21 Cats Who've Fallen Into Cunning Cat Traps

May 24, 2022

These exceedingly clever humans have found ingenious ways to trap their cats by using the cats' natural instincts against them. Sometimes it’s on purpose!

1. “Cleaned the aquarium and 5 minutes later…”

Cat laying in empty aquarium

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2. Genius!

Cat laying on open “decoy” book next to open “study” book

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3. OK, who’s really in charge here?

Cat sitting in extra pair of pants

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4. “I put this down to sweep the floor and accidentally made a cat trap”

Cat sitting in dustpan

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5. “My SO laid out her crochet project on the floor to measure it. Not even 30 seconds later…”

Cats sitting on square of crocheted material

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6. “He dragged the box all the way over to me to show me it worked!!”

Cat sitting in lid of cardboard box

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7. “He realized the box he entered is no longer stationary”

Cat being carried in paper bag

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8. “Threw my belt on the floor. Trap working as intended.”

Cat sitting in circle made by discarded belt

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9. “A trap for each cat”

Two cats sitting in side by side cardboard boxes

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10. Looks cozy!

Cat sleeping in cardboard box

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11. “My niece is fostering kittens, and her daughter left a toy on the floor”

Kitten sleeping in pink plastic toy van

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12. “Every damn time we order pizza…”

Cat sleeping on pizza box

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13. “My girlfriend made me correct it”

Cat sitting in cardboard box that says “Dumb cats sit here,” where dumb is crossed out and replaced with pretty

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14. “He knows his worth”

Cat sitting in box that says “Top Quality Produce”

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15. “My cat went missing for a half an hour while i was rushing to go to work. I didn’t knew were she was until I decided to get my work backpack ready.. obviously someone got bored and decided to come to work with me..”

Cat sitting in backpack

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16. “The tentacle trap is working”

Cat laying in cardboard box decorated with tentacles

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17. “The cat trap worked better than expected”

Three cats laying in shallow cardboard box

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18. “Filed under T for Trouble”

Cat sitting in portable plastic filing box

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19. “Refused to use his new bed until now - check mate buddy”

Cat sitting in cardboard box on top of cat bed

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20. “Kiwi falls for the smallest of traps. Just two pieces of mail on the stair waiting to be taken up.”

Cat sitting on two pieces paper on the stairs

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21. “Captured the Entire Gang”

Five kittens sitting in small plastic containers

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