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.
Is she the one you tried to catch in the crate?
Lots of hard work there, but it sure was enjoyable.