'Not saying he shouldn't be there, but...': 40 Cats Committed to Questionable Real Estate

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Jul 2, 2026 10:15 AM EDT

Are cats supposed to be there? The answer, according to cats, is always "yes."

If there's something common to all cats, it's that they all abide by the sacred doctrine of "If I fits, I sits", and contrary to popular belief - it's not restricted to cardboard boxes only. And every cat pawrent is a witness to that, and can attest to their cats fittin' an' sittin' literally everywhere. Even if they shouldn't be there at all in the first place. But cats think otherwise, because cats do what they want, regardless of what others think. Yes, even their own humans.

And we asked to see exactly that specific cat behavior in action. We asked all of our meowgnificent cat community over on our ICHC Facebook Page to show us their cats being right where they shouldn't be. And this is only part of the unhinged list of silly cat pictures we've received from you - and we loved every single one of them. These are just 40 of the cats - and they're all extra hissterically silly.

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01

via ICanHasCheezburger?
02
"I told Minus she was not allowed on the table with the plants."

via Gabrielle Letendre

"She found a work around by getting in the plant. She's not on the table though right?"
03
"It was the bag my dad kept some of my mom's meds in."

via Tina Godsey

"He would take them all out and put them in the daily pill organizer (she couldn't manage her meds on her own). My cat decided to jump in the bag once my dad took all the meds out. It was a 'if it fits it sits type of moment'. It was also the closest he'd sat near my father lol"
04
"I left the cupboard door open for just a moment…"

via Robert McLeod

It's always 'just a moment', isn't it?
05
"Sitting on my humidifier?"

via Laura West

Don't you mean her humidifier?
06
"Hanging out on the chicken coop door"

via Margaret McCanna

He's the chicken guardian.
07
"She's not supposed to sleep on Frank, but she does anyway."

via Krystal Addison

"Frank has thrown up his hands in surrender ??"
08
"Julien is not supposed to be on top of my upper cabinets or pantry..."

via Carmen Agustin

"…but here he his, on the pantry wearing his cone a few days after being neutered."
09
"One of the bird cages."

via MaryElizabeth Stanton

That's a very interesting bird you've got there…
10
"Deciding she wanted to come to work with me as a kitten. She's an indoor kitty now."

via Donna Shelley

Cats adopted from a mysterious place in a car are a classic.
11
"Most cats don’t go out of their way to sleep in a pile of dogs, but evie isn’t most cats…"

via Laurel Kranick

Arguably, this is exactly where she should be.
12
"Tater Tot in the off-limits storage room on precariously stacked boxes."

via Lin-z Forrister

"He couldn't figure out where the strange noise was coming from and it was driving him nuts (it was his booty noodle smacking the bamboo windchimes; the more frustrated he got, the harder the tail thumps, the louder the noise…)"
13
"Supervising me cooking breakfast"

via Jodi Potts

A cat must always supervise.
14
"Raava hiding in the cupboard...."

via Stefanie Ann-Marie

Not hiding very well, is she?
15
"When you see her."

via Connie Toombs

Oh! We see her!
16
"Bacon on the top bathroom shelf."

via Debbie LR Lawson

That's not where bacon is supposed to be… But this bacon, on the other hand…
17
"He's in the ceiling..."

via Jason Huppert

But… How?
18
"Directly above my head on my wall units."

via Su San

"Lying in bed, opened my eyes and saw a dangling tail and paw"
19
"On top of the kitchen cabinets"

via Jeanne Ostrom Halls

That's a cat perching throne.
20
"Winston on top of the blind valance hiding behind the tree"

via Karen La Vallie

He knows exactly what he's doing.
21
"'Helping' with holiday cleanup"

via Lisa M Lahr

Mama's little helper.
22
"He is very obviously a void. Not Batman."

via Zoe Butcher

He's clearly the darkness. He's clearly the night.
23
"I was ready to clean the oven"

via Valerie Buckley Deedrick

'Was' is the key word here. Now, go and find another activity, the oven is occupied.
24
"The dishwasher..."

via Elise Stone

Not a dishwasher, but a cat's seat.
25
"Luigi... creeping in the shower..."

via Jana Gendrich

Peeping Tom.
26
"She had a thing for the washer, but not the dryer."

via Louise Benelas

"She was happier to leave her fur on the dark load."
27
"Hey, that's my water glass!"

via Bridget Carrie Davis

Not anymore…
28
"This is 3 month old Ragu apparently making sure he was included in the plans for a big family dinner..."

via Kathy Cady

"Or staking his claim on his favorite chips! We had two of these bowls and gave him one in his hammock for his very own. It is still his favorite place to nap!"
29
"On the stove laying on pizza boxes."

via Bob Otting

A warm surface is a warm surface.
30
"In the box in the recycling bin."

via Tina DeSelm

"He popped out when I picked it up to dump it in the outside bin."
31
"Not saying he shouldn't be there, but..."

via Eric Endo

The cat's opinion about it is the one that matters.
32
"Maze in the Kitchen Sink!"

via Christine Knefelkamp

That's a cat bed now.
33
"Allowed on TOP of the cabinet, but Grace has other ideas."

via Lori Larson

You're watching a cat expanding her territory.
34
"Aero on the back porch roof."

via Pam Allen Sohan

"Still not sure how he got up or down."
35
"On my puzzle"

via Roxana Salinas

We audibly gasped! Nooooooo
36
"He’s declared it his hammock."

via Lydia Holland

Well, that's a cat hammock right now.
37
"I’z in ur washer"

via Amy Guthrie

A kitty spaceship!
38
"We still aren’t sure how he got up there!"

via Carol Caves

He wanted to be with his stationary feline friends.
39
"Jack being naughty again..."

via Sue Scimeca

Naughty? We don't think so.
40
"Gryphon in one of many places."

via Candace Pevahouse

That's a kitchen gargoyle.
41
"Frankie learnt that he can use the blinds as a ladder and escape out the open window…"

via Sara Horseman

Let him see the birds!