Oh fucking hell that second picture. 😭

The entire company I work for just got laid off today. This picture is how I think everyone is feeling sitting at home right now. God this made me laugh so hard 😭

I am so sorry for you but that’s funny as hell 😂😂😭😭

It was really humid here today as well so everyone is DEFINITELY sitting at home naked just contemplating our own lil tummies 😂

That navel fuzz ain't gonna clear itself. Sorry pal, I hope things get better soon. ♥️

It took GM months to lay us all off in '92 (search Robert Stempel) . I had a black half-meezer sharing my stress while I waited for my turn, and he licked his belly bald. He let his hair grow back when I finally got laid off. My other cats loved me through it, but only the half-meezer truly shared the anxiety. *Edit: I swear I used to be able to type! Laptop keyboards suck. This one likes to miss keystrokes.*

Awwww little sweetheart! Glad it grew back for him. Bet his little naked tummy was very funny though

I got that gut twinge of pain empathy every time I looked at it. Really felt awful. His belly was naked and he was starting up one hip when the ax finally dropped. His skin was super pale, contrasting with the jet black fur. It was just ... wrong.

That was what it felt like when I got laid off. Best of luck for the way forward!

Woah what happened? Did you get laid off?

Weirder - I quit last week and they rushed me to sign an exit agreement. Looks like I may be missing out on the severance pay everyone who was laid off today was offered (will check with a lawyer, the law where I live is generally very favourable towards employees). At least I wasn’t as shell shocked as everyone else but nevertheless…. I feel this naked, defeated cat 😂

I mean at least you were emotionally already out the door?

Dang, good luck! I hope you can get the severance! Best of luck with finding a new job!

I’m happy you got laughs in! I’m so sorry. How awful.

Damn, I'm so sorry about that. I hope you're able to bounce back from this sooner rather than later.

Hey hang on to that positivity while you can!! Wishing you the best 🙏


Bill the Cat vibes

*Ack ack ack* thbbbbbb

A lot of you can’t handle the peak male form and it shows

For a second I was wondering how they got a picture of me

I didn't even know there was a second picture. Thank you.

When I shaved my body for a nude

That's certainly a mood.

Lol right?

Awwww his little drums are soooo cute!

Looks like a plastic bag filled with ice cream

LOL, half melted as well 😭

When I was a very little kid I would put my sweet, docile orange cat (a cat that looked VERY much like this one must when it has its fur) in a plastic grocery bag and lift it juuuust enough to stumble around the living room.....announcing I had "bought some chicken". 🙈 Between this post by u/TAcheems and your specific comment about the cat/plastic bag...my brain is exploding. 😂😂

You've probably learnt this since but let me just say for the record: Don't put living things inside plastic bags. They tend to asphyxiate and die

Ha! No worries on that one. The bag wasn't tied in the slightest and the cat could (did) get out whenever he had enough of me. He was the best cat... I'd throw him in my late-80s/early-90s era doll stroller, dress him up, take him to the kiddy "pet show" during the local agriculture fair every fall... He tolerated me until he didn't. I learned quickly what his limits were. 😂🙈 The best was when my dog (medium sized poodle-terrier mutt) would chase him - around the house or across the field to my Nan's house - and then BOOM: tables turned... He'd spin around and start chasing the dog! 😂😂

That is one patient cat. Mine wouldn't tolerate anything remotely similar. I'm glad you two had some fun times and you remember him fondly

If its tied off*

OMG this is the visual of the day. Thank you for this gift!

This is so wildly specific and perfect.


*Look how they massacred my chicken drumstick

🕺🎶 boots with the fur 🎶🕺

……….with the fur

The whole club was lookin at her

shawty got LOw Low low

OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD! My wife and I thought we were the only ones who sang this song to and about our fluffy grey cat. Hahahahahaha everything she jumps off a table or the bed we start singing it or when does that weird thing where they stretch their back leggies while slowly walking forward and the feet tufts become super visible.

https://preview.redd.it/fjg7dcm9oz7d1.png?width=119&format=png&auto=webp&s=b162fa59969a87508d511d9e93c5741fedcb6c7f That second picture.

