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cats outside at night
Are cat's coats thick enough to keep them warm outside at night
(temperature in the 45 degree range)? How about inside an unheated garage? |
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Are cat's coats thick enough to keep them warm outside at night
(temperature in the 45 degree range)? How about inside an unheated garage? I have a short hair, a medium hair, and a long hair cat. I try to make them stay inside at night when it's cold, but sometimes they don't cooperate and stay out all night. They have spent nights outside in below freezing weather with no ill effects. |
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On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 06:50:31 -0800, Fat Freddy wrote:
[quoted text muted] I have a short hair, a medium hair, and a long hair cat. I try to make them stay inside at night when it's cold, but sometimes they don't cooperate and stay out all night. They have spent nights outside in below freezing weather with no ill effects. Several years ago when we had a really hard winter, several feral cats that had been roaming our condo area were found frozen to death. They had apparently crawled into the drainage ditch culverts seeking shelter. |
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Ray Ban wrote:
Are cat's coats thick enough to keep them warm outside at night (temperature in the 45 degree range)? How about inside an unheated garage? I have 4 indoor-outdoor cats and 45 degrees is fine for them (shorthair). They only become reluctant about going out when it is raining or below 30 degrees (or if there is snow on the ground). We have a cat door from outside to the garage and several cat beds in the garage (though they usually like to sit on my car). The garage is at least 10 degrees warmer than the outside and no wind. |
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: Are cat's coats thick enough to keep them warm outside at night (temperature in the 45 degree range)? How about inside an unheated garage? This is not a critisism at all - since I don't know the reason behind your question, it may well be concern due to your cats staying out at night- but..... we have Pets to share our lives, to enhance our environment/lives, maybe even learn from, companionship, and so on.... I think it's only right to share our home with them as well, they will learn to stay in at night and grow accustomed to a daily schedule if you need to do that to train them into being "day" cats, and not "night-owls"! plus feed them generally as much as is possible- at the same time of day, they'll soon learn to come in at the right time, and with the cat-door closed, won't be tempted to go back out! Plus being out at night their at more risk of injury - vehicles and other animals - healthier to have them inside. (and I'd never ask any cat to stay out in the cold!) |
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I agree with your sentiments. Right now I have to make a decision
whether to let the cat stay outside at night, or give her up for adoption (so far, no takers from no-kill shelters or other people). Ray stuart wrote: : Are cat's coats thick enough to keep them warm outside at night (temperature in the 45 degree range)? How about inside an unheated garage? This is not a critisism at all - since I don't know the reason behind your question, it may well be concern due to your cats staying out at night- but..... we have Pets to share our lives, to enhance our environment/lives, maybe even learn from, companionship, and so on.... I think it's only right to share our home with them as well, they will learn to stay in at night and grow accustomed to a daily schedule if you need to do that to train them into being "day" cats, and not "night-owls"! plus feed them generally as much as is possible- at the same time of day, they'll soon learn to come in at the right time, and with the cat-door closed, won't be tempted to go back out! Plus being out at night their at more risk of injury - vehicles and other animals - healthier to have them inside. (and I'd never ask any cat to stay out in the cold!) |
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i'm not an advocate of outside cats unless they are on a harness and leash
leading me around!!! but a friend used to put a heating pad on low with a blanket on top of it in her unheated garage.. "Ray" wrote in message ups.com... I agree with your sentiments. Right now I have to make a decision whether to let the cat stay outside at night, or give her up for adoption (so far, no takers from no-kill shelters or other people). Ray stuart wrote: : Are cat's coats thick enough to keep them warm outside at night (temperature in the 45 degree range)? How about inside an unheated garage? This is not a critisism at all - since I don't know the reason behind your question, it may well be concern due to your cats staying out at night- but..... we have Pets to share our lives, to enhance our environment/lives, maybe even learn from, companionship, and so on.... I think it's only right to share our home with them as well, they will learn to stay in at night and grow accustomed to a daily schedule if you need to do that to train them into being "day" cats, and not "night-owls"! plus feed them generally as much as is possible- at the same time of day, they'll soon learn to come in at the right time, and with the cat-door closed, won't be tempted to go back out! Plus being out at night their at more risk of injury - vehicles and other animals - healthier to have them inside. (and I'd never ask any cat to stay out in the cold!) |
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"Ray Ban" wrote in message om... Are cat's coats thick enough to keep them warm outside at night (temperature in the 45 degree range)? How about inside an unheated garage? My cats are fine in an unheated shed overnight, but minimum winter temps in this neck of the woods are rarely lower than -5 deg C (sorry I can't do F). They're both shorthaired. I think as long as they're dry and protected from windchill, they're comfortable enough. Mind you they are only 5 and 7 years old and in perfect health, I might have to rethink their winter overnight accommodation when they're older. Z |
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