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Post your cats enjoying their Box Forts here!

This is the Giant Box Fort that came to our house on Dec. 29, 2009





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Oh.... Mine LOVE theirs!!! As Nat would call it, Red neck cat castle ! It's been upfor over a year now, and still being used every day!




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i need to make a box fort!

too cute
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Originally Posted by c1atsite View Post
i need to make a box fort!

too cute
Oh, you SO do!!! It takes 5-10 minutes, a few boxes, a knife, tape, and $0, and your cats will LOVE and use it for a LONG time!!!
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So here it is!

I will make one too for my Charlie! I know he will love it! Charlie loves playing hide and seek!
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Holland has a large(ish) Amazon box fort that she likes to hide in. One thing to remember - when you make box forts, give them 2 doors, cats are more likely to play in them if they have at least one backup "escape" route.

I don't have any pics of her in her box fort, but we have plenty of pics of her in boxes (some from the other thread):











She also loves her paper bags:





And this beach house wasn't free, but she loves it too:

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i need to make a box fort!

too cute
Me too!! My kitties love boxes! I just don't have the room for them right now.

After Tuesday when the charity comes to pick up boxes and some furniture (I'm getting rid of my couch), I want to get a cat tree or something fun for them climb and look out the window. Something with cubby holes.
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OMG! Love all the pictures! This thread made me laugh, even at 2:30 am! I thought I was inventive, but the "Redneck cat castle" has my 4 foot long box tunnels beat!
Here's Maia enjoying a peep hole in the middle of her box runway.....

Honestly she will try to fit into just about anything, and make it known!




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(I'm getting rid of my couch)
The coffee table I bought for my living room has been abandoned to my second bedroom since I adopted Holland. It simply took up too much playing space...

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Here's Maia enjoying a peep hole in the middle of her box runway.....
Oh my, what a cutie that Maia is!!!
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Terrific pictures everyone, thanks for sharing. I have a TON of course as my cats have many Box Forts (rotated) Paper Bag Forts (left out until they disintegrate) and Newspaper Portable Tents.

It's just a matter of getting them loaded into photobucket. I hate photobucket so avoid doing it much.
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Holland is really funny!

Hey look I just made one for my Charlie
(Sorry for the low quality pic)



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That's GREAT!!! I'm sure Charlie will get much enjoyment from it!
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Charlie is ignoring the box I made for him...
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He's just being a cat. He may not want to use it today, but he has used it right? Your pictures.... and he'll use it again

You can encourage him by sprinkling some cat nip in it, and incorporate it into your Interactive Games (toss a crumpled paper into it for him to chase, for example, drag a string through it...) but cats use things in their own time.
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an oldie - Cable & Pixel, back when it was just the 2 of them...


and later, after Java made it a trio...

same box, different cats!
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Charlie is ignoring the box I made for him...
sprinkle some dried catnip in it
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I need to make Google a box fort. He loves boxes... he just cant fit into most...
He would hide in this one and pop out. It was pretty funny but he wouldnt do it if I had the video camera on!
Christmas please ignore the mess
Yes that is the same cat...
God I miss him being that size! He was so much easier! LOL!
Bags too... mostly victorias secret bags... he loves those for some reason.
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We don't have any box forts, but mine will try to squeeze into any box they possibly can!






Yes, there's a box under there!



See?

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Charlie is ignoring the box I made for him...
Is there a pillow, or a blanket, inside of the box? if there is, take it of... For some reason, kitties like the feeling of the cardboard better than the pillow or blanket...
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Is there a pillow, or a blanket, inside of the box? if there is, take it of... For some reason, kitties like the feeling of the cardboard better than the pillow or blanket...
Yep, I got a new box, well there was yoga stuff in it I ordered, but Ginger claimed it as soon as the bothersome mat and all was out. I but a blanket in there for her and she gave me the cat eyes of doom. Wouldn't go near it. Blanket came out, cat went in.
Goofy critter.
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its not a box fort per say but these two fougt over the box and made a hole in it so they didnt have to jump into it





another box they ripped a whole into to play with each other



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I am making a box fort for the kittos this weekend. Technically my seven year old son is making the fort, but he is allowing me to be first assistant and run the box cutters.
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Oh my gosh, these pictures are priceless!!

On my facebook account, I made a photo album of Holland in her various boxes. I have to share my friend Tristan's picture of his Oliver "Squarecat" Stinkleman that he posted in reply to my album (I don't think he's on this site):



I love how much cats love boxes!!
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Just for general information..as many have shown with their pictures, ANY box can be a Box Fort. Cats love cardboard boxes!
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Oh my gosh, these pictures are priceless!!

On my facebook account, I made a photo album of Holland in her various boxes. I have to share my friend Tristan's picture of his Oliver "Squarecat" Stinkleman that he posted in reply to my album (I don't think he's on this site):



I love how much cats love boxes!!
What a great picture, and a gorgeous kitty!
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Does anyone have a theory on why they love boxes so much? The feel of cardboard on their paws? Their catty ability to conform their bodies into the shape of ANY box? Hide & seek?

I must have read somewhere shortly after I got Holland about cats' love of boxes, because I'm sure I wasn't aware of the phenomenon before I got her. I always give her my empty ones until she destroys them.
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Is there anything as cute as a cat peeking out of a box/bag/container/etc?

Really, is there anything as cute as a cat doing anything?


Here's baby Sophie peeking out of the mini-fort...
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Yes, there's a box under there!



See?

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That's hillarious! My bitty likes to over-flow his boxes too.
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