Cat Boxes: The True (and Disturbing) Reason Cats Love Boxes

[@floridaze75]

My feral rescue does not like boxes or bags. She won't let me pick her up and only occasionally sits on my lap. She only eats chicken livers (cooked) and grain - free dry food. She's 17 yrs old and I've never tried to force anything on her. She's a talkative alpha Tabby and I'm grateful for her love.

[@AdrienneMint]

I have a feral girl cat for 15 months now and i have never touched her, she won’t let me touch or pet her. But she often sleeps on my bed and now she will eat from my hand for a treat. She loves my other cat but i want to hold ans pet her and don’t know if it will ever happen.

[@helenc.9008]

Finally someone else who has a cat that doesn't like boxes! I thought I had the only cat in the world who didn't like boxes. We got her as a 1 yr old rescue cat. She is affectionate, likes pets & scratches & likes to be near us, but doesn't like to be picked up or held. We love her just the way she is. She still has her own unique funny & sweet ways.

[@yizrea]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@AdrienneMintI know that must be upsetting to have a cat that doesn’t like being touched, but I’m sure it’s because of her past. You should think of yourself as someone giving her a home where she feels safe, she’s lucky enough to have found a home where her own respects that she doesn’t like to be touched. One day she may warm up to you and I hope she does, but always respect her boundaries as the same with every cat. Lots of people don’t know how to respect cats boundaries including my own family, they call my cat rude because she gets overstimulated while they are petting her. It’s all about learning your cats cues.

[@Hare_deLune]

@@yizrea "...but always respect her boundaries as the same with every cat." Or you could also say: "...but always respect her boundaries as the same with every *creature.* The difference may seem subtle, but it carries great import.

[@yizrea]

@@Hare_deLune thank you. 😊 I didn’t know what word to use and I was wanting to add on that every living thing has boundaries but I didn’t want my comment to be longer 😂. In my opinion, most living things are extremely intelligent, to the point where we humans don’t notice.

[@sinabuckner6122]

"If I fits, I sits!"

[@joy-boblindskog6798]

Truth! Lol

[@chrislove8139]

I love when they make themselves fit 😹

[@paulet3682]

My cat loved to dive into paper grocery bags. I unpacked the groceries and tossed the bags on the floor. Every bag had to be investigated.

[@Beth9228]

When I was 11 to almost 23 years old. My mother had these two box coffee tables in the living room. My 2nd cat just laid in one of them to relax. Even in an empty laundry basket. He was a big cat and for him it was hard sometimes to fit in a cardboard box.

[@pixywings]

Funnily enough it's not so different with human children. Boxes are just the most fun toy ever! 🤣

[@Hare_deLune]

I can vouch for that! 😆

[@nailsofinterest]

FYI birds like boxes too😅

[@handtalker2k]

My rescue kitties are learning how to enjoy boxes & bags.

[@alleykatalleykat9058]

True Yes disturbing No!!

[@brucealanwilson4121]

I've seen pictures/clips of lynxes, leopards, etc. in zoos playing in boxes.

[@SewingBoxDesigns]

I saw one were they supposedly put boxes in the wild and cougars did the same thing. 😂

[@stefanschutz5166]

Best wishes from my cat Freddie and me in Amsterdam.

[@fillistine]

My cat squeeze his fat self in a router box. If only I could post a pic😂😂😂

[@Capohanf1]

As a cat in a Human body, a cat's love for boxes is simple to understand!!!!!!!!! It is SAFE!!!!!!!! You can get in OR under and be hidden and protected!!!! Then you can ignore the world/your Human as they look everywhere for you OR you can ATTACK IT!!!!!

[@Karen8ism]

When my cats were tiny kittens they loved to get into empty cereal boxes. One of my cats still loves to snuggle up in bigger boxes. She also loves to get into empty shopping bags. I had cut the handles off the shopping bag she gets into so she won't get tangled up in the handles.

[@PurpleKnightmare]

I feel like you missed one, they are made from trees...

[@andymerrett]

Which bit exactly was supposed to be disturbing?

[@dawnmist2259]

The clickbaity part…

[@fredajohnson5542]

the hunting part

[@guineapiglady2841]

Disturbing? HA!!

