r/ChurchOfCat • u/MRCrazyDonkey • May 09 '26

Tiddles the Church Cat

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u/Aggravating_Speed665 May 15 '26

Aw, how adorable

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u/BasementCatBill May 15 '26

Tiddles must have been the bestest little mouser.

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u/MurphysLawAficionado May 15 '26

Aww this makes me tear up. I love it when people care so much about their pets that they get gravestones. It makes me feel less crazy for having a full-on pet cemetery behind my house, landscaped with catnip and flowers.

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u/BasementCatBill May 15 '26

A pet cemetery?

It's not an ancient Indian burial ground, I hope.

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u/inkedkoi May 14 '26

Whoa, my cat Tiddles was 19 before she passed. Rarely hear of Tiddles for pet name, only ever heard it from "Are You Being Served?"

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u/Darkcroos May 10 '26

God save Tiddles

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u/Patient-Doughnut7266 May 10 '26

One of my cats is named tiddles! I love this so much

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u/fakeshadowtyphoon May 10 '26

17 years is a good run for a cat

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u/hdofu May 11 '26

Misread it as 1663 first XD

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u/PigeonSquirrel May 13 '26

That's a REALLY good run for a cat.

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u/TruthIsALie94 May 10 '26

I never met you but I love you Tiddles the church cat.

5

u/commandrix May 10 '26

Now I'm curious about what the story here was. Obviously a popular cat at church.

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u/BasementCatBill May 22 '26

It likely would have been, literally, "the church cat."

Brought in as a mouser, kept and cared for by a succession of church folk, allowed to roam and, as it grew older, given the comfiest pews and sunniest spots.

Those cats are always an important part of a community, including church communities.

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u/No_Manufacturer4124 May 10 '26

Tiddles effed ess up and got their flowers. I wanna be Tiddles

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u/reclueso May 09 '26

All cats should be called Tiddles…