r/britishshorthair Jul 21 '23

We're now doing verified owner flairs! Post here to get them!

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BEFORE SUBMITTING PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE REQUIREMENTS! YOU NEED A PHYSICAL NOTE INCLUDED, NOT JUST A PICTURE OF YOUR CAT.

Hello! To make things a bit easier, when it comes to proving who's the real owner of a said cat, we're introducing verified flairs.

Simply post a picture of your cat with a small physical note that includes your username (like a post-it note), and you will get assigned your own flair with the name of your cat(s).

(Remember that it has to be a physical note, post it, or similarly).

You can post here or send me a modmail and I'll get you verifying you asap!


r/britishshorthair 16h ago

recent pics of 5 months old baby boys

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r/britishshorthair 9h ago

Kitten or cat, always my little sweetheart

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r/britishshorthair 6h ago

Patiently waiting his owners return

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Two weeks in and my cats still haven’t gotten used to my kids being gone all day.


r/britishshorthair 12h ago

Worried about our BSH's fur. Any advice please

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r/britishshorthair 11h ago

She’s just too cute 🥰😻🙀

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r/britishshorthair 19h ago

Randomly attacking me, breaking skin

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Hi BSH parents, I really need some advice please. We have a 1yr old male British shorthair and in the past couple of weeks he attacks us multiple times a day. I’ve taken him to the vet and they didn’t see anything wrong with him. He is neutered too.

I’ll be sitting, sleeping in bed, or playing on the ground with him and he goes into hunt mode and something just flips in him where he sees us as a threat or to be hunted. You can see the shift in his eyes. He lunges at our arms, feet, and even my face. At first it startled me so bad I would cry with scratches all over my face.

He used to lick my arms in the night to fall asleep and now if he even tries to lick me just once that switch happens again and he goes from licking to attacking in a matter of seconds. We would snuggle and cuddle and now if I do that he will attack :(

We play with him constantly but it’s never ending, he wants to play forever.

He never bit us once for the year we had him, he was so sweet. I don’t know what’s going on. I’m scared to sleep near him. We always do the high pitch yell and immediately walk away when it happens but nothing is changing. We do have a bird feeder outside and there’s been more birds lately, that’s the only environmental change I know of.

If anyone has experienced this please let me know! It’s making me really sad.


r/britishshorthair 35m ago

BSH baby looks thin and small

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My baby look thin and underweight, she weighs around 1.75kg is this normal. She is about 3 and half months old and only prefer wet food hardly touch dry food and love to mess my palm tree.


r/britishshorthair 14h ago

Ary 🐈‍⬛

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r/britishshorthair 19h ago

Quiet on the set

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r/britishshorthair 19h ago

Does your cat like to hold hands aswell?

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r/britishshorthair 18h ago

BSH breathing fast most of the time

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Is his breathing normal? We just took him two weeks ago, he is healthy, eating very well and playful. But I often see him breathing this fast, I'm not sure if this is normal or shall I take him to the vet?

Boy, two months & 25 days.


r/britishshorthair 1d ago

just lost my baby to HCM

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Im honestly in so much shock that he passed out of nowhere. He was the most adorable and loving kitty in the world. He only got to live till 5 but i will definitely cherish all the memories i had with him. He’s with my dad now who was really close with him and passed about a year ago. I guess he was missing Teddy and had to take him away early.

I’m still in denial because he always seemed so healthy but out of nowhere he just died. I love him so much and I don’t know how I’ll ever move on. He had all types of special little quirks and tricks i’m so SAD 😭😭😭😭


r/britishshorthair 15h ago

Why Does my BSH OC about Scratching?

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Millie scratches the carpet over and over whether she likes her food or not. She scratches for several times before using her litter box. She scratches to cover and jumps in over and over to scratch again.


r/britishshorthair 1d ago

Cleo and his purr cup - boy has cream on his eyebrows 😂

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r/britishshorthair 1d ago

I could watch her all day

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r/britishshorthair 6h ago

At a loss…

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I planned to adopt a British shorthair from a breeder at the end of this month. However, after I put the deposit down a week ago, they have been ignoring my emails requesting basic information like “what does he eat?” And “what kind of litter is he used to?”. It’s making me nervous. What do you all think I should do? Am I overthinking this?


r/britishshorthair 1d ago

her: 🍊•🍊

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her eyes are just SO orange. she’s my first cat so i never really realised, but everyone who sees her comments on her eyes. show me your babies w/ pretty eyes 🩷🩷


r/britishshorthair 1d ago

my lilac cat Leon on the walk 😺

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r/britishshorthair 1d ago

* “Queen of her tiny kingdom 👑🐱”

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My bsh and I are excited to welcome the start of September!


r/britishshorthair 1d ago

Nigel can’t find anything that fits his little paws

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r/britishshorthair 1d ago

Miss our sweet Luna

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We had to put our sweet Luna down after a short battle with cancer and kidney disease. We had her for 14 years and she'll be forever missed. 😥


r/britishshorthair 1d ago

Maru is finally home and purring up a storm!

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I'm surprised by how quickly she's taken to me. Not an ounce of shyness in her body. Immediately started purring in my arms and hasn't stopped since. Very similar to her older sister who was asleep on top of me the first night. Unfortunately these two aren't quite bonded yet (it's been 3 days haha) but we're taking it one day at a time.


r/britishshorthair 1d ago

Who else loves spoiling their BSH cat?

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I got my BSH kitten over 2 weeks ago and I can't stop buying toys and things for him. I have signed up for an expensive subscription with freshly cooked high meat food and great litter too. He eats better than me and I am spending all my money on him. 😄 My bank balance is taking a massive hit right now. 🙈


r/britishshorthair 1d ago

Je vous présente mon chat Shufu

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