The Funniest Tweets About Cats In Honor Of National Cat Day
Thanks to all the noise from the presidential campaigns, many may have forgotten this month also marks a very fun annual holiday. No, not Halloween — we’re talking about National Cat Day.
And we’re not kitten around. It’s an actual holiday.
According to National Cat Day’s official website, it is celebrated every Oct. 29 and was established in 2005 by Colleen Paige, an animal welfare activist who is the “founder of many other philanthropic holidays,” including National Dog Day, National Puppy Day, National Pet Day and National Wildlife Day. But it seems from the site’s “ways to celebrate” page that it’s very much about helping kitties in need, with the site asking people to adopt a cat or volunteer at a shelter or cat rescue. But it also suggests sillier ways to honor the day, like “spend the day taking photos of your cat and posting them on our Facebook page” and “commission a custom portrait painted of your cat.”
We’d like to offer another option: Simply enjoy some very funny cat tweets we’ve seen on X, formerly Twitter, or have included in our weekly “Funniest Tweets About Cats and Dogs” roundup.
So, for a few relaxing moments, forget about all the chaos sparked by the nonsensical line “They’re eating the cats” and focus more on just feline good by checking out the hilarity below.
“wow,” said the two-year-old neighbor boy petting one of our cats for the first time, “there are bones in here”
— rachelle toarmino (@rchlltrmn) June 23, 2024
its so beautiful that this photograph exists and i get to live to see it https://t.co/nJIkooBHPX
— IN CELY WE TRUST (@bubblyqueefs) January 28, 2024
I wonder who is having more fun.. The cat or the window cleaner?? pic.twitter.com/ABmyRehw5a
— Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) January 3, 2024
vet: to help with all the behavioral problems we can prescribe him Prozac
my boyfriend: aw but we don’t want to diminish his personality :(
the personality: pic.twitter.com/FYZd6ojcd5— Grace (@gracecamille_) August 3, 2024
no disrespect to this beautiful cat. but she did not paint this https://t.co/duYMbUPNki
— sara hinkley (@boneysoups) September 25, 2024
me: this is your medication. it is very important and it literally saved your life. you will die so fast without this medication but you hate it so i got it in expensive tuna flavor for you
cat: EEEUGHH PATOOEY!!! does NOT taste enough like tuna. would rather die— haley (@feederofcats) February 1, 2024
— Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) February 1, 2024
This is my Chewy box. This is not my cat. pic.twitter.com/GfhDrOzJ7I
— Kathy (@tortiegirl601) January 28, 2024
oh my god someone mailed me a watercolor painting of my bodega cat photo 😭😭😭 https://t.co/LZMCdg1fPqpic.twitter.com/V8ODkszPNr
— julia reinstein 🚡 (@juliareinstein) April 9, 2024
Bro was waiting for the cat to get up pic.twitter.com/D93xBFaiOx
— No Cats No Life (@NoCatsNoLife_m) October 2, 2024
mission: save the cat
obstacles: the cat pic.twitter.com/KELaaEGI4w— Punch Cat (@PunchingCat) October 26, 2024
Reached into a pocket of my diaper bag only to find a handful of cat food. When asked about this, my 5 year old said, “in case we see some cats”
— Taylor Schumann (@taylorsschumann) January 3, 2024
Take notes fellow cat owners pic.twitter.com/GVKkbeqZIY
— The Sigma Female 🔆 (@The_sigma_fem) February 10, 2024
the way she understands every word pic.twitter.com/z5u9HNca5y
— cats being weird little guys 👅 (@weirdlilguys) October 1, 2024
[Assembling scratching post to save the new sofa]
My cat: lol no— 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸'𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝖔𝖋 𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖘💀🍁 (@BrickMahoney) April 9, 2024
yeah, great place to be fighting guys, real smart, this can only end well pic.twitter.com/61tj0VYvi7
— michael wave (@michael___wave) March 25, 2024
Best thing about cats is when they sit upright on a chair at the table like another little person.
— Late to the party Laura (@ericamorecambe) March 26, 2024
My friend got the AC fixed in her apartment and the maintenance people made this little house for her cat. I almost started crying pic.twitter.com/K4CUTQ0wgP
— Miss Gevious (@OATMlLF) August 12, 2024
The most maddening thing about having a cat is when you can't find them and start panicking and sweet-talk-hollering for them and shaking the treat box and nearing a panic attack — and they come yawning and stretching out of some nook or cranny like "Wow, you are being so loud."
— Heather Hogan (@theheatherhogan) September 30, 2024
— animals going goblin mode (@mischiefanimals) January 3, 2024
This is how Jen at Miles To Go Kitten Rehab created an escape-proof way of weighing her kittens. I am so stealing this idea. pic.twitter.com/FKtSKQ9ez8
— Caroleeena 🍉 (@Caroleeenalala) October 2, 2024
I didn't choose the mask. The mask chose me 👀💀 pic.twitter.com/3E5u4w73mK
— Posts Of Cats (@PostsOfCats) July 10, 2024
holding her lil paw as she watches her birds so she knows i care about her and her hobbies pic.twitter.com/euMEZxrOdf
— mooshemooshemanjinder🇵🇸 (@mooshemanjinjo) July 13, 2024
this is how cats sneeze pic.twitter.com/iic0WtRRKj
— lesley. 🥀 (@lesley_mov) April 7, 2024
My parents are fostering this feral kitten I found and within 5 minutes of dropping him off, my dad was playing banjo because "he's probably never heard a banjo." pic.twitter.com/2bjLz830pY
— Jesse Case (@jessecase) July 16, 2024
i love this cat 😭 pic.twitter.com/IL5U2LkaSr
— Punch Cat (@PunchingCat) July 13, 2024