If there is one truth in this world, it is that people love looking at cat pictures on the internet. The kitty needn’t be a certain cat breed or belong to a famous pop star. If your phone’s photo roll, like mine, is mostly pictures of your cats, you’ve got some share-worthy gems and need cute, funny, and short cat Instagram captions stat.
Odds are, in addition to having chosen the cutest cat name, you have come up with tons of fun nicknames inspired by your feline’s personality and behavior. These monikers make excellent fodder for cat captions. Or, your cat’s pose or expression might be the subject, whether Fluffy is posing as a lovable loaf, scoring a perfect 10 for face-planting while napping, or sporting a derpy look (you might even invite your friends to join in the fun of captioning the photo in the comments).
Scroll through the cat captions below for more ideas, from clever puns and famous cat quotes to sentimental odes to the four-legged creature than owns your heart. Whether it’s International Cat Day (August 8), your cat’s birthday or adoption anniversary, or just because, choose a photo, find the perfect caption, and post that sweet furbaby for all to enjoy!
Cute Cat Instagram Captions
- Every day should be Caturday.
- Just a little baby. [Fact: a cat can never be too old for this caption.]
- He’s the best biscuit maker.
- Cats make everything better.
- All you need is love and a cat.
- You're the cat's meow.
- Love is a four-legged word.
- Anything is paws-ible with a cat by your side.
- I love you meow and furever.
- Cats are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole.
- You had me at meow.
- I want to spend all nine lives together.
- Home is where the cat is.
- If there are no cats in heaven, I don't want to go.
- To me, you are purr-fect.
- I'm a smitten kitten.
- I love you more than you love catnip.
- Look at those sweet toe beans.
- She pays her half of the rent in cuteness.
- Not all angels have wings. Sometimes they have whiskers.
- Thanks fur the memories.
- The road to my heart is paved with paw prints. 🐾
Funny Cat Captions for Instagram
- I did not order this box of cat.
- People: Your cat is not your baby. Me: [Post a pic of holding your cat like a baby.]
- I love this goofy floofy.
- If I fits, I sits.
- I can has (fill in the blank with the forbidden treat your cat desires)? [Thanks to the blog I Can Has Cheezburger, we all know this is proper cat grammar.]
- Stunt nap!
- I know where you sleep, hooman.
- Don’t tell me what to do—you’re not my cat.
- Somebody got the 3 a.m. zoomies again.
- Meowry me.
- Let’s get this pawty started!
- Mr. Whiskers says, "Give me treats right meow!"
- Cat-astrophe!
- This is why we can’t have nice things.
- Looking good, feline better.
- I have a cattitude problem.
- The more people I meet, the more I love my cat.
- Cat hair, don't care.
- Yes, I am a crazy cat lady. What's your point?
- The cat is in charge, I just pay the rent.
- Sorry I'm late. My cat was sitting on me.
- All visitors must be approved by the cat.
- I cat even.
- She came, she purred, she conquered.
- Are you kitten me?
Cat Captions Inspired by Song Lyrics
- "I'm hooked on a feline." — Blue Swede
- "Toe beans, toe beans, toe beans, toe beeeeans. I'm beggin' kitty let me see your hand." — Toe Beans (to the tune of Dolly Parton's "Jolene")
- "Put your little paw in mine." — Sonny & Cher
- "Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr." — Big Bang Theory
- "What's new pussycat?" — Tom Jones
- "She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws." — Elvis Costello
- "I strut right by with my tail in the air." — Stray Cats
- "I've got… hungry eyes." — Eric Carmen
Cat Quotes for Instagram Captions
- "I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It’s not. Mine had me trained in two days." — Bill Dana
- "What greater gift than the love of a cat." — Charles Dickens
- "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." — Albert Schweitzer
- "It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens." — Cynthia E. Varnado
- "No home is complete without the pitter patter of kitty feet." — Unknown
- "As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." — Ellen Perry Berkeley
- "If cats could talk, they wouldn't." — Nan Porter
- "There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat." — Tay Hohoff
- "People who don't like cats were probably mice in an earlier life." — Unknown
Terri Robertson is the Senior Editor, Digital, at Country Living, where she shares her lifelong love of homes, gardens, down-home cooking, and antiques.