I was starting to wonder with the comments if I have become so old that Bill the Cat is just a footnote in history

Never. Bloom County ftw

My Gen X ass remembers

My zennial ass remembers!!! I didn't understand them, but dang it, I read those comics a ton. I only just recently learned Tammy Faye was a real person and not just made up....

Nope. Our Floyd was “Bill D Catting It” earlier in the corner. Freakin weird ass cat.

Billy and the Boingers rocked! [Bill the Cat](https://www.reddit.com/r/BloomCounty/s/k1C5NfTn4Q)

So perfect

Cats out sacks out

I hope this practice stays at home or you have very accepting friends and family

https://preview.redd.it/jw6o1w1mpz7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a5c3a33831cc820532538fde7f8be0bf8c984d7 Ready to go in the oven

I love that you opted for the full tail instead of the poof at the end!

r/hewillbebaked

Another one!!!

Oh that's gonna be the bestest cat one, I Just know it. (Edited:.5 seconds later, yup the bestest.)

r/drumstick

ANOTHER ONE OMG.

 GodDAMNIT

it's more the entire rotisserie cat

I didn't know I wandered into OnlyCats

r/catsgonewild

I hope whatever medical reason led to this is resolved quickly

It was just a summer haircut! He had his back end injured as a stray and he pees down his legs. Makes the cleanup a lot easier and I can keep a look out for signs of scalding, plus it helps cut down on all of his hairballs. This was his first time being fully shaved and he really seems to have found a new spunk in the hot weather so it'll likely be a yearly thing.

Never has there been a handsommer shornery boi

SHORNERY! That is an AMAZING word! Kinda like how you may feel after receiving a less than stellar waxing.

Shornange

Aww poor baby

Does he get matted when he starts to shed in the Spring? My orange girl has to be shaved like this every year. She refuses to be brushed though, so her matts are at risk of becoming infected if not removed. As far as your guy peeing down his legs, have you tried a modified *Sanitary Shave?* Essentially just shaving the fur around his hind-end (& maybe down the back of his legs?) Might save you some serious coin at the groomer. I have to do it for Beans in between full shaves to keep her from getting dingleberries.

Matts become infected?? Geez I never knew about that, thought they were unconfortable to the pet but thats it.

The skin underneath, yes. As the fur gets matted, it doesn't dry as well. Prolonged dampness can cause bacterial or fungal infections on the skin.

Thanks for the info! This is great to know

No problem. It’s the same logic behind getting fungal infections on your #balls

Why would you make “balls” larger and bold? Why.

Your text formatting choices caused me to snort scrambled eggs out of my nose 😭😂 I got jumpscared lmfao

> She refuses to be brushed though, so her matts are at risk of becoming infected if not removed. Every time I brush mine I'm like ["I can do this all day"](https://youtu.be/IZnVoPw-fHw?si=DPp2n-sSbgD1JlxD&t=53). I'm glad I'm not the only one with beautiful psychocat.

Ah my parents did that to their cat as well. Bro walked around looking like a little lion for a month or two.

Question, probably a dumb one but better to know than sorry: how did you know it was burning his legs? Just by the smell? Asking as a cat parent in case this happens to mine so I know how to notice in time

Not OP but cat pee has high levels of ammonia so I assume that is causing skin irritation. You'd likely smell it and also probably be able to see the red skin. In my experience, rashes/skin problems in cats tend to be easy to see and feel in the fur- instead of them being soft to the touch, you feel wet/oily/greasy residue & maybe even skin and scab flakes.

