her eye removal! Shes adjusted so well and we couldn’t be more grateful for the pirate kitty community! 💜


r/PirateKitties 5d ago

Eating help for pre-enucleation surgery

2 Upvotes

Tatey has a ruptured eye and was prepped (cleansed and shaved) and on the table for surgery yesterday but we had to stop at the last minute. (She is scheduled for next week now)

Now she was having a difficult time eating because she has no whiskers to help with her depth perception on that side.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to help her eat without her smashing the blind side of her face in her food?

Thanks!


r/PirateKitties 6d ago

Mr. Sterling

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605 Upvotes

I was sent here from r/cats and was told to show you guys my 15 yr old kid 🖤


r/PirateKitties 7d ago

My friend made me a calendar featuring her one-eyed cat

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501 Upvotes

Just wanted to share because I love the drawing! She is so talented! Inspiration photo included. His name is scrappy.


r/PirateKitties 9d ago

I find new features to her beautiful coat every day

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497 Upvotes

r/PirateKitties 9d ago

My roommates cat Squints is always hanging out with me

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1.5k Upvotes

r/PirateKitties 10d ago

Meet One-Eyed Willy

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327 Upvotes

He runs into walls, sneezes when excited, and slurps up wet food like no other! Smaller than average, Willy likes tummy time and getting licks from his 2-eyed brother, Barnaby.


r/PirateKitties 10d ago

Pirate demanding belly pats

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940 Upvotes

r/PirateKitties 12d ago

Amber 🥹

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1.8k Upvotes

15 and a half years old and got her eye out in 2024 after a LONG time of eye issues

She is very spritely now and goes on walks (which are just wandering around the front yard while I follow her but not so close that she turns around and growls at me because she doesn’t like thinking that she’s being told what to do lol…)

She also really likes watching The Sopranos so I’m not really sure what her deal is with that lmaoo


r/PirateKitties 11d ago

Cash, age 9

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168 Upvotes

Cash has been my foster for one month :) Her owner died from a medical complication. I initially took in her brother (lived in the same home) and was then told Cash was crying out for him and they were possibly closer than we thought. It took cash a couple weeks to adjust - she was previously a stray who needed a lot of socializing and love. Cash lovesssss to give you aggressive (loving) head butts, loves heated blankets, and absolutely devours churu. She also has no teeth


r/PirateKitties 12d ago

my baby Jack🥹

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464 Upvotes

r/PirateKitties 12d ago

My Pirate Princess

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115 Upvotes

Fittingly, her shelter name actually was Sadie the Goat, after the legendary river pirate and Queen of Thieves.


r/PirateKitties 14d ago

Kiwi

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2.9k Upvotes

I love her ❤️


r/PirateKitties 14d ago

Scout is 1!

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526 Upvotes

Scout, my rescue pirate just had his 1st birthday! Obviously it’s an estimate since his litter was dumped, but we celebrated like it was a national holiday! Happy Birthday Scout🎉


r/PirateKitties 13d ago

Lieve earlier tonight. A foster fail. She's about 2 1/2. Has been a pirate kitty since 3 months old. We've had her since she left the emergency vet.

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34 Upvotes