Is your pet on Instagram? April 13, 2018 12:55 PM Subscribe
It's time for a roll call of the social-media inclined pets of Metafilter!
neither of my cats has their own instagram but mine is about 90% pictures of them. does that count?
posted by supermedusa at 1:44 PM on April 13, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by supermedusa at 1:44 PM on April 13, 2018 [6 favorites]
Anyway, I can't be bothered to maintain spare accounts for 'em but my account does frequently feature animals that I have known.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:46 PM on April 13, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:46 PM on April 13, 2018 [5 favorites]
Yes! Show us those kitties!
posted by zeusianfog at 1:46 PM on April 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by zeusianfog at 1:46 PM on April 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
Herbert and Bellatrix my sweet babies, I love them so much!
posted by supermedusa at 1:49 PM on April 13, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by supermedusa at 1:49 PM on April 13, 2018 [4 favorites]
Gigi and Cal are regular guest stars on my Instagram.. (My now departed Schro, who you all very kindly advised me about in his last months, features in some earlier pictures if you scroll back a bit.)
We’re in discussions about whether we are ready to fill the third-cat hole in our hearts. If we do, I’m certain Cat X will feature on the Instagram prominently.
posted by Stacey at 2:25 PM on April 13, 2018 [8 favorites]
We’re in discussions about whether we are ready to fill the third-cat hole in our hearts. If we do, I’m certain Cat X will feature on the Instagram prominently.
posted by Stacey at 2:25 PM on April 13, 2018 [8 favorites]
My insta was all dog pics anyway so I just handed it over to them. Mefites, please meet Maybellene and McKenzie, two very sweet black labs living the good life in Maine.
posted by donnagirl at 2:26 PM on April 13, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by donnagirl at 2:26 PM on April 13, 2018 [6 favorites]
Blu is my totally adorable greyhound, who would love all of you. I haven't checked but I think he has nearly as many followers as I do.
posted by A Robot Ninja at 2:31 PM on April 13, 2018 [14 favorites]
posted by A Robot Ninja at 2:31 PM on April 13, 2018 [14 favorites]
Beans doesn't have her own account but she's been on Twitter. She was also featured on Cute Overload when she was a teeny tiny baby.
posted by saladin at 3:39 PM on April 13, 2018 [8 favorites]
posted by saladin at 3:39 PM on April 13, 2018 [8 favorites]
Holy shit I had never seen the comments section on that Cute Overload post. They're... something.
posted by saladin at 3:42 PM on April 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by saladin at 3:42 PM on April 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
Ollie and Murphy are regulars on my Instagram. They don’t have their own because then I’d likely lose all my likes.
posted by kimberussell at 3:54 PM on April 13, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by kimberussell at 3:54 PM on April 13, 2018 [4 favorites]
Wait, I must have seen them because I responded. Jeez, aging is terrible.
posted by saladin at 4:07 PM on April 13, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by saladin at 4:07 PM on April 13, 2018 [3 favorites]
Mine is pretty much only pictures of my cats and guinea pigs. There's some occasional knitting in there, too.
posted by sarcasticah at 4:53 PM on April 13, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by sarcasticah at 4:53 PM on April 13, 2018 [5 favorites]
This boy is coming over for scritches as we speak.
posted by MrBobinski at 5:39 PM on April 13, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by MrBobinski at 5:39 PM on April 13, 2018 [5 favorites]
I am or will shortly be following all of you, thx in advance.
My Instagram is a good 70% pictures of my herd.
posted by Fig at 6:19 PM on April 13, 2018 [4 favorites]
My Instagram is a good 70% pictures of my herd.
posted by Fig at 6:19 PM on April 13, 2018 [4 favorites]
My Dixon Is a career-changed Leader Dog puppy and is the main subject on my Instagram.
posted by notaninja at 6:54 PM on April 13, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by notaninja at 6:54 PM on April 13, 2018 [3 favorites]
My non-MeFi partner helps him post, but here's Tucker.
posted by hwyengr at 7:35 PM on April 13, 2018
posted by hwyengr at 7:35 PM on April 13, 2018
Harper, my big goofy cow-spotted cat, posts as @mr_harpotato!
posted by capricorn at 7:43 PM on April 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by capricorn at 7:43 PM on April 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
My personal instagram @fuzbal has been mostly taken over by my dog Peter.