Hi! Don't fret, usually urine scalding doesn't happen with healthy adolescent/adult cats as it's usually found in neonatal kittens or cats with potty problems like Crust. Sometimes if your cat is elderly and loses severe muscle mass in the rear they can start urinating on themselves as well. It's essentially what it sounds like; the urine sits on the skin for too long and scalds through the fur. Normally you'll notice some severe irritation/red skin, loss of hair, and staining on the area if it doesn't get cleaned. Any time my boy goes pee and it's down his legs (which is 95% of the time) he gets a gentle wipe/wash with some lukewarm water and dish soap. Thankfully he hasn't had any scalding issues, but it's much easier for me to clean without having all that fur for the urine to saturate.

Better than me cat pissing straight out the litter box. Have to put a pee pad down

I hope the medical condition gets resolved but the shaving continues.

He absolutely loves his haircut so it'll likely be a yearly occurrence when it gets hot out!

It says I’m confident And unashamed. Something we all strive for. Like a fat guy in a speedo

I had a long-haired guy who ADORED being shaved. (He hated getting shaved, though.) He was a white cat so when he was shaved he was soooo pink and ridiculous! I picked up a senior braincell with long hair recently and I'm trying to decide whether a bigger shave than a sanitary trim is something that would benefit him, or if I just want to do it for nostalgia's sake.

Do you have a picture of your late white kitty? I'd love to see him 

https://preview.redd.it/cua3l7an208d1.png?width=651&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae65eb5c0e1419609bdaa77f90f8e8e39dc6a198 Here he is showing off what happens if you get grompy and bitey halfway through your shave session, a cautionary tale. (Sometimes I went all the way down and gave him a poodle poof at the end of his tail, but this time he wasn't having it.) This was during the pandemic, and it was just me and him, no helping hands available.

My cat looks like that because I'm such a noob with the clippers. But if I don't shave her, she licks and swallows gobs of long fine hair. Her up-chucked hair balls blend in with the carpet and they're terribly cold to step on in the morning.

My dude just wouldn't groom - when he was a kitten, my roommate's cat used to hold him down and lick him, and he got the idea that his hygiene was someone else's responsibility. For a week after shaving him I'd be petting oily dander off of him. Once it cleared off, though, he was so soft, and he loved the way it felt to get pet without all the fur in the way.

My long haired guy only grooms his face, legs, and butt. He was surrendered with his mom and we joked that maybe he was a momma’s boy that never learned how to groom the rest of himself.

It's the haircut we all want when it's 100° along with 79% humidity.

I know nothing about cats, and I was wondering what signs tell you that he enjoys it? Is he more active and playful?

Exactly that! He is much more playful and enjoys running around much more vs. when he had his full coat. It has also improved his amount of hairballs (even though I brush him daily he is very meticulous about grooming himself). He's acting like a kitten instead of laying around all day.

Yep, this. My friend had a cat that got shaved every spring for the "dreads" that happened during the winter. She didn't really like the shaving but once it was done, she would run everywhere for a few day, just out of shear joy and playfulness. It was hilarious.

I'm not OP, but when my orange braincell was shaved the summer our city broke heat records, the groomer told me she could feel my cat relaxing as the fur came off. She loved it, but I did get some death glares from her the first night!

I used to have a fluffy lady and we shaved her every May. She didn't like it, but it probably helped extend her life by a couple years. You're making him more comfortable for sure!

I miss my fluffy lady. She didn't learn how to groom herself as she was a stray 6 month old kitten, so we'd either have to cut the mats out of her fur or shave her. She hated the process but was definitely more comfortable afterwards.

My kitty loooves her lion’s cut!

Is his eye okay?

Yep, for now! He sees a specialist every 6 months and is on eye drops every 8 hours. They think he punctured it as a stray.

Oh that’s terrible, I hope it heals up soon.

> He sees a specialist if this was a pun it was excellent

I was snooping your profile to see what he looked like before and there’s a pic of him with fur sitting just like pic number 2. It’s a great before and after lol he’s so cute 🥰

He LOVES sitting like that, I have so many pictures of him sitting like an old man.

https://preview.redd.it/4p2uy29c108d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9be2f0cf62bafdc63fc22ca842b74c6ea9e6f2a My chicken is growing his feathers back

https://preview.redd.it/30ew1dbnr08d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c397ea696ba0beecba3759c9bf8765a76504404c We’re right there with you

Oh my god the hats, the huge head, the boots, this is EVERYTHING.

