What affects us affects cats
If you want to tell if your cat has a temperature you will need to check it with a thermometer. The procedure is quite straightforward but gentleness is the order of the day. If you don’t already have one, buy a standard digital thermometer. You can get them for under £10 in the UK …
Concerned people want to know how feral cats stay warm in winter. The fact of the matter is that most often feral cats don’t stay warm in the winter but they put up with it because they are able to. True feral cats, cats born in the wild, have adapted to extreme temperatures and …
A linked question would be ‘Why is my cat shivering?’. If your cat is genuinely suffering from low body temperature (hypothermia) the signs are violent shivering. This may be followed (unless the cat warms up) by lethargy and listlessness, collapse and coma. Although you probably can’t measure the cat’s temperature it will be below …
Yes, cat ears are supposed to be hot for the simple reason that the blood vessels in the ear flaps are very near the surface and there is very little hair or fat between a person’s touch and the ear. Therefore, you are almost feeling the body temperature of the cat via the blood. …
I haven’t yet met a cat who wasn’t immediately attracted to boxes. What is truly amazing about this phenomenon is that no matter what shape or size they happen to be, after a few sniffs and a paw or two reaching inside a container, the rest of their body tries to find a way …
If your cat’s eats are hot to the touch, veterinarian sites will say that your cat might have a fever. I’ll touch on that later in the article but one point that is rarely made is that a cat’s ear (the ear flap or pinna) has very little fur on it and it is …
