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Why do cats love boxes?

post #1 of 21
5/31/11 at 7:18pm
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This question has been in the back of my mind... well, pretty much ever since we got Peanut. He loves boxes, just LOVES them. Being in them, being on top of them, it doesn't matter- he just adores them. He's currently sleeping on a box of books that I'd like to get put away someday- but I can't bring myself to take away his bed! Does anyone else have a cat like this?
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post #2 of 21
5/31/11 at 7:26pm
Because they can!

My Callie girl LOVED boxes and bags, but my current 2 kitties aren't really interested in them.
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post #3 of 21
5/31/11 at 7:48pm
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This is my box. I love this box!


Oh, it's empty now... well that's okay, it still works!

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post #4 of 21
5/31/11 at 9:03pm
oh my - his face

sometimes i wonder if cardboard has a scent they like as well i've been wanting to know the true answer for awhile.
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post #5 of 21
5/31/11 at 9:18pm
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I really-


love-


BOXES!!!



Maybe I should have put this in the fur pictures instead- I didn't know I had so many of them! But the question still stands! What IS it about these boxes? Also I did resize that last one, waiting for the server to catch up apparently.
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post #6 of 21
5/31/11 at 11:23pm
Honestly, my cats prefer boxes over any cat tree or toy I buy them! I think most cats do lol
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post #7 of 21
6/1/11 at 8:07am
There's an old box fort thread somewhere in the pictures forum, I think, but I can never get enough photos of cats in boxes!!! Holland is another box fan:







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post #8 of 21
6/1/11 at 8:55am
I think it's a sense of security.. knowing all sides but one exit/entrance, nothing can pounce them from behind.

here's Monet in a rather DEEP box (had a DIY furniture piece in it)
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post #9 of 21
6/1/11 at 8:48pm
My Simba Yim is terrified of boxes. The shelter said he was abandoned in a box so that is the sad reason. I love your pictures and Maru's videos though!
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post #10 of 21
6/1/11 at 8:57pm
My gremlin loves them as well.
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post #11 of 21
6/1/11 at 10:24pm
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Originally Posted by aprilyim View Post
My Simba Yim is terrified of boxes. The shelter said he was abandoned in a box so that is the sad reason. I love your pictures and Maru's videos though!
Poor Simba. That comment broke my heart. Happy that he is now in the loving home he deserves.
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post #12 of 21
6/1/11 at 11:24pm
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Originally Posted by aprilyim View Post
My Simba Yim is terrified of boxes. The shelter said he was abandoned in a box so that is the sad reason. I love your pictures and Maru's videos though!
Oh, Simba... That's just horrible, I can't even imagine why people treat animals that way. I'm so glad that he has a good home with you now! He's a gorgeous cat.
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post #13 of 21
6/2/11 at 6:52am
We have a makeshift box tower. Sneaky and Holly love to lay in them. Jasper won't, but I think the girls have made it "theirs".

How about laundry baskets? Sneaky LOVES laundry baskets. If there's an empty one on the floor she has to get into it and take a nap. And I've never understood that.

Cheryl
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post #14 of 21
6/2/11 at 1:24pm
Thanks for your nice comments!
I'm happy to report that his fear of boxes has not reduced his quality of life.
This is what he's up to right now.
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post #15 of 21
6/2/11 at 1:52pm
Simba is one lucky guy! And he goes so well with that couch.
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post #16 of 21
6/2/11 at 5:07pm
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Haha, Simba certainly does have a very hard life, that much I can see!

Well, I'm sitting here in my office, and I happened to overturn the box that Peanut was inside in the first picture... guess where he is now?
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post #17 of 21
6/2/11 at 6:28pm
Because they contain cardboardy awesomeness and are made of rectangles, which makes it at least 20% cooler. Duhhh...

People often ask, "what is the meaning of life"; the answer is "to make cardboard boxes for cats".
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post #18 of 21
6/2/11 at 10:08pm
Parker is obsessed with boxes. Especially ones he hasn't had a chance to make his own yet.

Just a few "box moments"

Buddy playing "peek-a-boo" from a box.



Parker enjoying a box that had Christmas stuff in it.



Buddy and Parker in the rigged up bunk bed made of two litter boxes stacked. Parker claimed the bottom since he is too heavy for the top and makes it tip over.



Oh and Parker is not limited to sleeping in boxes. A plastic bag is just as cozy apparently.
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post #19 of 21
6/7/11 at 9:40am
Our Cammie blocking Yoda from hiding in his Dr Pepper box
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post #20 of 21
6/7/11 at 10:30am
I'll have to get some different size boxes to see if Ritz likes any of them. The few times I brought one home she sniffed it and then ignored them. I don't think she likes confined spaces--reminds her too much of a cat carrier and where she hide during a 20 inch snow storm before she was rescued.
She does like to sleep on flattened ones for the same reason another poster indicated--they are cooler.
I have a cardboard box that contained parts to a new air conditioning. It is in three parts, middle part is flat; right and left parts are tube shaped with holes in the middle. I position small balls in them such that she can see the balls; she attacks those balls, I think she thinks they are mouse.
The new air conditioner didn't fix the problem, but I got a neat toy out of it
Ritz is afraid of plastic bags with stuff in them; she had a really bad experience with one. (Carton of raw eggs and Ritz' legs do not mix.) She does like the bags flattened, on the floor, handles cut off. The bags make a rustle sound similar, I'm told, to mice, and I position balls and DaMouse under the bag. Nice game.
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post #21 of 21
6/8/11 at 3:24pm
This thread is hilarious. Mine love boxes as well as paper garbage bags lying down. Have to get in them!!! My brother, no big fan of cats, stopped by a few weeks ago. He brought a small box of parts for me. This is stuff he labored over making for our gunsmith hobby. He sets it on my workbench and sure enough Lucky has to stick her nose in things. He folded the four top flap lock routine. She jumps up on the bench and starts pulling the flaps open. He's like, "hey there's nothing in there for you." Five seconds later, she's got it open and curled up in it. Just plops her butt right on top of everything. He ended up laughing his butt off.
Aprilyim, that cats coat is gorgeous. What cool colors.
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