Thinking back on it, my dog history corresponds to the Three Ages of internet photoblogging. Peter is an instagram dog, Samson was big on flickr, and Tikko was hand-edited HTML.
posted by moonmilk at 8:57 PM on April 13, 2018 [3 favorites]
Thinking back on it, my dog history corresponds to the Three Ages of internet photoblogging. Peter is an instagram dog, Samson was big on flickr, and Tikko was hand-edited HTML.
posted by moonmilk at 8:57 PM on April 13, 2018 [3 favorites]
https://www.assistantcat.com
He hasn't kept up his blog but he's thinking about getting back into it.
posted by b33j at 9:23 PM on April 13, 2018
He hasn't kept up his blog but he's thinking about getting back into it.
posted by b33j at 9:23 PM on April 13, 2018
Mine is about 90% cats and dogs, along with other residents of animal cafes and petting zoos in Japan. Including capybaras from time to time.
posted by Umami Dearest at 10:05 PM on April 13, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Umami Dearest at 10:05 PM on April 13, 2018 [2 favorites]
My instagram is all Annie. She is a happy dog. Come say hello!
posted by mochapickle at 10:56 PM on April 13, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by mochapickle at 10:56 PM on April 13, 2018 [2 favorites]
Toki (Wartooth) and Cooper(nicus) They make me laugh every day.
posted by rhythm and booze at 11:43 PM on April 13, 2018
posted by rhythm and booze at 11:43 PM on April 13, 2018
Here are photos of me and my enormous koala! His name is Koala.
posted by batter_my_heart at 11:53 PM on April 13, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by batter_my_heart at 11:53 PM on April 13, 2018 [2 favorites]
My cat Lola doesn't have an Instagram account of her own. Photos of her can, however, be found under the tag #kattenlola.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 12:35 AM on April 14, 2018
posted by soundofsuburbia at 12:35 AM on April 14, 2018
maggie Is too busy getting her doctorate in napping to have her own instagram. So I oblige.
posted by From Bklyn at 12:52 AM on April 14, 2018
posted by From Bklyn at 12:52 AM on April 14, 2018
all teh puppers!! And kitties! I have followed you!
My big floof Kanoko turns ten this year and is on my Instagram, as is his adopted tortie sister.
posted by fraula at 3:14 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
My big floof Kanoko turns ten this year and is on my Instagram, as is his adopted tortie sister.
posted by fraula at 3:14 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
Cats! Thank you! I am feeling sorry for myself with a cold and needed these. My cat is not on Instagram but appears on my blog sometimes: here and here and here and here.
posted by paduasoy at 4:14 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by paduasoy at 4:14 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
Here are friend's cats who are on Instagram.
maurice, your link is not working for me.
posted by paduasoy at 4:25 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
maurice, your link is not working for me.
posted by paduasoy at 4:25 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
My instagram is about 40% this perfect little fella Truman.
posted by phunniemee at 4:54 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by phunniemee at 4:54 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
Mine is mostly my pets and kitties from the shelter where I volunteer.
posted by Bistyfrass at 5:07 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Bistyfrass at 5:07 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
My instagram feed is like 90-95% Dodger, and he has a hashtag too.
posted by obfuscation at 5:29 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by obfuscation at 5:29 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
My Instagram is mostly nature photography, but my family's dog makes an occasional appearance. Here he is looking pleased with himself after finding part of a deer in the woods. Here he is at not exactly his most noble and majestic.
There was also that time when I bought my cat a very expensive, ultralight, down-filled cat cave which she likes so much that it actually just lives on my bed now when I'm not using it.
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 7:48 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
There was also that time when I bought my cat a very expensive, ultralight, down-filled cat cave which she likes so much that it actually just lives on my bed now when I'm not using it.
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 7:48 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
(To link a specific picture, tap the three dots in the upper-right corner of the pic, tap Share, and then tap Copy Link which is at the bottom of the list of options presented. Then make your link in MetaFilter as normal.)
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 9:10 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 9:10 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
Instagram's desktop functionality is intentionally limited for bad reasons. However, if you right click a photo in your account's main page and select "open in new tab," you will get a page for that picture that has a URL you can post here.
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 9:25 AM on April 14, 2018
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 9:25 AM on April 14, 2018
Thanks for the shoutout.
In addition to Shakedown's account, I'm also the InternationalHouseSitter account, which is mostly pictures of architecture, but also features photos of some of my clients: dogs (Reesie, Rolo, Cookie, Bailey, Buster) , cats (Muffin, Lucy, Blanche, Nina), donkeys, chickens, as well as various strays, guard dogs, and wild things I encounter along the way.
posted by dobbs at 10:55 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
In addition to Shakedown's account, I'm also the InternationalHouseSitter account, which is mostly pictures of architecture, but also features photos of some of my clients: dogs (Reesie, Rolo, Cookie, Bailey, Buster) , cats (Muffin, Lucy, Blanche, Nina), donkeys, chickens, as well as various strays, guard dogs, and wild things I encounter along the way.
posted by dobbs at 10:55 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
I love this!
