Cat Birthday Gifts and Gotcha Day Gifts

Cat birthday gifts with a sense of humor

Your cat will spend their birthday the way they spend every day: napping, then sitting in the box instead of playing with what came in it. The party is really for the people, and these cat birthday gifts lean into that. Each one is made from a photo of the birthday cat, with the name and, on many designs, the age.

Mugs and a tumbler

The Cat Birthday Comic Strip Mug tells the story in three panels: the cat stares at a wrapped gift, sits in the empty box, then ignores the gift entirely. It is the cat birthday mug for anyone who has lived it. The Papel Picado Cat Birthday Tumbler adds cut-paper banners, confetti and the age on a round badge. More in custom cat mugs.

Something to wear

The Cat Birthday Comic Panel T-Shirt bursts your cat through a pop-art panel in a party hat, with "It's My Birthday, Human!" in a speech bubble and the name and age in the caption box. Find every cat birthday shirt and more in custom cat shirts.

For the wall and the couch

The Cat Birthday Newspaper Front Page Print puts your cat on the front page of "The Daily Purr" under a giant headline, with silly side stories and the birthday in the date line. The Talavera Cat Birthday Ceramic Tile sets the cat in a circle of painted folk flowers, and the Papel Picado Cat Birthday Lumbar Pillow reads "5 Years of Purrs" or whatever your count is. See more cat home decor.

Gotcha Day gifts for rescue cats

Gotcha Day is the anniversary of the day your cat joined the family. Many rescue cats arrive with no known birthday, so this is the date their people celebrate. Good gotcha day gifts tell that story.

Every design on this page can mark the homecoming instead of the birthday. Type the adoption date or the years since your cat came home where the design has a date or age:

• The newspaper front page print carries any date in the line under the masthead, so it can report the day your cat moved in.
• The Papel Picado Cat Birthday Lumbar Pillow counts the years, as in "3 Years of Purrs", which works just as well for an adoption anniversary.
• For a smaller cat adoption anniversary gift, the Papel Picado Cat Birthday Tumbler can show the years since your cat came home.

For the cat, keep it simple: a new toy, a long play session or a small portion of a cat-safe treat. Skip the human cake. Our cat Gotcha Day ideas cover the day itself.

How our cat birthday gifts are made

1. Choose a design and upload a photo of the cat, up to 6 photos per item.
2. Type the name, age or date, then see a free AI preview. It is an illustration only, so check the text carefully; we print exactly what you type.
3. Our designers prepare the final artwork from your original photo and check it by hand.
4. We make it to order in about 3–5 business days; most orders arrive within 8–12 business days. Free standard shipping on every US order.

Sizes and the right photo

• Mug: 11 oz or 15 oz, printed on both sides. Tumbler: 20 oz with a clear lid and a reusable straw.
• T-shirt: unisex S to 2XL.
• Framed print: 8" x 10", 12" x 16" or 18" x 24". Ceramic tile: 6" x 6" or 8" x 8", shown on a small wire easel. Lumbar pillow: 12" x 20".

A sharp daylight photo at the cat's eye level gives the best print. Our photo guidelines show what works.

Gifts for the cat's people

Buying for a friend whose cat is turning ten? A personalized cat birthday gift is really a gift to the owner: proof that you remember the cat's name, age and big day. For presents about the people themselves, see our cat mom gifts and cat dad gifts. Planning a small get-together? Our cat birthday party ideas keep it calm and cat-safe.

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