Why Do Cats Like Boxes So Much?
By LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (71)
United States
July 14, 2025 4:16pm CST
Having had cats for over 32 years, I can tell you that cats like to play in, sleep in, and hide in boxes. Small boxes, big boxes, tall boxes, short boxes -- they don't care.
But why do cats like boxes so much?
Well, one, obviously, is they're fun. A place to hide from the humans and hang out.
Next, they are innately programmed to hunt prey, so they crouch down in boxes to spring out of them at their prey, which is usually humans.
Sometimes they do it to feel "safe" and protected.
Often they just want a quiet place to sleep.
Cardboard has an insulating factor and cats like warmth, so they find it cozy and warm to curl up in a box.
Grady the Gray Cat always liked the smallest box he could possibly squeeze into. Sometimes he tried to squeeze into our wicker baskets.
Does you cat like boxes?
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@RasmaSandra (86951)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Jul
My last cat in Latvia switched from liking boxes to plastic shopping bags
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@Vikingswest1 (6852)
• United States
14 Jul
It's not just house cats, lol
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@LooeyVille (71)
• United States
14 Jul
Thank you for that video. That was AWESOME!
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@Ineeddentures (10563)
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14 Jul
Raindance, wow
He looked like a really good kitty cat.
He is a Bob Cat, isn't he
I would like one of them as a pet kitty
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@LooeyVille (71)
• United States
14 Jul
@Ineeddentures I would love to have a Big Cat. I mean Oliver's "big" at 17 pounds, but I mean a Lion or a Puma or a Panther
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@kareng (77662)
• United States
14 Jul
I had thrown one outside the other day to burn and one of the adult cats claimed it for a hideout. I was outside and saw the box moving - it was a large box that a set of suitcases came in and had the flap down so you could not see inside. I went over and tapped the flap and the cat came shooting out like a wild thing! It was funny.
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@kareng (77662)
• United States
15 Jul
@Ineeddentures I laughed because that bugger is always stalking me and scaring me!
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@Ineeddentures (10563)
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14 Jul
That must have indeed been quite a funny thing to see unfold on front of you.
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@LindaOHio (194717)
• United States
17h
We always had dogs. They were always interested in boxes coming into the house because sometimes they contained treats or toys.
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@Ineeddentures (10563)
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14 Jul
We had two cats
Both liked boxes
Any boxes
So any boxes that came into the house I just put on the floor and the cats would jump in them and play with them
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@LooeyVille (71)
• United States
14 Jul
Yep, same here. All of my cats have been box cats.
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@LooeyVille (71)
• United States
14 Jul
@Ineeddentures Yes so far. I'm about to post a photo of him in a new "box" situation
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@snowy22315 (192782)
• United States
14 Jul
He does, but I don't think as much as most cats. He hasn't adopted one or anything. He will just sit in one for awhile if it strikes his fancy.
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