My instagram is about 75 percent pics of James Bond.
posted by leesh at 11:03 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
My instagram is about 75 percent pics of James Bond.
posted by leesh at 11:03 AM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
Dr Buzzard doesn't have his own account, but features heavily in mine!
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 11:03 AM on April 14, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 11:03 AM on April 14, 2018 [4 favorites]
My dog most certainly has his own instagram and looks forward to meeting the other pets of metafilter!
posted by snaw at 11:57 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by snaw at 11:57 AM on April 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
yup. Leopold Regulus Potter has an Instragram account.
posted by terrapin at 3:20 PM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by terrapin at 3:20 PM on April 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
Lucifer and Frederick the Literate (AKA Freddie, AKA the Fredinator) are the current stars of my account, although the profile image is of the late Sophia and the late Amelia shows up a lot earlier on.
posted by metaquarry at 4:29 PM on April 14, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by metaquarry at 4:29 PM on April 14, 2018 [3 favorites]
He doesn't have his own instagram, but he probably should, because I just can't stop taking pictures of Remy the Chiweiner. He's offensively cute.
Pictures of our other dog, Pilar Superstar, as well, and some knitting.
posted by Squeak Attack at 8:26 PM on April 14, 2018 [4 favorites]
Pictures of our other dog, Pilar Superstar, as well, and some knitting.
posted by Squeak Attack at 8:26 PM on April 14, 2018 [4 favorites]
I actually run a DC-based cat rescue’s instagram - feel free to follow @citykittiesdc for very cute cats and quality puns. they’re all my babies.
posted by kerning at 10:11 PM on April 14, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by kerning at 10:11 PM on April 14, 2018 [4 favorites]
Baby is the rescue maltipoo that makes up the bulk of my IG posts and she loves you!
Recently I've been posting #meficardclub pix so it is mostly cards and dog all the way down.
posted by danabanana at 5:54 AM on April 15, 2018 [2 favorites]
Recently I've been posting #meficardclub pix so it is mostly cards and dog all the way down.
posted by danabanana at 5:54 AM on April 15, 2018 [2 favorites]
I was walking down the business district avenue near my house yesterday and saw this cat hanging out in a basement window and then saw that she had her own hashtag: #ethelonwestern
posted by octothorpe at 6:20 AM on April 15, 2018
posted by octothorpe at 6:20 AM on April 15, 2018
Digging through my archives, I found a picture that I'd taken last year of #ethelonwestern and posted that.
posted by octothorpe at 7:47 AM on April 15, 2018
posted by octothorpe at 7:47 AM on April 15, 2018
Um yeah, so, in trying to find a pic of my cat on my insta using her name, Ms Kitty, as a hashtag, I discovered that there is a lot of, er, soft porn on the 'gram, especially under the #misskitty hashtag. So I'll just link one of my photos of our Ms Kitty here.
posted by Lynsey at 12:19 PM on April 15, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Lynsey at 12:19 PM on April 15, 2018 [1 favorite]
Pet thread!
It's coming up on 4 years since I lost my best friend Fritzie, So here:
Fritz was awesome.
Fritz sleeping on my desk.
Fritz is serious cat.
Fritz was a very patient cat.
Of course, even the most serious kitty has his party moments.
Seriously, Fritzie was my bedmate and greeter. If I was on the couch watching TV or something, he was always to be found perched on my hip. When I'd come home from a road trip he was there to intertwine through my legs and purr so loudly you could hear him a room away.
My pal could be intense when stalking something.
Fritz was loyal and protective, odd traits for a cat. When I was ill with the systemic infection from the spider bite, Fritz would. not. leave. my. side. To the point that his food and water had to be brought into where I was.
Don't ever try to tell me I didn't for 14 years, have the best cat the world has ever known. When I took him to the vet the last time, I was so distraught that I was literally incapacitated for a week. Every once in a while I find something to remind me of him, and get all weepy.
Companions like that only come along once. Be kind to and love your furry friends, because you don't know how long you'll have them.
posted by pjern at 4:48 AM on April 16, 2018 [6 favorites]
It's coming up on 4 years since I lost my best friend Fritzie, So here:
Fritz was awesome.
Fritz sleeping on my desk.
Fritz is serious cat.
Fritz was a very patient cat.
Of course, even the most serious kitty has his party moments.
Seriously, Fritzie was my bedmate and greeter. If I was on the couch watching TV or something, he was always to be found perched on my hip. When I'd come home from a road trip he was there to intertwine through my legs and purr so loudly you could hear him a room away.
