![]() Know of any more box or cube inspired toys or cat product that might be a huge hit? Let me know in the comments below! Always love trying out new things for my Avery. I’ve done my best to showcase a huge mishmash of all sorts of products in this post, and have written up viable alternatives I’ve found in the descriptions of the products as well. Then in the non-toy department, there are a slew of box and cube inspired pet furniture pieces – from cat houses to cat cubes, to box shaped modular cat trees. There are whack-a-mole style cat toy boxes as well, which look incredibly promising, there are a few poker-box style mentally challenging box toys out there for cats. ![]() These are really great toys for cats home alone if your cat will play with them, and while – if your cat is anything like mine – they may be less than interesting with simply toys kept inside, place a couple pieces of kibble or dental treats, and that toy will miraculously turn into something ever-so-engaging. Cat toy boxes exist, they’re usually either wood, MDF, or cardboard boxes with holes in them that allow a cat to poke his or her hand in, grab toys, and continue this method of foraging for as long as interesting things remain inside. When it comes to cat toys and products that make use of this passion cats mostly all seem to have for boxes, the pickings can be a little slim. But give that cat a box and he was always a happy camper. That included soda boxes that would have to bend to accommodate his shape. We met Avery because we were cat-sitting for a friend’s very pesky cat, Weiss, and he was so obsessed with boxes he’d cram his mildly overweight body into any he thought he even had a chance of fitting into. Now that he’s grown into boxes, I really haven’t met a cat who’s not into the cubed, angled things. Picture from post When your cat finds the perfect sized box… Maybe he’d had a terrible experience outdoors related to a confined space? Not quite sure, but either way, he’s now a full-on addict like all the rest of the cats in the world. I’m convinced part of the reason Avery hated cardboard boxes had something to do with the fact that he was a stray/feral kitten. My memory is fuzzy so it’s hard for me to remember the exacts. My guess is that sometime in the first few months, as he got used to his new home and his cushy new life (he was a stray/feral cat we found and took in) he started inching his way toward cardboard boxes, or we started placing him in them and he stayed for some time before hopping out, then stayed in boxes longer and longer the more he was placed. ![]() ![]() It’s hard to remember back to those days since early on, he actually did a full 180, and within a year of us having him developed an otaku for boxes of all kinds. I used to think this was the most peculiar thing on earth since cats are typically obsessed with the things, but I wrote it off assuming maybe it was possible not every cat was a fan of boxes. ![]() He refused to be placed in them – immediately jumping out whenever we tried, and would never dare go near them on his own. If I’m remembering correctly – when we first adopted our cat Avery, he absolutely hated cardboard boxes. ![]()
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