22 Purrrfect Kittens That Prefer Boxes over Beds

Giuliana Tiscioni • Writer

Aug 17, 2026 6:15 AM EDT

What do all cats have in common? They love boxes.

It will always be a mystery for us, mere hoomans, why cats have such an obsession with boxes. The second you place a cardboard box on the floor, they jump inside and declare it their new favourite place to sit, sleep, and play. Doesn't matter that we just got them a new comfy bed for them to use: they will go to the box.

That's a recurring thing with our cats: no matter how much money we spend on buying them toys and accessories, they always seem to choose to play with trash. Boxes, sticks, bottle caps, you name it! If it's useless and lying around the house, they will claim it as their toy. We might as well just stop spending half of our salaries on buying them stuff; they will ignore their actual toys anyway.

The box thing must have an explanation, though. Our best guess is that it must have to do with the heat. In the middle of summer, they also feel hot, just like us. Their comfy beds might be a little too warm to sleep on, so they go to the boxes that are probably a bit fresher. That's our take for the summer season, but we're still completely clueless about why they do it during the rest of the year. Someone must have the definitive answer. Some people say it's because boxes make them feel safe. We would think that their own beds should make them feel safe as well, but oh well. There must be some superior cat logic playing there that us simpletons will never understand.

The beauty of it is that we don't really need to understand. All we want is our furry babies to feel happy, comfortable, and to have fun with whatever they want. That, as long as they don't make a mess of our furniture. If that means they're going to jump into a box every time we bring one from the store or get it in the mail, so be it. They get to play and feel safe, while we get entertained watching them jump, scratch, and be themselves. In the meantime, here we have a collection of cat photos with that same passion: getting inside boxes.

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