My pal could be intense when stalking something.
Fritz was loyal and protective, odd traits for a cat. When I was ill with the systemic infection from the spider bite, Fritz would. not. leave. my. side. To the point that his food and water had to be brought into where I was.
Don't ever try to tell me I didn't for 14 years, have the best cat the world has ever known. When I took him to the vet the last time, I was so distraught that I was literally incapacitated for a week. Every once in a while I find something to remind me of him, and get all weepy.
Companions like that only come along once. Be kind to and love your furry friends, because you don't know how long you'll have them.
posted by pjern at 4:48 AM on April 16, 2018 [6 favorites]
My girlfriend's cat Arwyn (the world's best cat, incidentally) is on Twitter at @BestCatArwyn. The other cats in the clowder (Furi and Emma) make appearances too along with occasional special guest cats.
Bonus favorite pictures of Arwyn who is, I remind you, the world's best cat: 1 | 2 | 3 (my favorite pic of all)
posted by Servo5678 at 5:10 AM on April 16, 2018 [2 favorites]
Bonus favorite pictures of Arwyn who is, I remind you, the world's best cat: 1 | 2 | 3 (my favorite pic of all)
posted by Servo5678 at 5:10 AM on April 16, 2018 [2 favorites]
I have an account for my cat, Molly. She's 15 and has recently developed some health issues, and it brought home to me for the first time that she may not be around much longer. The result of my anxiety is that I'm documenting as much of our time together now as possible, via her instragram account, which means at least one post per day. (Although she mostly just sleeps.)
posted by Fish Sauce at 9:43 AM on April 16, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Fish Sauce at 9:43 AM on April 16, 2018 [2 favorites]
Personal cats, foster cats, cats owned by people I know... I post a lot of cats on my instagram here, especially the remaining three of the litter my girlfriend and I rescued last August.
posted by possibilityleft at 4:43 AM on April 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by possibilityleft at 4:43 AM on April 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
Our kitty and her gigantic mittenpaws are on Instagram!
posted by prewar lemonade at 7:56 AM on April 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by prewar lemonade at 7:56 AM on April 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
I don't have any pets of my own, so I make do with other people's animals and take cute pictures of them on my animal devoted Instagram here!
posted by astapasta24 at 9:02 PM on April 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by astapasta24 at 9:02 PM on April 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
This is my ridiculously tiny dog, Ruby, who I like to refer to as "a hamster that I take out for walks when she feels like it."
posted by Fuego at 10:39 AM on April 18, 2018
posted by Fuego at 10:39 AM on April 18, 2018
My Instagram has a lot of baby pictures right now, but my cats and dog and various other family pets (also pets I meet on the street!) take up a lot of real estate. Also there's a lot of art stuff.
posted by PussKillian at 2:57 PM on April 18, 2018
posted by PussKillian at 2:57 PM on April 18, 2018
Muffin has his own FB page - I keep hoping he'll be Alex the Honk famous some day :) Nuffin But Muffin
posted by Calzephyr at 4:05 PM on April 18, 2018
posted by Calzephyr at 4:05 PM on April 18, 2018
My good dog Jack has been gone for almost 5 years now. He was a really good pupper and the best friend I've ever had. I lost him cruelly and I miss him everyday.
Please do not be concerned, friends, if I follow all of you and like all of your furbaby pics. I am not stalking you. I'm just crushing on your babies. I haven't had so many consecutive moments of joy in, oh, about 18 months.
Thank you, friends, for sharing your furjoy with us. Thanks to zeusianfog for this post!
posted by blessedlyndie at 7:45 PM on April 18, 2018 [4 favorites]
Please do not be concerned, friends, if I follow all of you and like all of your furbaby pics. I am not stalking you. I'm just crushing on your babies. I haven't had so many consecutive moments of joy in, oh, about 18 months.
Thank you, friends, for sharing your furjoy with us. Thanks to zeusianfog for this post!
posted by blessedlyndie at 7:45 PM on April 18, 2018 [4 favorites]
I have an instagram account dedicated to my cat and how she is often casually just sort of right next to me.
posted by angelchrys at 5:32 PM on April 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by angelchrys at 5:32 PM on April 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
My two pups are at Licorice & Black Jack.
posted by pixiecrinkle at 11:51 AM on May 2, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by pixiecrinkle at 11:51 AM on May 2, 2018 [1 favorite]
My aforementioned raison d'être Fergus has his own instagram (and also inevitably appears regularly on mine too)
posted by churl at 7:58 PM on May 7, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by churl at 7:58 PM on May 7, 2018 [2 favorites]
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Also Pawin'?
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:56 PM on April 13, 2018 [3 favorites]