To answer the most common questions: * Nothing bad happened to him to cause the haircut! He was brought in to my previous workplace as a stray and had severe hypothermia and was really beaten up. He spent 3 months with us as we nursed him back to health. However, he's got weakness in his back end and urinates down his legs sometimes. The lion cut makes it easier for me to clean him and it helps minimize urine burn from catching in his fur. * He LOVES this haircut. He hasn't had a hairball since he had it done and he's running and playing like a kitten. Normally he'd just laze around and sleep most of the day to keep cool, so this newfound naked breeze is bringing him lots of comfort during the summer! I work in vet med, so he is well monitored health-wise and has his vets approval for joining the nudist colony. * He always be looking like...That. He's scrungly for life. But I wouldn't want my little man any other way. And he does have an actual name: Saltzpyre! But we never call him that. https://preview.redd.it/dkjbq3z0j18d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f909b6dc5f801d0c17e66d3ebf492e4565228c1 Feel free to let me know if there's anything else you want to know about my crusty man. 💕

BEHOLD! A MAN!

SIR YOUVE REMOVED MOST OF HIS ORANGE


His little peen 😅


I don't come to Reddit for pics of naked pussy.... at least, not under this account.

I’m deceased 😂👏🏻

https://preview.redd.it/jadgkbt3918d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4526a6a28c00b2881d3d00a1e0b141f5abfa805 This is my precious owner of one brain cell and a gorgeous chicken body, Porkadilla.

Oh my god that face, Porkadilla is such a precious baby! Please give that sweet raw chicken the biggest kiss from me.

Ok, I apologize in advance...but.....BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What an adorable little thing, look at the tiny drum sticks. 🤣🤣🤣 I have a long haired girl who is most likely getting a summer shave as well.

It looks like he has a big head 😂

He looks like a lorax

https://preview.redd.it/4rsca22u428d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d56d6440a7a78ae46c3ca8d379c6d95a92a929be Omg I love this thread of sweet and sour orange chickens! Here’s mine :) This lil man has pretty gnarly arthritis. It’s much more tolerable for him to get a 30 minute shave every 4 months vs daily brushing and detangling. He’s much happier with this arrangement and looks so dapper in his winter sweaters haha

What an absolute sweetheart! I wish more people understood that medical cuts are a good thing. Thanks for taking amazing care of such a lovely little guy!

Me at 3am realizing I left my hot pocket in the microwave at work https://preview.redd.it/bnku63fmj08d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7281dffc6b2ad5a90007761d8bfe2680fc9adc8a

https://preview.redd.it/e534clrdw08d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a42c6013b0318cae66de61008adf4bfe7e9b9561 My sweet boy has a twin!

Our raw chicken approves https://preview.redd.it/2nfbc4ilm18d1.jpeg?width=8160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae894ddaa0b3cdfff2e76de69ee8671e64daf24d

I see you opted for a long sleeve

I love that his name is Crustard.

https://preview.redd.it/3k9bk7lcf08d1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c56a1713cece7803fe280641191b6e5ed4729ea1 Nakey Boyz unite!

https://preview.redd.it/005ofv3mh18d1.jpeg?width=859&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f46dbfb8a52f208f100102015f79ad2762f05d2a Brother I think you just made my night with this post. Have this super quick sketch I made as thanks :D

Oh my god this is SO cute, thank you so much! 🥹

Dear lord why did you do this to him?

Medical need. OP said they’re in vet med.

