Why does my cat ... enjoy boxes?

[catmandu]

It must be in Our Cats DNA Elyse to like small enclosed places!!
The Aniaml Welfare brought some food for My Porch Cats in a grapefruit box and both Malcolm the Mighty and My Empress HH Josephine love diving in it, and I knwo that wherever My Found Hotel Cat Angels are they have boxes all lined with faux fur!!

[Randi]

Fister has always loved boxes, I think it's a combination of various things... they are curious and want to smell what's been inside the box and when they jump in, they feel it's a safe place to hide, and there are corners to chew.

[Karen]

A friend's cat preferred brown paper bags to boxes - after their weekly shopping trip, they would set out the bags on the kitchen floor, and Salem would leap from bag to bag with glee! But every cat seems to like boxes or sinks, maybe they feel protected, like a mountain lion lurking in a cave!

[katladyd]

Mac loves paper bags and boxes! Kimba just loves boxe of any size. Ming simply abstains from both. He prefers the closet or the bed for both naps and playtime (he's not the world's most playful cat, but sometimes the mood hits him).

[momoffuzzyfaces]

My mob LOVE boxes!!! Any size will fit or they will do their best to make it so. they have one fairly big box that I cut one side down for them to use as a bed. They flip it over and hide in it and grab me when I walk by. Reminds me of playing fort when I was a kid.

[Kirsten]

My Lily is obsessed with boxes! Every time I'm receiving a package, she believes the box is for her and occupies it immediately. It's cute!

[cassiesmom]

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