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Home-made cat shelters should not be too big

PoC avatarPosted on February 18, 2021 by Michael BroadFebruary 18, 2021

This is something which has occurred to me for some time. My thoughts have been renewed by the stories of extreme weather conditions in Texas causing very low temperatures and snow storms. Feral cats are at risk of frostbite and … Continue reading →

Posted in caring for feral cats | Tagged caring for feral cats, cold weather, homemade shelter | 1 Reply

Let’s think of the feral cats during the exceptionally cold Texas weather

PoC avatarPosted on February 18, 2021 by Michael BroadFebruary 18, 2021

The exceptionally cold Texas weather catastrophe is a global warning. They say that it is a sign of global warming. Fortunately and thankfully the forecast for Houston Texas is that conditions are rapidly warming up this weekend. Temperatures get back … Continue reading →

Posted in feral cats | Tagged caring for feral cats, Cat News, cold weather, homemade shelter, PETA, Texas | Leave a reply

Do domestic cats feel the cold and how cold is too cold?

PoC avatarPosted on February 2, 2021 by Michael BroadFebruary 18, 2021

Well, domestic cats must feel the cold, common sense tells us that because domestic cats like warmth and they seek out warmth such as laps and boiler rooms. That said domestic cats allowed outside might spend quite a long time … Continue reading →

Posted in environment | Tagged cat anatomy, cat behavior, cat environment, cat hypothermia, cold weather, environment, homemade shelter | Leave a reply

Can domestic cats survive in the cold?

PoC avatarPosted on January 16, 2021 by Michael BroadJanuary 20, 2021

Yes, of course domestic cats can survive in the cold but it all depends on how cold, how wet and for how long a cat suffers these conditions. Cats are pretty robust and they do wear a coat 24/7. And … Continue reading →

Posted in hypothermia | Tagged cat hypothermia, cold weather, feline frostbite

Russian stray cat survives minus 27 degrees Celsius

PoC avatarPosted on November 30, 2020 by Michael BroadNovember 30, 2020

Below is a stitched together narrative from many Twitter tweets in Russian (translated by Google) of the rescue of this black cat named Maruska by her rescuer. I found her on the street in December ’13. It was minus 27 … Continue reading →

Posted in cat rescuer | Tagged cat rescue, cat rescuer, cold weather, Russia | Leave a reply

Cat has a dry nose

PoC avatarPosted on May 15, 2020 by Michael BroadMay 15, 2020

I see that some cat owners are concerned that their cat’s nose is dry or they want to know if it is okay. They must mean that the nose leather (the tip of the nose) is dry. As my cat … Continue reading →

Posted in nose | Tagged cat anatomy, cat flu, cat nose, cat's nose, cold weather, upper respiratory infections, uri | Leave a reply

How do feral cats stay warm in winter?

PoC avatarPosted on November 25, 2019 by Michael BroadFebruary 19, 2020

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. … Continue reading →

Posted in volunteers | Tagged cat body temperature, cold weather, feeding feral cats, feral cat shelters, feral cats, outdoor cat house | 1 Reply

Performing abortions when spaying female feral cats. Discuss.

PoC avatarPosted on February 15, 2019 by Michael BroadFebruary 15, 2019

Seattle, USA: On Facebook the people at Feral Cat Assistance & Trapping (F.C.A.T.) tell the world that they were annoyed at a feral cat caretaker (of what I presume is a colony of feral cats) because she was stupid enough … Continue reading →

Posted in trap-neuter-release | Tagged abortion, cat spaying, cold weather, facebook, feral cats, TNR | 5 Replies

Extraordinary pictures of cat frozen in snow, unresponsive and thawed out

PoC avatarPosted on February 8, 2019 by Michael BroadFebruary 8, 2019

I was flabbergasted when I saw these two photographs. The first shows this long-haired tabby cat unresponsive and frozen inside snow. To all intents and purposes Fluffy looks dead. It’s hard to come to any other conclusion. She was buried … Continue reading →

Posted in cats in emergencies | Tagged cats in emergencies, cold weather | 4 Replies

Locked out: 90-year-old Michigan woman dies of hypothermia while feeding birds and cats

PoC avatarPosted on February 4, 2019 by Elisa Black-TaylorJune 4, 2019

With temperatures across the U.S. dipping to deadly lows, we all need to keep in mind just how quickly hypothermia can set in. A 90-year-old woman died last Wednesday on the steps of her home near Long Lake in Fabius … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat News | Tagged cold weather, feeding cats, The Articles of Elisa Black-Taylor | 6 Replies

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