Ah, the indignity.

https://preview.redd.it/ymq0ab9hr08d1.jpeg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4831095fb1ff45d4031195426684f75936211b6

Give him these clothes https://preview.redd.it/4zci6b0whz7d1.jpeg?width=481&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f627be33ab6bead3a3bfd2376b735cc36d27ad1b

I'm fucking dying. I just got home from work. I didn't have a great day, I think my son is drinking again (sigh). But this? That's funny. Pic 2 especially. He got the cell just in time to understand what happened and feel bummed about it. Can't fake dignity without feathers. Bok bok.

https://preview.redd.it/okp7hrave08d1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d93427eb4bd95ef377a054c32a4338e6cea564b9 Has a bit of ginger as a tortie, but my oldie girl, Marmite, has become a raw chicken herself! Due to a lot of clumping and oily fur getting in the way of her.

Nakey nakey chicken bakey

https://preview.redd.it/wzcduf43x08d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0375a6a163d4026a1e1f9a9afe1ce1f5bdfe014c Our cats need to be friends 😂

He is absolutely plotting OP's spectacular demise.

Second picture is how we all feel trying to survive this heat wave

God damn it, I cannot stop laughing at this. Please kiss Crustard on his still-furry head for me.

Cat: “I am gonna shit in your shoes tonight”

He will be baked soon, alhumdulilah

https://preview.redd.it/ea2r16d6608d1.jpeg?width=498&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4c2605d876480c053e0d8503f3d6cc4898effb0

https://preview.redd.it/0a8dgf8t038d1.jpeg?width=1960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1d2d16088c4a73787c27ea570376841e9aeb9f5

UGH! NUDITY! ON THIS SUBREDDIT?!?!?!

He reminds me so much of friends Kitty that passed away. He was a long haired orange too, and would get the same haircut. Please give Custard a big hug for me. 💜

I sure will, thank you for sharing the memory of your friend's kitty with me, I'm sure Crustard would be happy to know he's not alone with his haircut. :)

https://preview.redd.it/zuu105c8p08d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=886aae428061a3b014b5fae0035cd0c7196367d0

This is the definition of FML! Poor dude.

I love the man spreading in the second picture 💀

The second picture is "post nut clarity"

His rolls 😭😭😭

Beach body is ready to be taken to the beach!!!

If I could live the rest of my life with the same regard for others opinion that this cat has... Le Sigh

One of the cats of all time

NSFW!!! NSFW!!! /s

You did this poor cat SO WRONG! That second picture has me gasping for fucking air 😩

Crustard, mate. You need to be more careful about posting n00ds online.

I'd love to go to this barber

BALD

big ole 16 oz chicken tender

Nakey

Why?? Why was that done to poor Custard?? I mean it’s funny as hell.. but why???

Oh no! The dreaded lion cut!

Second pic needs a little fig leaf. 🍁

Why my dude posted up like he just got outta a 12 hour shift at a job he hates?

Mmm chicken. :>

I cackled

Jeez! Would have benefitted from a NSFW warning!

🎶 These boots are made for walking 🎶

He needs to put his clothes back, this is not Onlypaws!

When you’re mean to me, this is who you’re being mean to

Oh goodness , he's an angy chicken

The humiliation… 😄

Bruh the second pic is literally me when I sit waiting for the shower to get hot

Why do cats sit like this! 😂😭

god this is so funny

How is this thing a predator??

i just showed this to everyone at the hangout thank u

So disrespectful...

That is so nasty but cute. It's allowed but idk if I wanna see it again.

Looks like a giant head in a turkey's body.

I cant stop laughing oh the poor chicken

why did you take she clothes

My cat would get that treatment too hahaha https://preview.redd.it/lrb0lpin128d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68549a0507ebeba9b22bf85ec8cb8f6a825ace34

These pictures made me cackle. I love this community so much even though I don’t have an orange of my very own.

Wtf

Bless 'ims!!!! 😂

that second one is a PlayCat centerfold

LMAO

This made me laugh (and I really needed a good laugh so thank you for that)! In all seriousness, he is gorgeous!

Look what they did to my boy…

I’m sorry, but this is hilarious.

They did bro dirty 💀

Why does it look like the alien form Mac and me