Cats and snow and cold
It isn't below 0F in NYC right now but it is pretty close. The outside
cats always disappear when we get a big snow and show up again in three or four days. After the snow from last Friday they didn't show up again until Monday, when three of them came to eat. The fourth one had been spotted a day earlier. But this cold is something else. Buddy, the grey feral, spent the night in the heated box that I had built for Baby. I think Baby and her mom, Jet, spent the night under the porch of a neighbor a few doors away. They go there when there is heavy snow and just stay under the porch. It's shelltered from the wind but there is no insulation of any kind. There are also several cats that live in the backyards, but one of my neighbors has some crude shelters for them and I guess they stay there. I'll have to ask her. It's interesting how they manage to survive these temperatures. I mean, they do have fur coats but still, it's cold. |
Cats and snow and cold
"dgk" wrote in message ... It isn't below 0F in NYC right now but it is pretty close. The outside cats always disappear when we get a big snow and show up again in three or four days. After the snow from last Friday they didn't show up again until Monday, when three of them came to eat. The fourth one had been spotted a day earlier. But this cold is something else. Buddy, the grey feral, spent the night in the heated box that I had built for Baby. I think Baby and her mom, Jet, spent the night under the porch of a neighbor a few doors away. They go there when there is heavy snow and just stay under the porch. It's shelltered from the wind but there is no insulation of any kind. There are also several cats that live in the backyards, but one of my neighbors has some crude shelters for them and I guess they stay there. I'll have to ask her. It's interesting how they manage to survive these temperatures. I mean, they do have fur coats but still, it's cold. Nearly 0F is * very cold* it rarely gets that low here. You're having such awful weather over the pond. You do such good work by providing a heated shelter for the ferals. If your neighbour who has the crude shelters is interested maybe they could put one box inside another. stuff the space in between with insulating material and make sure to keep if off the ground. A cat who is always outside can grow a very thick coat, I guess this is how the remaining population of Scottish wildcats survive. It's more than cold in the wilds of Scotland (which is where they are) and there's a lot of snow. http://www.scottishwildcats.co.uk/wildcat.html I've noticed that Boyfriend, who goes out regularly, has a really thick coat now compared to a friend's cat who isn't allowed out and spends her life in a warm, centrally heated house. Although even if I kept him in, Boyfie would grow a big coat in the winter grin So I guess the answer is the colder it gets the more coat they grow. Not longer, but thicker and that's how they survive. Nature is a wonderful thing. Tweed |
Cats and snow and cold
Christina Websell wrote: So I guess the answer is the colder it gets the more coat they grow. Not longer, but thicker and that's how they survive. Nature is a wonderful thing. Tweed Also, snow itself has insulating qualities - witness Eskimo igloos. |
Cats and snow and cold
"dgk" wrote in message ... It isn't below 0F in NYC right now but it is pretty close. The outside cats always disappear when we get a big snow and show up again in three or four days. After the snow from last Friday they didn't show up again until Monday, when three of them came to eat. The fourth one had been spotted a day earlier. But this cold is something else. Buddy, the grey feral, spent the night in the heated box that I had built for Baby. I think Baby and her mom, Jet, spent the night under the porch of a neighbor a few doors away. They go there when there is heavy snow and just stay under the porch. It's shelltered from the wind but there is no insulation of any kind. There are also several cats that live in the backyards, but one of my neighbors has some crude shelters for them and I guess they stay there. I'll have to ask her. It's interesting how they manage to survive these temperatures. I mean, they do have fur coats but still, it's cold. ~~~~~~~~ My sister lives in Northeast Ohio. She says the temperature has "warmed up" to -8F (but much colder chill factor). Fortunately, she is retired and can stay comfortable indoors with her two cats. MaryL |
Cats and snow and cold
"MaryL" wrote in message
... "dgk" wrote in message ... It isn't below 0F in NYC right now but it is pretty close. The outside cats always disappear when we get a big snow and show up again in three or four days. After the snow from last Friday they didn't show up again until Monday, when three of them came to eat. The fourth one had been spotted a day earlier. But this cold is something else. Buddy, the grey feral, spent the night in the heated box that I had built for Baby. I think Baby and her mom, Jet, spent the night under the porch of a neighbor a few doors away. They go there when there is heavy snow and just stay under the porch. It's shelltered from the wind but there is no insulation of any kind. There are also several cats that live in the backyards, but one of my neighbors has some crude shelters for them and I guess they stay there. I'll have to ask her. It's interesting how they manage to survive these temperatures. I mean, they do have fur coats but still, it's cold. ~~~~~~~~ My sister lives in Northeast Ohio. She says the temperature has "warmed up" to -8F (but much colder chill factor). Fortunately, she is retired and can stay comfortable indoors with her two cats. MaryL As a native Southern Californian, I can't even imagine that kind of cold! I did experience 14 F once on a December visit to Alaska, and that was more than cold enough for me. Joy |
