Cats and this Cold weather coming.

[airweaz]

Seeing as its due to get very cold soon. I was wondering what sort of cold cats can deal with as mine lives outside most of the day and inside in the evening and most of the night?

If it does get down to minus 7 (so they say) is surely enough to freeze a cat?

Although if its that bad Ill work from home TBH.

[HTP99]

Our outdoor cat is in loads recently, she used to go out at night and be back in, in the morning, have her breakfast and then go out again, she is hardly ever out now, the only problem is she wakes me up in the morning wanting breakfast; loudly!!

[MitchT]

We have two. One lives inside, just nipping out reluctantly to take a dump. The other is the opposite - outside no matter what. Apocalyptic thunderstorm and torrential rain? No problem. Business as usual, just nipping in for some biscuits and the straight back out again. She knows where we live and can get in easily whenever she wants so I guess we shouldn't worry.

[ali_kat]

There have been a few threads from the US Cat Rescue sites on FB showing how to make warm, dry, waterproof shelters for feral cats recently, Google will find them I'm sure!

[Jasandjules]

We have a shed which is used with vet bed for the dog, the cats can go in there if they wish. But they tend to come back around 9pm at night these days, and earlier as it gets colder..

[mrmaggit]

Our mostly inside cat is now fully inside, the outy cat is spending more time inside, when it gets really horrible he'll be indoors most of the time.

[fausTVR]

Way back when I was a teen, I worked at a small builders merchants. One cold morning after a goodly snowfall I was fetching something from an open sided shed, when I spotted a snow covered cat curled up as if napping in there. It made me jump seeing it there and I felt angry that someone would expect their cat to stay out in that weather.

[HTP99]

fausTVR said:

Way back when I was a teen, I worked at a small builders merchants. One cold morning after a goodly snowfall I was fetching something from an open sided shed, when I spotted a snow covered cat curled up as if napping in there. It made me jump seeing it there and I felt angry that someone would expect their cat to stay out in that weather.

Our cat has an area in the shed with a bed and blanket, so if she is out and can't get in she has somewhere relatively warm and sheltered to retreat to.