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Hi all! My cat, an approximately two year old male, loves finding small, enclosed hiding spots. I don't have an issue with that, of course, but a couple of his favorite spots are in questionable areas. A while ago, he became obsessed with a corner of the kitchen that's under the cabinets; unfortunately, it's also next to the oven, so I kept blocking it off. He kept getting through, I kept blocking it again, until finally I managed to block it in a way that lasted for several months and he lost interest for a while. Recently, he broke through and has become obsessed again. He also recently discovered that the fabric bottom of the love seat has a hole in it and has been climbing up into the chair. Unfortunately, I can hear him scratching and biting the wood in there, and I've found a couple staples on the floor that I think came out of the chair, so I really don't want him in there either. I've put the chair on its side, with the hole too high for him to reach, until I can figure out a permanent solution, and he has been upset and managed to tear a small hole in the bottom of the chair to try to get back into it.
This is all a long-winded way of asking if anyone has ideas for safe, attractive hiding spots that might tempt him more than the less ideal spots? He has a covered bed that he loves, and he hangs out under my bed sometimes, but his interest in these other spots is obsessive at times. I think it's a combination of the darkness and the small space. I just made him a little covered house out of a cardboard box and he's dozing in there right now, but I don't think it's dark enough to hold his interest the way the other spots do. Does anyone have any spots they've made, or ideas to make the spots he does have more attractive?
This is all a long-winded way of asking if anyone has ideas for safe, attractive hiding spots that might tempt him more than the less ideal spots? He has a covered bed that he loves, and he hangs out under my bed sometimes, but his interest in these other spots is obsessive at times. I think it's a combination of the darkness and the small space. I just made him a little covered house out of a cardboard box and he's dozing in there right now, but I don't think it's dark enough to hold his interest the way the other spots do. Does anyone have any spots they've made, or ideas to make the spots he does have more attractive?