[@Vurt72]

Neither of my cats care much about boxes, yes they can go into them for 5 seconds or so, but overall, seems to do nothing for them, same with toys. Both are outdoor cats, so this would mean they're probably spoiled with better excitement.

[@tomsisson660]

Cats like boxes for the same reason that they like alley ways; their ancestors were homeless, it is written into their subconscious (maybe even their collective unconscious), and they know it, and so they have a collective instinct to seek out boxes and alleyways. A cat always thinks “a box half my size fits me.” Tom Sisson

[@throttle4593]

Every time my cat finds a box she pees in it.

[@nadziakotek]

Love this ❤

[@TheLovelyCat-One]

So amazing ❤❤

[@DoreenWeed]

The cat i rescued liked my pj drawer!

[@davidgriffiths7696]

Great analysis.

[@BroonParker]

"Fur babies" wears thin quickly.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Cats like boxes because they're made of wood and instinct tells them the box is part or a tree and in the wild they find holes in trees to hide in.

[@Venezolano410]

🤡

[@SandraCat22]

@HOLLASOUNDS - Wood?! Seriously??!! You mean cardboard… do you really think (and are you actually THIS DAFT) that when you get something shipped to you from Amazon for example, they’re gonna send it to you in a WOODEN BOX???!!! NO… IT IS A BOX MADE OUT OF CARDBOARD… daft human…

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@SandraCat22 Cardboard is made from wood pulp, and there for its wood Cats and other creatures know that cardboard is made out of wood.

[@SandraCat22]

@ hey sh*t for brains… glad you think that Amazon actually sends you your things in wooden crates…

[@Hare_deLune]

@@HOLLASOUNDS "So... If she weighs the same as a duck... she's made of wood."

[@KarleeHayes-f4r]

My kitty Oreo loves the box in the living room.

[@MelliaBoomBot]

God my brain is going brain rot.

[@MaddinMitAI]

This video was recommended to me by KZbin. I, who actually speaks German and can hardly speak any English, can see that the title of the video is German but English is definitely spoken in the video. My question: What did I misunderstand? Please enlighten me but please in German because otherwise I will have to use a translator and it will be an eternal vicious cycle for me. Thank you in advance for people who can tell me more about it. have a nice day

[@SewingBoxDesigns]

Surprisingly liquid? Do you not know cats Are a liquid solid?

[@russdyer9282]

Ask me a Buffallo question ... i am ready ... go ...

[@TUX777-u1h]

My cat really don't care for boxes or bags has she played with them a little bit sure but not really not like I'll see everybody else claim their cats do kind of wish mine did I got a big box with the whole cut in it so she could climb in and play and do all kind of stuff only time she goes in there is if I spray it with catnip other than that she don't even look at it

[@nadinesawtell3267]

Try a shoe box they are smaller and the cats like to curl up in them. It might work for your cat especially under a chair or bed or in a closet

[@doremifasola9416]

A single can is an it not a they. There are cats, I know of one so there are probably more like him, who like to squeeze into boxes and other containers which are too small for them to fit into comfortably. I suppose they see it as a challenge whether they can do the seemingly impossible.

[@JudgeFredd]

Amazon boxes are the best…

[@russdyer9282]

Oh ! ... you think so ... is that what a Cat told you ... ?

[@rudy6884]

Cats want to put round things into square holes!

[@noelleggett5368]

Lesson: Don’t waste your money on expensive cat toys and beds. A cardboard box (or three) will be much more appreciated.

[@susanschulman2642]

Is there something wrong with my cat? He won’t get into a box or bag. He does love sitting in his carrier.

[@GetajobNofreakingway]

I once in my life saw a sign on a house that said cat in the box. It was a whorehouse.

[@michael-i7g7n]

Stop callin my cat a "fur baby, it's a bad cliche.

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

I call my cats "cuddle monsters", collectively!

[@farmergiles1065]

Why not just buy a box for them?

[@russdyer9282]

a Cat says meaw , ( or meow ) if you happen to be American ... and you interperate it to meen , what ? ... i have decided to learn how tp speak Buffallo ... and know i have knowledge of what the Buffallo think , as you have Cat wisdom ...

[@russdyer9282]

and for the record ... i am not trying to incinnuate that all cats are French ...

[@gregdean6745]

What is 'cronch'?

[@russdyer9282]

World War 3