Cats and snow and cold
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: So I guess the answer is the colder it gets the more coat they grow. Not longer, but thicker and that's how they survive. Nature is a wonderful thing. Tweed Also, snow itself has insulating qualities - witness Eskimo igloos. *if* Boyfie was thrown out into the snow (of course I wouldn't do that) he has enough big coat (fur) to survive. Not only does he goes out in the winter, he has to be in my cold house so he grows a massive coat to deal with it. He's never cold. Unlike myself. |
Cats and snow and cold
"Joy" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... "dgk" wrote in message ... It isn't below 0F in NYC right now but it is pretty close. The outside cats always disappear when we get a big snow and show up again in three or four days. After the snow from last Friday they didn't show up again until Monday, when three of them came to eat. The fourth one had been spotted a day earlier. But this cold is something else. Buddy, the grey feral, spent the night in the heated box that I had built for Baby. I think Baby and her mom, Jet, spent the night under the porch of a neighbor a few doors away. They go there when there is heavy snow and just stay under the porch. It's shelltered from the wind but there is no insulation of any kind. There are also several cats that live in the backyards, but one of my neighbors has some crude shelters for them and I guess they stay there. I'll have to ask her. It's interesting how they manage to survive these temperatures. I mean, they do have fur coats but still, it's cold. ~~~~~~~~ My sister lives in Northeast Ohio. She says the temperature has "warmed up" to -8F (but much colder chill factor). Fortunately, she is retired and can stay comfortable indoors with her two cats. MaryL As a native Southern Californian, I can't even imagine that kind of cold! I did experience 14 F once on a December visit to Alaska, and that was more than cold enough for me. Joy ~~~~~~~~ It was much worse when I was a graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln because the wind just never stopped blowing there. That might the wind chill much worse. I could not afford a car when I was a student and depended on bus transportation. I would stand well back from the street on especially windy days while I waited for the bus because I was afraid that a gust of wind could blow me into the street. That sounds silly, but it was real. MaryL |
Cats and snow and cold
"MaryL" wrote in message
... "Joy" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... "dgk" wrote in message ... It isn't below 0F in NYC right now but it is pretty close. The outside cats always disappear when we get a big snow and show up again in three or four days. After the snow from last Friday they didn't show up again until Monday, when three of them came to eat. The fourth one had been spotted a day earlier. But this cold is something else. Buddy, the grey feral, spent the night in the heated box that I had built for Baby. I think Baby and her mom, Jet, spent the night under the porch of a neighbor a few doors away. They go there when there is heavy snow and just stay under the porch. It's shelltered from the wind but there is no insulation of any kind. There are also several cats that live in the backyards, but one of my neighbors has some crude shelters for them and I guess they stay there. I'll have to ask her. It's interesting how they manage to survive these temperatures. I mean, they do have fur coats but still, it's cold. ~~~~~~~~ My sister lives in Northeast Ohio. She says the temperature has "warmed up" to -8F (but much colder chill factor). Fortunately, she is retired and can stay comfortable indoors with her two cats. MaryL As a native Southern Californian, I can't even imagine that kind of cold! I did experience 14 F once on a December visit to Alaska, and that was more than cold enough for me. Joy ~~~~~~~~ It was much worse when I was a graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln because the wind just never stopped blowing there. That might the wind chill much worse. I could not afford a car when I was a student and depended on bus transportation. I would stand well back from the street on especially windy days while I waited for the bus because I was afraid that a gust of wind could blow me into the street. That sounds silly, but it was real. MaryL No, it doesn't sound silly. Out here we get wind strong enough to overturn a semi, so I can fully understand your wanting to be sheltered. It's possible that staying near the building was a little warmer too, although I suspect when it gets cold enough you can't tell much difference. Joy |
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