On Jul 26, 5:21*am, "Adrian" wrote:
Christina Websell wrote:
"Yowie" wrote in message
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"Gandalf" wrote in message

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:19:09 -0500, "Pat"
wrote:

I knew he had gained some because I had to loosen his harness. It
was a pleasant surprise discovering that he is back up to more than
6.5 lbs. When he's at least 8 lbs. I will quit worrying that he's
too thin. He'll need to have that much weight to have a chance of
being semi-comfortable this winter.

Wow, that seems so *light* to me, for an adult cat!

But every ounce gained is a big step in the right direction, of
course.

Just keep spoiling him, unmercifully.

I know what you mean about winter! It's hard for *me* to stay warm,
and I can add more clothing.

I spoil my Kenzie with a heated bed in the winter. While I'm at
work, and at night, it's only 55F (13C) in my house.

Is that considered cold for inside the house on a winter night?

It gets colder here at night (down to about 10C, 50F, sometimes a
little colder) and I've never bothered to leave the heating on after
I've gone to bed. One nice thick doona (duvet, comforter) and
flannelette pyjamas and I'm toasty warm. I figure the cats, having a
natural fur coat, can easily cope with those sorts of temperatures.

I get up in the morning and turn the A/C on for an hour or so before
the sun starts coming through the northern windows and warms up the
place - it keeps the place warm all day (and sometimes we have to
open up the windows, even on winter days, because of the sun). The
A/C comes back on at some point after the sun going down, and
usually stays on till we go to bed. But at the moment, with me
sitting in my flanny PJs and bedsocks (yes, such a sexy image), I am
perfectly comfortable without the A/C. Suki is curled up on the
printer (which will no doubt soon suffer the same cause of death as
the two previous ones - cat hair overload), Shadow is curled up on
'her' mat on the kitchen floor (woe betide another cat that thinks
of putting so much as a whisker near its perimeter) and Pickle is
once again shedding into the clean laundry pile. None of them are
seeking out the natural heat sources (me, the computers, the top of
the tv, top of the fish tank light, etc). I reckon its about 13C,
55F in here at the moment.

That would be "warm" for my house in the winter if I was out at work
or in bed (which means my woodburner would be too)
Am I the only person who has found my flannel (face towel) had fallen
into the bath and frozen to the plughole overnight? *Probably ;-)

Tweed

I have a glass of water by my bed at night, more than once I've gone to take
a sip and found it frozen.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
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Wow! You are of much more hardy stock than I. That is a compliment. I
know
it's a wasteful use of energy to keep the house so warm at night. But
I
just can't stand it. I'm a disgrace to my pioneer ancesters :-)
I've also heard it is healthier to sleep in a cooler house.

Sherry