Cat has a dry nose
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 →
Tag Archives: cold weather
How do feral cats stay warm in winter?
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 →
Performing abortions when spaying female feral cats. Discuss.
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 →
Extraordinary pictures of cat frozen in snow, unresponsive and thawed out
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 →
Locked out: 90-year-old Michigan woman dies of hypothermia while feeding birds and cats
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 →
‘River’s heartbreaking story reminds us why it’s so important to call the city when stray animals are seen in freezing temperatures’
This is the happy ending story of River, a black cat found injured and “clinging to life” in the middle of the Rideau River. Thankfully, firefighters were able to rescue him and get him emergency veterinary treatment.
Continue reading →Helping Cats in Cold Weather
Every year I think about helping cats in cold weather. Where I live is fairly mild compared to the mid-west where (with the wind chill factor) last night it was more than 50 degrees BELOW zero F. In that region … Continue reading →
I am thinking of the feral cats of Chicago during the Polar Vortex
I can’t help thinking about the feral and stray cats of Chicago during the brutally cold temperatures caused by the Polar Vortex. We hear of advice to humans to stay inside and that the temperatures are so low at -50 … Continue reading →