Terminal Boxaholism
In recent years, boxhab centers nationwide have seen an alarming 58.2 percent rise in cases of boxaholism, the uncontrollable urge to wedge oneself into crates, shoeboxes, picnic coolers, floor safes, suitcases, hope chests, Bundt pans, mailing tubes, lunch pails, and all manner of portable enclosed spaces. In extreme cases, boxaholics will instinctively assume box-like shapes when no container is available.
It's time for intervention, Kyllyssa.
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My friend's bebeh (yes,a HOOMAN bebeh, shock horror!) does this. He's got a big bed now, but he seems to prefer sleeping curled up on the floor in the corner of the room instead.
Is there any hope? Are we even close to a cure????
Nice fluffyness
Playing a work by Boxtehude usually calms them down.
I was confused for a minute, because this cat is an exact copy of my Mississippi, and that is the exact same carpeting I have. And, she's a total boxaholic. But I didn't recall ever taking this particular picture. Brain hurt. Coffee more need.
First killer bebeh roh-dents, then killer bebeh blue-eyes, and now killer boxaholic kitteh...Wonderful way to start my morning!
I bet after this the kitteh rolled a big catnip fatty.
OK, after months of coming to this site, I am officially Overloaded. It happened just now. First, a tuxie cat that looks just like the late great Barnabas, The Best Cat That Ever Lived. Then orange stripey kitties (I'll take the middle one), incredibly blue kittye-eyes and PENGUINS BEING RESCUED BY MORE POTENTIAL "HEROES OF CUTE OVERLOAD"??!!
I can't take it anymore, I tell you. I need help.
O hai, horriblelicenseplates! Thanks for posting my submishe! I especially love the title. LOL
But NOTHING beats the Virginia one you just posted!
@HonGlad "Boxtehude"?? It's funny AND obscure. And I'm glad it's payday, 'cause I was feeling kinda baroque.
A perfect square. Oh my. I don't know if there's any going back after this.
Where can I get a wristband?
Boxtehude, indeed. It's time to get a Handel on things and go Bach to the drawing board.
nyerh nyerh nyerh!!
IT'S HIP TO BE SQUARE!
My kitties see a brand new cat bed and ignore it. A few weeks ago, I bought a new draft stopper, and when that's not in use, it usually sits in a corner in a little U-shape. Sure enough, kitties love to sleep in that enclosed surface area...WEIRD!
While the incidence of Boxaholism has increased, the number of Boxaholism rehab counselors has not. That is why C&D (Cat & Dog) University is now offering an online course in Boxhab Counseling. In just 10 months you can be certified to treat the most common forms of Boxaholism. The Kitties need your help, so sign up today!
My officemate is looking at me as tho I have gone completely nertz, bec I am snorking away here. You peeps make me laugh too hard. If it's wrong to love boxaholic kittehs, I don' wanna be right.
@chanpon
Typical cat for you, right? I bought my girls this:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80114502
after seeing it on here last year. No interest. Covered the thing in catnip. Still no interest.
Dropped a washcloth on the floor. Major interest.
YEEM YEEM !
Awaiting a RCF rendition of this boxed tuxie. Teho, you are raising our expec-ta-shons.
Hon Glad and Starling : baroquely brilliant !
@Hon Glad! [bows down in awe]
PS @Starling, oh Schütz!
Unfortunately, my cats suffer from a similiar syndrome... bagaholics. They put themselves into paper sacks and promptly spaz out. The other day I caught one of them walking around with a very small paper sack on his head.
Or perhaps they have self esteem issues. Cats can be sensative.
Beautiful kitteh!!! I want!
Rule of Cuteness #56-N: Boxaholism is cute!
(N is whatever number it needs to be to make this the next rule of cuteness)
Oh dear, I hope the boxholism isn't really terminal. Or at least that fluffy kitteh lives a long and full life before it is. :(
Kit, one of my girls, Sister, is also a bagaholic. But for her it's plastic shopping bags. She gets so excited when we unpack the groceries because we throw the bags onto the floor for her. She jams herself inside, turns around, and pokes just her head out. So of course, all bags thereafter must be hidden to keep her from getting stuck while no one's around.
On closer inspection, this kitteh lacks Mississippi's tiny black goatee.
I've heard of something being "kitty cornered" but THIS is redonkulous.
I think I've mentioned before that I am a big fan if kitteh (and other) whiskers and I must point out that this beautiful kitteh seems to have whiskers about 6 inches long and very luxurious indeed. (I have a sudden desire to call him "Hercule".) If he needs to rehab somewhere other than his own house, I will gladly volunteer to take him in.
Silly yankeebird! Kitties don't sleep where *you* want them to sleep. In fact, I'm working on a formula that involves the inversely proportional relationship between money spent on the bed, and likeliness of the cat sleeping on it.
Ha-ha, 260Oakley, I finally got it ! The penny dropped. Good puns are coming fast and thick tonight.
that's a pretty kitty, looks so soft! Wuvs.
@chanpon why don't they make box shaped cat beds then??
On her last day on earth, before I had to take her to the vet, my pretty ginger and white girl spent her time purring away in a corner just like this one, so we sat with her. Sad and happy memories. Boxhab is not always appropriate.
I even put CATNIP in the cat bed, and nothing.
@bookmonstercats: That is truly a bittersweet story....thanks for telling us.
@HonGlad and 260Oakley: GREAT puns!!!
*SNERK SNERK*, horriblelicenseplates.
And this is ONE gorgeous kitteh!!!
And, you forgot "sinks" in your listings. VERY important, sinks.
@Bookmonstercats, I had to let my sweet Stinky boy go too, a little over a week ago. He was almost 18. That's how we spent his last day, too, just sitting and cuddling.
Can someone explain boxaholism for me? Do cats in the wild like to makes dens out of caves and other cozy places to shelter them from weather, and maybe jump out to ambush preys?
Oh, wow! A square cat! I had no idea such a feline species existed!
Are there also triangle cats? Octagon cats? rectangle cats? Parallelagram cats? Sphere cats? Other shapes of cats?
The math proffs at the local community college would go nuts over stuff like this.
@David: A-herm. Boxaholism is the irresistible, unconquerable attraction of an empty, usually not-quite-large-enough box to a cat. The corollary is that if there are more than one kitteh, they will all try to fit in the same box at the same time, however big or small it may be. My current Furfactory, Mr. Picky, on the other hand [or the other paw], can take or leave a box. He is not affected by this cruel habit.
He is not called "Mr. Picky" for nothing.
@mberkie0 - I've seen this affliction myself ("I'm not too big, this box is too small"). I just don't understand why they do this. Perhaps they are just bored - they spend so much time sitting/sleeping on every conceivable place in the house, that if you introduce a nice space at your house, no matter how small, they have to try sit/sleep in it?
"nice space = new space" in my last post.
@David: Yes. This seems to be corollary to their firm belief that every new thing in the house must be especially for them. Such as, there must be no possible reason for that nice new pair of black wool pants other than for them to sleep on.
Theresa, I believe you are correct. Kitteh thinks, "There's no reason.. none.. for Mom to lay her best black pants out on the bed with her nice sweater unless she wants me .. the white kitteh.. to sleep on them. Surely her plans to go "out" later are irrelevant. She has other clothes after all! Maybe those nice cuddly sweat pants would be ok to go to the formal dinner instead of the black pants. Because .. I am sleeping on the black pants!!"
Heh, Silent Meow.
I'm hoping to find the elusive rhomboid-shaped cat.
David, I can't help but wonder, if you left a refrigerator box out on the African savannah, would you come back and find a lion or two in it? (Get in the car!!1!)