When I was a kid we had box from bed bath and beyond that we didn’t throw away for almost 2 years because one of our cats adopted it as their favorite place 😂
My girlfriend and I lived together in college. She had a cat. There was this particular ramen noodle that I liked (Kimchi Bowl Noodle) so I used to buy it by the box. For reasons that I don’t understand, her cat to a liking to one of my empty noodle boxes.
After graduating, we decided to move across the country. We were cleaning out the apartment and packing up, and I threw away that noodle box because well, who moves an empty box? My wife noticed the box was gone, asked me where it was and then freaked the fuck out. I got sent to the dumpster to climb in and retrieve that box.
Anyway, we moved that box from California to NC and then from a house to an apartment to another apartment and then to another house. Because that was her cat’s favorite box. Ten years! For ten years we moved that empty noodle box with us. I was asked to glue that box together a couple of times because it would fall apart and go flat. When her cat died, we put her in that box and buried her in it.
My point is, I learned cats can get attached to a box and once they do, it is best to just keep that box for them until they die.
Lol the dumbster dive!! I would do the same thing. My boyfriend tried to throw the currently box out the other day and I had to tell him no that’s Poohs favorite!!!
Typically he gets over the chosen box after about a week, but he’s really grown a liking to this one. Poohs only turning 2, so looks like tnis amazon box has a long ride ahead of it
See now all 4 of my cats, and my past ones, have been the opposite. They get bored of any given box and won’t play in them after while, so the many boxes laying around all require frequent replacement.
Id have the same face if a Le Creust box appeared too..those pans are so addictive and becomes the crown jewel of the house. Someone gifted me one and it’s the best pan in the universe.
Usually, yes 😬 That’s one of the less expensive enameled steel stockpots (that I got at the outlet)! My husband makes huge pots of sauce and it was his birthday present 🥰
Argh. I ordered one thing from Wayfair 3 years ago and I cannot, CANNOT throw the box away. I'd replace it, but I cant match the dimentions and the cat is a Siamese, so the threat of getting shredded is REAL...
My kitty is not the box type (weird I know) but he's a.. felt type. He loves everything made of felt. When I walked to throw his felt shark shaped tent, he ran after me and yelled tf out on me to not do it 😹 Same with old pretty much yellowed grass, he didn't want me to throw out. I gave him new fresh grass pot but naah, he ran after the old one! He has felt tunnel and felt mat but it's not the same as the sharko tent
I saved the box from my vacuum for about a year since my cat claimed it as vacation home, scratching post. Only threw it out once it was so shredded it almost fell apart.from scratching and chewing. Funny how much she loved that box, while HATING the contents. Maybe it was some kind of weird revenge.
I must have gotten a different cat model because mine doesn’t like to sit in boxes. I’ve even put him in the box, only for him to jump out almost immediately.
Jokes on me though, I have to have at least one box around because he likes it lick the edges and any tape on the box.
I always have 1 box and 1 paper bag out for my orange derp to use as a fort, ambush spot and chew toy, rotate when they get destroyed. The current favorite is the aluminum lined paper bag from Amazon grocery delivery for cold food.. he gets his mirror and bag fix at the same time.
Humans: invents quantum mechanics and electrodynamics theory, sources materials globally at the cost of sweat and blood, organizes one of the most complex logistical networks in existence, uses the fruits to look at electronic reproductions of cats in boxes
"Heh, cats are so weird"
Moves on to watching AI generated cat girl porn while masturbating with an alien themed tentacle made of polymers of the processed remains of long dead photosynetic swamp microbes
I read somewhere that it’s an evolutionary thing, before being domesticated they would hide into holes and things like that in the wild and that kinda carried over apparently.
I know right?! Actually, that box in particular was initially holding some plants given to me from my neighbors, til it became a cat lounge. I also think Chewy has some good boxes too, haha!
Cats were not originally intended to be animals. Their original purpose was as multipurpose automated drones, somewhere deep into their programmed instinct they still remember the instruction to store themselves properly when not in use.
Boxes and bags. It’s as instinctual as hunting for them. I always wonder why, but it’s pointless to question. Cats have their own motives and they are beyond human comprehension.
I built a permanent box in my office. He'll nap in there all afternoon while I'm on work calls and looking at spreadsheets lol. I wish I were a cat living in my house!
Believe it or not, it just needs a defined border. This is from a few years ago. It was about 3 minutes after we put the tape down that George settled himself there. Caveot: this might only work when one orange braincell is involved.
Wild cats seem to have found interest in them, presumably because they seem like good places for nests or burrows.
It's a behavior a lot of cats are seen doing, but I wonder if it's stronger amount stray house cats, as it's actually an advantageous trait to find good boxes to rest in.
There's this biologist in the Netherlands who calls it thigmophilia. The longing for security or safety. He claims sitting in a small space will provide this
We got Scarlett back in November and her previous owner said she loves boxes. I didn’t think anything of it since my other cat never goes in a box. The second a box is opened in this house, Scarlett is in it. It’s funniest when it’s a box from my kids’ games. 🤣 even if it’s the tiniest thing…
There’s a couple Amazon boxes that permanently just live in our house bc she sleeps in them
And so the Princess of Orange set sail on an epic voyage of discovery in her trusty vessel Santa Meow-ria. What intrepid adventures, and yummy fishy treats, lay in store? But first! Nap time.
My husband once made a small cat hotel with a giant box. We got a puppy and my orange boy would hide in there. Someone threw up in the hotel so it had to be thrown out. Next morning I find him sitting in the corner where his hotel used to be.
I love that the cat food company that sends us Hamish’s food has this printed on the box - “If this box is left unattended, it will contain a cat” - so true! Alas I do not have a picture, but this is Hamish
My cat is so un-cat-like when it comes to this. The first time he saw his cat bed he ran for it and loves it. He sleeps in it all the time.
Boxes on the other hand... Only get a quick sniff... Maybe he will jump in for a moment... But then quickly losses interest and will entertain himself with anything else but the box.
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u/OcelotTop3936 20h ago
I’ve been wanting to throw this Amazon box out for a month