This is a fun concept! Obviously, being an animal and causing problems is a great idea. I mean, there's Untitled Goose Game and Catlateral Damage as ideas that play to this.
There are the problems you've mentioned already, However, there's also a lack of things to do in the game. This is a beta, so I'm sure you're going further, but I'd love to be able to do more. More than just run around and hit 'e' to interact. You mention quest boxes, and while I did find empty boxes, I didn't find any quests.
To summarize, once this is expanded, I think it'll be really fun.