Cat Gifts
Why cats deserve a shelf of their own
Cats aren't pets, they're flatmates with a right of veto. They decide when it's time for a cuddle, which chair belongs to them from today and whether the keyboard isn't the better place to sleep after all. It's exactly this incorruptibility that makes them so appealing: if you win a cat's affection, you've earned it. On top of that, cats are the secret mascots of the internet. Without them, half of meme culture would never have existed, and anyone who has ever tried to work in peace while an animal settles on the space bar knows the price of this company. That's why you almost always win cat people over with a gift that picks up this mix of adoration and self-irony: being staff, but with a sense of humour.
What awaits you here
The selection is small but very specific. The cat tea cup with tea infuser is for everyone who prefers to spend their afternoon with loose tea rather than tea bags and is busy anyway while it brews, because someone wants to be stroked. The goldfish water bowl brings in a motif every cat will take as a personal provocation: serving water while hinting at the bottom of the bowl at what would really be wanted is pretty cheeky. And the Sailor Moon 3D mug is for those who grew up with Luna and still know which cat kept track of everything in that series. There's more over at Sailor Moon, and if you want to stick with drinkware, take a look at mugs and glasses.
For whom and for which occasion
These are little gifts for the friend who always addresses her cat formally, for the colleague with a permanent subscription to cat hair on his jacket and for yourself, when the kitchen cupboard could do with an upgrade. As a birthday gift, a mug like this works especially well, because it's in someone's hand every day instead of gathering dust on a shelf, and because with the first tea of the day it's a reminder of who's really in charge at home. It looks just as good on the office desk, where a cat on a mug at least leaves no hair on the keyboard. If you'd like to keep browsing, you'll find ideas in the same spirit among the unusual gifts.