Funny Gift Ideas for Cat Lovers: Because Your Cat Deserves the Throne

Buying a gift for a cat lover is simultaneously the easiest and hardest thing in the world. Easy because cat lovers are passionate, vocal and very clear about what they love. Hard because they already own approximately 47 cat-themed items and have seen every generic "Cat Mum" product the internet has to offer.

What they haven't seen is something truly, brilliantly ridiculous. That's where we come in.

1. A Custom Cat Toilet Portrait (The Gift Nobody Saw Coming)

Picture this: their cat. Sitting on a toilet. Looking absolutely disgusted about it — which, if you know cats, is basically their resting face anyway.

At Toilet Wags we create custom artist-created portraits of pets on the throne, and cat people absolutely lose it over these. Cats already act like they own every room in the house. Putting them on a porcelain throne is simply acknowledging the truth.

Create a custom digital pet portrait. The current ToiletWags offer is a custom digital portrait created by human artists for CAD $29.99, with one revision included. We aim to email the artwork within 12 hours after payment confirmation; this is an estimate, not a guaranteed deadline. Printing and framing are arranged separately.

2. A "Cat Tax" Photo Wall

The cat tax is sacred internet law — the requirement to produce photographic evidence of your cat at any given moment. Help a cat lover honour this tradition properly by printing and framing a grid of their best cat photos. Add a custom Toilet Wags portrait as the star of the display and you've got a personalised, genuinely thoughtful gift that looks like it cost three times what it did.

3. A Cat Lover's Survival Kit

Cat ownership comes with specific occupational hazards. Build them a hamper of essentials: a heavy-duty lint roller (cat hair is eternal), some fancy cat treats for the overlord in question, a cosy pair of socks with their cat's face on them, and a printed custom Toilet Wags portrait to round it off. Funny, personal and actually useful — the holy trinity of good gifting.

4. A Book That Gets It

There's a whole genre of books written for people who are, let's say, deeply devoted to their cats. The ones that poke gentle fun at the one-sided relationship cat owners willingly enter into — where the cat contributes nothing, demands everything, and is rewarded with premium food and a heated blanket. Cat lovers find these hysterical because they are, unfortunately, entirely accurate. Pair one with a custom portrait for a gift combo that hits funny and sentimental at the same time.

5. Custom Cat Caricature Art

Beyond toilet portraits — and honestly, the toilet portrait is a hard act to follow — custom pet caricatures make brilliant gifts for cat lovers. Their cat as a Victorian aristocrat. Their cat as a Renaissance painting subject. Their cat as a medieval scholar. The more absurdly regal the concept, the better, because cat owners already believe their cat is exactly that important.

The Secret to Gifting Cat Lovers Well

The best gifts for cat lovers have one thing in common: they take the cat seriously. Not in a boring way — in a knowing, slightly unhinged way that says "I understand that your cat is the main character and you are a supporting role, and I respect that dynamic."

That's exactly why custom portraits work so brilliantly. A generic cat mug says "I thought of you for thirty seconds in a gift shop." A custom toilet portrait of their actual cat, rendered in hilarious artist-created detail, says "I see you. I see your cat. I fully support this lifestyle."

Ready to Give Them Something Unforgettable?

Skip the gift shop this year. Order a custom Toilet Wags portrait — a hilarious, personalised piece of digital art that puts their cat exactly where cats believe they belong: on the throne.

Want more ideas for cat lovers in your life? Our guide to funny gifts for cat lovers covers even more options for every occasion.

Create a custom digital pet portrait. Printing and framing are arranged separately.

Other gift ideas in this article are DIY projects or items to source from separate retailers. ToiletWags currently sells digital pet portraits; physical products, printing and framing are not included.