Happy Birthday, Maru

Not That Mike The Other Mike

How time flies. Maru, our favorite confinement-craving cat, turns eleven years old today. His ever-attentive mommy Mugumogu has compiled this look back at his past year. Watching his adventures, including mastering the hammock, opening a pizzeria, and trying on wigs, it’s hard to believe one can can pack so much living into one life. But then, Maru can pack into just about anything. (Via Andrew Y. and Lois M.)

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24 thoughts on “Happy Birthday, Maru”

  1. Julie May 24, 2018 / 12:12 pm

    HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARU!!!!!

  2. Lucy's Mom May 24, 2018 / 12:18 pm

    Happy 11th Birthday, Maru! And we hope, many many more to come. You make the world a better place.

  3. dubravkamcvmd May 24, 2018 / 12:43 pm

    He has a wonderful life. Happy Birthday Maru!

  4. Andrew May 24, 2018 / 1:48 pm

    <3<3<3
    Can't wait to see more of baby Maru!

    • Dana May 24, 2018 / 3:25 pm

      I’m impatiently waiting. ?

  5. allein ? May 24, 2018 / 1:54 pm

    11! Happy Maruday!

    Maru in the hammock makes me very envious. Perfect day for it and I’m off…but I don’t have a hammock. 🙁

  6. Alice Shortcake May 24, 2018 / 2:02 pm

    Thanks to Maru I now know how difficult it is to climb a ladder whilst wearing a cardboard corset.

    Also, I really want one of those giant rabbit pillows.

  7. N. Fritz May 24, 2018 / 2:24 pm

    Thread-jack: My former roommate (who currently lives in Japan!) is trying to rehome his cat who lives in Athens, Ohio. Jimjam is a white and tabby shorthair (not nearly as fluffy as Maru). If anyone needs a new furbaby, please let me know here in the comments!

    P.S. I’d take him, but I don’t even want to think of what kind of bureaucracy that would entail, getting a cat from Ohio to Austria!

  8. Debg May 24, 2018 / 3:01 pm

    Happy birthday, big guy! Many happy returns of the day.

  9. Dana May 24, 2018 / 3:22 pm

    Happy Birthday, Maru!!! ?

    I’d forgotten about half of those things that he did in that video. Him trying to get into the hammock is one of my favs!

    I’m sure he’ll be spoiled rotten today, just as he deserves. ?

    • allein ? May 24, 2018 / 3:24 pm

      How would that be different from any other day?

      • Dana May 24, 2018 / 4:34 pm

        True!!

  10. sugitomo May 24, 2018 / 5:03 pm

    Happy birthday, Maru! Maru with the lips had to be my favorite nostalgic shot. XD

  12. Murray C. May 24, 2018 / 9:05 pm

    I thought – I don’t have time right now to look at 14+ minutes of Maru, I’ll just take a peek – 14+ minutes later here I am. Gosh, if he was 11 in 2017 he’s really getting up there. Cats are considered geriatric at about 9 or 10 I think (at least mine was!) Maru, you must live forever!

    • Smartypants May 24, 2018 / 10:42 pm

      I think he’s got plenty of mileage left, especially with the way Mugumogu cares for him and Hana. I’ve had cats that lived to 16 and 18, and I remember my dad telling me that during the Great Depression, the family cat “Kitty” reached a healthy 20+ years – on a diet of canned salmon because back then that was the ‘cheap stuff’!

      • Murray C. May 25, 2018 / 11:10 pm

        I certainly hope so. My cat is in her 18th or 19th year – we’re not sure because she was a “showed up at the door one day” cat. We think she was about a year or so when we first had her. Canned salmon, huh???

    • dubravkamcvmd May 26, 2018 / 7:27 am

      My Wacket lived to 18 and my Minkette to 22.

      • Murray C. May 26, 2018 / 5:36 pm

        Encouraging to hear. Our cat is doing pretty well for an old lady, tho’ her abilities to jump up on even low things is greatly diminished. But her appetite is good and her demands are voiced LOUD and clear – well, maybe not so clear, but we certainly are made aware that something’s on her mind.

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