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Weird behavior from my cat recently. Anyone know what's going on
At first I thought she was gonna show me something inside the box, but there's nothing other than a nylon bag. She also runs to it when I get near it as well, and also keeps biting my hand and tries to drag me into it. What's going on? Never in my life have I seen my cat doing this.
Yeah people (myself included) always talk about how their cat would kill them if they got the chance, but my cat has never hurt me or attempted to other than when im getting her belly which is my own fault.
From the moment I’ve acquired my cats as kittens, I’ve stuck my face right in the bellies and raised them with belly kisses. Now they’re huge tom cats and still roll on their backs for belly kisses. I still have a face.
We had a cat that would purr like crazy if you gave her raspberries on her belly, hahah. She loved it. But yeah any of the cats I've had or have will at the very least tolerate belly kisses if not love then.
Ha! Not always, Mon Ami. My last three cats (RIP Katie, Jack & Luna) let us rub their bellies. They’d flop on the floor and ask for belly rubs. I miss them so much!😔
I have one of each, LillyPig will let me pet her head and neck endlessly, but I am not allowed to elsewhere or she will bat my hand away. I would probably loose my hand altogether if I attempted to pet her belly. Miu Miu Von Monkeystein will let me pet her endlessly and often rolls over on her back when we are sitting on the sofa, encouraging me to use her as an armrest and pet her belly. Cats like people have different personalities, quite literally different strokes for different folks.
its so beautiful. I watch my cat pull her claws in when she touches me or when I hold her so she doesnt scratch me. She just feels safe with me and is so affectionate. they're the best
Not true. Their personalities are all unique. My tortoise cat loves me and will sleep on my lap for hours. She will also attack me for no reason. It's becoming a dangerous problem.
I’d like to place the “Hop in” Simpsons meme where Mr. Burns draws a revolver on Mr.Smithers when he hesitates getting into the Sprooce Goose aeroplane.
Yeah, the kitty has found big fun in that box, and wants you to join,- can't quite figure out that you won't fit it.
They are not geniuses- but soooo lovable!!
1) Bears have insane smell that has dedicated receptors to sensing stuff like noradrenaline in the air, so they can literally smell fear
2) Cats have very bad sense of "scale". They have trouble understanding when something is "big" or "small" they only understand "danger" and "no danger"
(that's why a 3-kilo cat is comfortable around 700-kilo horses and is so chill that horses, nervous and skittish animals on average, are so chill with cats)
3) And that is why you see videos of cats attacking bears and bears retreating, because they see this little furry ball of fury squaring up to attack them, and their senses are like "Oh. Oh wait. This small thing. It is Not Afraid of me. AT ALL. This fight could end with injuries. Better retreat"
Not sure how true is the pp 1 and 3, the bears could just prefer retreat to confrontation and those cats could be scared out of their minds, but I love this image, and it would also explain to me why she's like "What do you mean you can't FIT in the box. Is simple. You squeeze and you in box. Humans, I swear..."
mine does this with one random grocery bag, she zooms, flops, then acts normal like nothing happened. cats just get the zoomies and vibe with their favorite objects
My boy cat woke me up at 3am so frantic that I thought he was going to lead me to a house fire or one of his sisters in distress. I jumped out of bed and he instead led me to a place that 6 hours earlier had been a pile of bubble wrap, but I had taken it to the garbage. Sorry, buddy.
We got our puppy a kitten when he used to get stressed about us leaving for work. (Puppie is now 6 y/o and the kitten is 5) Best thing you can ever do for your pet is to get them a friend. Heck, the whole world could use a kitten. Maybe then no more fighting? Hard to fight with a kitten love overload 🤔
I got my cat a doggo, my cat died and my dog got depressed so I got him a kitty. He's 11 and the cat is 1. When he'll die I will get my cat another cat. That's a never ending circle x___x
Same. Mine wanted me to stay with her while she birthed her kittens, even going so far as to stop her labor and follow me when I needed bathroom breaks while keeping vigil for her.
When it came time to push, she would stand up and I would put my hands on her shoulders and she’d lean in. We delivered all of her kittens that way! It was one of the most magical things I’ve ever seen.
True, but they don't have to be pregnant. Sometimes the motherly instincts just kick in. My spayed cat used to do this a lot. She liked to pretend that my hand is her kitten.
That’s exactly what she wants - she wants to hide in the box and try and catch things moving along the top. Just check out that look of disappointment after she gets her human to the box, waits, and nothing happens. Time to get out the cat wand and go cat fish in a box!
It’s the Ouroboros cat cycle - cat fishes for human to go fish for cat in its natural home, the cardboard box. And a cat instantly knows if you are being half-hearted about it. It’s full commitment or nothing.
"Hey, did you see my Really Excellent Box? I gotta show you my Really Excellent Box. You wanna get in my Really Excellent Box with me? Here, see how Excellent my Box is? Let us play now in my Really Excllent Box. If you ever remove my Really Excellent Box, I will bite you forreals."
Never seen that before. Maybe she wants you to join her in her awesome box.
