Yeah - if you make them a bed, they won’t use it. I put nice cushy blankets inside a crate for the cats to curl up in on the porch, and they sit on top of it instead ;~)
On the other hand, the feral calico (I think there’s only one now) is using the dogloo full of straw I put on top of the cabinet in the barn. I see her on it every night and she’s there in the morning when I come out to feed. Unfortunately, she’s very spooked by me. She runs out whenever I come in, and I’m not sure if she’ll ever relax. She scaled over the wall and under the pony’s legs and was gone. I don’t know how to tell her I’m not gonna hurt her.