How do cats and dogs manage to stay warm in extremely cold weather?
I have a stray cat that I’ve been feeding since I’ve moved in my house. The only reason I haven’t taken it in is because my landlord lives down the street and we’re not supposed to have pets in the house. I called a local shelter, but they refused to take the cat because the cat is an adult, which I think is complete BS. I haven’t called the police shelter because the one here holds animals for 1 month. If no pick up, they euthanize them, which is also BS in my eyes. Anyways, this morning, before work, I went outside to warm up my car and the cat was on my porch on my lawn chair that has a pillow and she was in such a tight ball, you could tell she was cold. I put out a small blanket for her so she could get warmer on it. Anyways, what I’m wondering is, how to strays manage to stay warm in cold weather?
BTW, I’m an extreme animal lover which is why I choose to feed strays, whereas other people would rather them starve…So yeah…LOL! Thanks!
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Some cats has an undercoat, sometimes it doesn’t look that their fur is thick enough. The undercoat of their fur captures heat and circulates it’s body, sometimes it doesn’t keep them warm enough so it was a good idea to put a blanket outside.
Some cats even have short, rounded ears that captures heat from the sun. I know it sounds crazy but they DO have the same features of artic foxes.
They find warm places just like street people do. Warm air vents, garages, underground parking garages, large compost bins, cooling car engines.
Sadly, a lot of stray animals die in the winter or get frostbitten ears, tails and toes. If you don’t want to adopt the strays you see, call the humane society if they have a no kill policy or put out food and water and make a nice warm, sheltered nesting are somewhere and keep it clean for the poor little guys till warmer weather comes around.
i say get it a cage and get it a dog sized snuggie
and put a thin blanket over the cage.
their skin aint so porus as us to obsorb the cold air and then they have different temperature regulatory systems than us.
and on top of thet they have lots of hair to keep them warm.
domestic animals were not allways domestic animals.they were originally wild and live in the woods
if im not wrong although they have furs to keep them warm but in extreme cold weather they need something to snuggle to sleep like the lawn chair with pillow they use to it keep themself warm. hmm… why not u put a small box with blanket in it so its better this way, at least the cat has a roof on its head.
kudos to you =)