A lot arises in cat lovers questions related to certain features of the behavior of their furry pets. That's when the cat climbs into the box, we are sometimes outraged. But can he behave this for good? No matter how we try to tame them by imposing our understanding of the surrounding world, they will always obey the natural instincts. All the answers must be sought in the cat's very nature. Although the cats differ from their wild relatives (tigers or lions) in their dimensions, they are, in fact, predators. Always need to protect them from chickens, ornamental birds, fish or guinea pigs. And in the house or apartment the cat will certainly choose a secluded place where she will feel most protected. On the Internet, there are many photos and videos, on which not only pets, but also large wild cats get into different boxes. What does this furry family attract here?
Love cats for boxes
There are several reasons why cats like cardboard boxes:
- Perhaps one of the reasons why your pets prefer to hide in cabinets, bookshelves or paper boxes is their natural flavor. Cats have always been partial to the tree, and paper or chipboard stores similar smells. A cat, sitting in a box, as if returning to a wild forest, forgetting for a while about the surrounding modern environment.
- The cat climbs into the box by habit, which you yourself instilled in him from childhood. After all, it is with them that they associate the first months of life. There their mothers gave birth, fed their milk, licked. It's like the first house that is remembered for life.
- Although an apartment or a country house and has become for your pet family, but he will always look for himself only to him a place where it will be more comfortable than most. There he feels protected and invulnerable from all. That's why cats like to climb into a variety of boxes that can be in the most secluded and inconspicuous places.
- The cat jumps into the box also because he needs his own personal space. After all, you also have your favorite chair or sofa, so why can not it be like that? You can help a cat to equip its place to make it more cozy. Put there some of the most favorite toys with which a fluffy tomboy likes to play, a piece of soft cloth so that this place becomes more familiar and familiar to him. So you create a small world for him, in which the cat can close for a while from everyone and relax.
- Let's remember that all the representatives of the cat family are predators. How do such animals behave in the wild? They regularly go on a hunt to provide the family with food. There it is necessary to arrange ambushes, where it is convenient to lie in wait for game. For pets it is no longer a necessity, but instincts continue to influence behavior. The cat climbs into the box to hide there, and from his improvised ambush, it's imperceptible to watch your masters and pets.
- If the box only appeared in the apartment, then it will undoubtedly attract a cat to itself. This is due to the fact that fluffy creatures like to learn new territory, try on yourself. By the way, such a thing often becomes a big bag or box. The main thing is that he can only get in there.
It happens that such a box is too small for a grown-up pet, it almost does not fit in it, but it continues to climb stubbornly. Bring him a cardboard house a little more, you will see how it will please your cat. You can build a small gaming complex from several pieces, having made several holes in them and connecting them together.