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What’s Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?

4
Sep
50
What’s Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?
By Nightlight
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Cats love boxes, that’s no secret. Many owners will tell you, their kitties love to climb inside cardboard boxes. Of course, the most obvious explanation for such behavior is that cats are predators. It is in their instincts to seek hideouts that can be used to ambush prey. However, latest research results allowed scientists to conclude that this is but one of several possible reasons.



Confined spaces provide a sense of security

What's Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?

Working as a veterinary practitioner at a cat rescue center, Dr. Claudia Vinke of Utrecht University has made an interesting discovery: providing newcomer animals with boxes (as temporary shelters during their adaptation period) helps them fit in with the other center inhabitants and makes them more approachable to humans.

What's Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?

In nature, wild cats often hide in caves, tree hollows, or among branches. Domestic felines prefer boxes. Finding a safe place to hide is a strategy that helps a cat to get used to an unfamiliar environment and defeat stress.

Comfort zones as a means of getting away from problems

What's Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?

In their book titled «The Domestic Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour,» specialists from the Institute for Applied Ethology and Animal Psychology, Switzerland, make the following conclusion:

“Unlike pack animals, cats don’t have strategies for resolving conflict situations and prefer to avoid direct confrontations with enemies.”




What's Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?

Hence, when a cat is scared by something, it sees a box as a comfort zone — a place to hide from all their problems. In the absence of a box, cats would use other confined spaces they’d find appealing — shoes, vases, shopping bags, egg cartons, etc.

What's Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?

A way to keep warm

What's Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?

According to data gathered by the National Research Council (NRC) in 2006, cats feel most comfortable at a temperature between 30 and 36 degrees Celsius (86 and 97 degrees Fahrenheit). That is why they like sunny places, radiators, and… cozy boxes! Cats especially prefer cardboard boxes, because cardboard possesses heat-insulating qualities.



What's Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?

So, now we know! Still, it’s such a pity that cat’s can’t talk — if they could, we would’ve found out their secret long ago!

What's Up With That: Why do Cats Love Boxes so Much?

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