Question

Why do cats chew on cardboard boxes?

Answer 1

It helps her clean her teeth.. Do you give her soft cat food, or the crunchy cereal-like cat food?. Cats need rough stuff to clean their teeth.. . Of course, she may just enjoy destroying boxes...

Answer 2

Could be from boredom. My cat liked to lick plastic bags. When I got her some toys and played with her a little more, she started to do it less.

Answer 3

He thinks he's at McDonalds.

Answer 4

LOL!!! My cat does this too.. She also shreds faxes if she gets to them first. And you should see what she does to the newspaper, hilarious.. Just the joys of being a cat mom, I guess I don't mind because I like watching her have fun.

Answer 5

my cats do that to my uncle said it helps clean there teeth, make teeth stronger, and make claws sharper

Answer 6

BEACUSE TIME IS CHANGING SO FOOD HABITS KEEP ON CHANGING CATS THEY CHANGE THEIR FOOD HABITS

Answer 7

Who really knows why they do what they do. If she is not hurting herself or anyone else, let her chew, she will get tired of it at some point.

Answer 8

my cat likes to chew on plastic like plastic bags potatoe bags toliet paper bags any thing even the bags that come out of a box that you make pasta with that hard platis to i dont know why its werid but sometimes its funny other times it makes me angry you can hear him chewing it gr well peace out ask a vet maybe

Answer 9

lol! cats love to chew things. get some bitter end and put it on the boxes it is a spray that you can get at your pet store, they don't like the taste of it so they won't chew on it. so to save any more boxes you can give that a try.

Answer 10

I have one who likes to chew on cellophane packaging.Meanly when he wants to get your attention.It can be very annoying.