Joking aside, have you tried moving the box to a different localtion, to see if she still takes you to the box or just to that corner in the room? Maybe it's about the box, maybe there is something in that corner on the wall she wants you to check out.
Also, pet the damn cat. That look of dissapointment when she pops out of the box a 2nd time.
This! It’s cute to think she just wants a playmate in the box, but …. Animals are smarter than we credit them. I’d be doin some more investigating to make sure there wasn’t something in the walls…
I thought she was trying to show you babies inside of the box and I was wondering why you didn't show the camera inside of the box that she's in, cats will often give birth in tight little spaces like that.
She wants you to pet her in the box. My cat doesn't drag me to her cave in the closet, but she'll meow at me from the door so I follow her in the bedroom, get down on my hands and knees with my head in the closet and pet her while she settles in for her nap.
TOne of our cats does this too, leads me to the closet and wants me to pet her while she goes to sleep. My brother's cat insists on being petted on the back porch deep freezer. But only after dark. Cats are so weird.
I had one cat that used to come and try and drag me like that to under the bed when someone would visit the house. I just figured it was her “safe spot” and she wanted me to be there too. Maybe she just wants you to come and enjoy the box she’s enjoying.
this is the cutest friggin video! made me giggle cause obviously she wants you in the box with her for the fun! but alas, i don't think you would fit as well as she does. I have a children's play tunnel for my two large boys and have joined them a handful of times just because i can. if you despise the look of boxes in your home i would recommend! they also love to zoomie in and out of that thing
I think she just wants your attention. So precious (人’∀’）
My cat did something similar too. She would take me (by lightly biting my hand and drag me) to the store room we have in our home, she would get on the shelf and meow continuously until I reach to her and pet her there lol 😂
She just made it her favorite spot I guess and wanted me to join her there and give her some love and attention ❤😌
Im assuming there aren't kittens in that box!
My girl used to get me to look after her kittens that way when she wanted a break. She would make sure I was going to keep watch before she would leave them. As they got bigger she would take the kittens and put them in with the dog to babysit.
Weird? Actually that was so cute it overloaded my cuteness meter. She wanted to show you affection and wanted you to join her in the box. What a sweet little kitty.
It is exactly how a momma cat takes you to see her babies or gives birth. She doesn’t look pregnant but that is how I have seen cats act like that. Maybe she really loves the bag or box and wants to show you?
As someone who has had pregnant queen cats in the past, I do agree with a lot of people saying she's trying to show you the best nesting area; unless she's spayed and she is just wanting you to play in the box.
The only time I’ve seen a cat do that was leading her human to her litter of kittens. But as long as you know she isn’t pregnant then I think she just wants you involved in things that make her happy.
Well grabbing your hand to take you over to her obviously fun box she’s enjoying so I’m thinking she’s thanking you or telling you I love this box 🗃️ please don’t get rid of this.
Or like what kids do when they jump into the pool, hey Mom watch me! Idk but it’s adorable 🥰
I’ve only seen that from pregnant cats. You can get cat pregnancy tests pretty cheap online. I don’t know how easy or effective they are but I’d be dying to try just to see. lol
Cats love boxes. This is the current one that has my two ladies entertained. It is a shaded place in the heat too. They will destroy it within around a month and then they get a different random box.
I would move the hamper next to the box, OP, sit next to it and drape your hand in there with her and play some, or just hand out next to her and spend some time with her. She just wants the company of her favorite person. It’s so adorable.
Looks like playful hide and seek to me, she's inviting you to play. Don't know if this applies but I try to play with them too at random moments, especially during play. Hiding behind corners and jumping out to "scare them" the way they do. But what they really like is when I pretend to be sneaky and hide (badly) and they hide and then run to "scare me". If you do this tho u should play afterwards, I do this to get them rilled up for play and get their energy out by running around the house. Also pretend hide and seek with toys, where the toys "hide" and then they find them and feel like a hunter that stalked its prey and caught it.
I think you should play with her while she's in the box. Some dangly toy would be ideal. She needs you to play with her while she's in there. This is cute as hell.
How is any of this weird? The cat is communicating to you that they want to bring you to their box, show you they like the box, and they want you near the box while they are in it. It's nothing deep. Keep the box because they like it. Maybe see if they want something in there like a towel or something.
Looking at the cat I wonder if the OP is trying to not bond with a communicative and outgoing cat.
My cat started doing this for food. She eats normally when we're not home but when we are, she seeks us out and waits for us to give her her snack time pets
There is nothing in the entire world that cats love more than random cardboard boxes and plastic bags. Between those and bottle caps I gave up on buying toys for my cats within the first year, they’d rather play with trash.
She’s just really excited about her new toys and wants to show you them. Maybe has also see you get rid of boxes before and wants you to keep this one.
I would maybe get rid of the bag for safety reasons but you should keep the box. If it’s an eyesore move it somewhere out of the way where the cat still has access to it.
Dude this video is one of the few that make’s me audibly go “Awwwwww.” Your cat loves you so much she is carrying you over to her favorite spot to be with her. That’s just adorable. How lucky you are your cat has chosen you
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