21 Cats Who've Fallen Into Cunning Cat Traps

By  Jeremy Sutheim

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 Zeewild via Reddit

1. "Cleaned the aquarium and 5 minutes later..."

2. Genius!

Cat laying on open skimmiesthegingercat via Reddit

2. Genius!

3. OK, who's really in charge here?

Cat sitting in extra pair of pants weirdalicat via Reddit

3. OK, who's really in charge here?

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

Cat sitting in dustpan sercebaterije via Reddit

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

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 Andeck via Reddit

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

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

Cat sitting in lid of cardboard box black_hearted_dweeb via Reddit

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

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

Cat being carried in paper bag kyndragarten via Reddit

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

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

Cat sitting in circle made by discarded belt OyabunRyo via Reddit

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

9. "A trap for each cat"

Two cats sitting in side by side cardboard boxes thelavenderlily via Reddit

9. "A trap for each cat"

10. Looks cozy!

Cat sleeping in cardboard box SilverAzeddy via Reddit

10. Looks cozy!

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

Kitten sleeping in pink plastic toy van LinguisticTerrorist via Reddit

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

12. "Every damn time we order pizza..."

Cat sleeping on pizza box MarkieMew via Reddit

12. "Every damn time we order pizza..."

13. "My girlfriend made me correct it"

Cat sitting in cardboard box that says ExpletiveDysphemisms via Reddit

13. "My girlfriend made me correct it"

14. "He knows his worth"

Cat sitting in box that says GreenspaceCatDragon via Reddit

14. "He knows his worth"

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 Mario_cy_83 via Reddit

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.."

16. "The tentacle trap is working"

Cat laying in cardboard box decorated with tentacles umenohana via Reddit

16. "The tentacle trap is working"

17. "The cat trap worked better than expected"

Three cats laying in shallow cardboard box d2xdy2 via Reddit

17. "The cat trap worked better than expected"

18. "Filed under T for Trouble"

Cat sitting in portable plastic filing box -Honey-Jack- via Reddit

18. "Filed under T for Trouble"

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

Cat sitting in cardboard box on top of cat bed mrschanandlerbong97 via Reddit

19. "Refused to use his new bed until now – check mate buddy"

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 wildtaylorberry via Reddit

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

21. "Captured the Entire Gang"

Five kittens sitting in small plastic containers Artteachernc via Reddit

21. "Captured the Entire Gang"

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