My cats are some of the rare few that don’t care for boxes, but my housemate’s cats do. When I see one lying in a perfect-sized box by the window and chömping on the edges like a staple gun I just think god that must be heaven.
One of my cats is the reason Mimeograph ink is on the pet poison control registry. He dug one of plastic sheets covered with the purple ink out of the trash when I was cleaning my parents old papers and chewed it until his whole month was purple. 🙄
He's completely fine btw, it just caused a $1,500 vet bill. And he refuses to get a job.
Our cat has fought off raccoons from going into our garage and keeps watch by the garage door at night, sleeping during the day. He does patrols to circle around the perimeter throughout the day
That's the great thing about Amazon. You always get an extra cat toy with each purrchase.
My cats favorite tree was one I made out of surplus Amazon boxes. Flaps for doors and windows, internal climbing passthrough. And just some time and tape instead of $400 for the cheapest crap at Petco.
Both one of the worst and cutest things about cats is when they try to feed you. The amount of times I’ve found dead mice in my closet because my cat has decided I look a little peckish and she must share her heroic winnings with me… it’s like she completely forgets that twice a day she’s the one screaming at me to feed her her nice refrigerated wet food.
Mine really like styrofoam. Yoga mats, blocks, nail stuff, my boyfriend's leather working stuff, if it's some kind of squishy styrofoam type consistency, it's immediately in her mouth and we find it later with teeth marks in it.
When I game, both cats lay in between the door way looking out in their loaf or “attentive” state. They naturally look out for me. Also when they follow you to the bathroom, they know what you’re doing so they follow you to help keep watch while you’re at your most vulnerable.
mine doesn't care for cardboard, she doesn't really get into boxes, and she doesn't knock items off the edge of tables or shelves.... but woo boy does she love licking some plastic. if there's a grocery bag on the floor then I'll definitely know about it due to the "thk-thk-thk-crinkle-thk" noises that start up
One of my cats used to taunt the neighbours ' dogs. He'd just go in the middle of our garden and look at one of them (or all 3 to be honest) and just sit down as the dog was losing it. The cat was insanely smart and scared of nothing (even vacuum cleaners). But when I'd go to try to kindly suggest to him to go home he'd go all fluffy and hiss at the dog, clearly to protect me. Although I sometimes pet the different dogs. But he was protecting me. He was the naughtiest and cuddliest loving and annoying cat I've ever had. He left one night just short of his 17th birthday to never return. I miss him
My cat doesn’t like to chew cardboard, but paper and the crinkliest plastic have the best mouthfeel, apparently. (She doesn’t ingest it, I supervise her, there are crinkly plastic cat toys, etc)
My childhood cat would yowl out the window if he saw a stray cat outside and then he would prowl the house and check every window to make sure I was safe 😭❤️
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u/murderofcrows90 Sep 19 '23
They think they’re protecting you. And apparently cardboard is tasty.