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Has anyone let cats live in their garage?
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:48:48 -0700 (PDT), dberrycat
wrote: On Oct 16, 9:04*am, dgk wrote: I'm really torn. Scooter is the outside cat that I've been feeding and just had neutered and tested. Perfectly healthy but I can't really take in another cat and Espy hates this one. Right now, because it's cold, windy, and rainy, Scooter is in my Cat Introduction Room but that can't last. He already wants to get out into the rest of the house. Espy is going nuts and making noises I've never heard before. I thought about building him some sort of cat house outside for the winter but I can't figure out how to keep it reasonably warm and dry. Oh, well there are these things:http://www.cozycatfurniture.com/cat_houses.html Some look about right and have optional heat and insulation. But that sure isn't cheap. I thought that maybe I could just put a cat door in my garage and let him live there, but I could end up with a whole colony of cats and have to neuter them all and/or deal with the kittens. That's a bit more than I want to deal with. Any advice? Alley Cat Allies has some ideas and plans for outdoor feral (or other) cat shelters. See: http://www.alleycat.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=631 http://www.alleycat.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=36 It is also a good site to get information about helping feral cats and TNR. http://www.alleycat.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=616 Debbie Thanks, that is an excellent site. I wish they would define "very cold". I don't think New York City qualfies but it did drop to 8F two winters ago. I don't have the room for the shelter that they have the plans for, but there are some very important tips that I can use. One is to ditch the carpet (retains moisture and fleas) and use tile or linoleum with wood chips or straw. I also think I made the opening too big; I'll need to redo that. Plus, paint it. I was actually thinking of staining the wood. |
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Has anyone let cats live in their garage?
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:33:39 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote: Indeed a 100W bulb puts out a hell of a lot of heat. Amateur radio people use them to keep the cans and repeaters at a nice toasty temp during the winter. I can see this, but weird as it may sound, in order to be warm the cat would have to be in glaring bright light all the time. Not a bad alternative to freezing to death, admittedly. Cats must be tough this cat was accidently locked in deep freezer for 19 hours and survived (-18 degrees centigrade = 0 degrees fahrenheit) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkAdsJrI_14 Googling heated pet mats http://tinyurl.com/pet-mats |
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Has anyone let cats live in their garage?
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:55:35 +1100, Petzl wrote:
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:33:39 -0400, "cybercat" wrote: Indeed a 100W bulb puts out a hell of a lot of heat. Amateur radio people use them to keep the cans and repeaters at a nice toasty temp during the winter. I can see this, but weird as it may sound, in order to be warm the cat would have to be in glaring bright light all the time. Not a bad alternative to freezing to death, admittedly. Cats must be tough this cat was accidently locked in deep freezer for 19 hours and survived (-18 degrees centigrade = 0 degrees fahrenheit) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkAdsJrI_14 Googling heated pet mats http://tinyurl.com/pet-mats Thanks, but no point shipping them halfway around the world. There are some in the US. Pretty Girl was hanging out in her new home yesterday. Once I put in some heat I'm sure she and Scooter will move in full time. Hmm. I may need to make it bigger if their kids want to move in or it's going to get crowded. |
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Has anyone let cats live in their garage?
dgk wrote:
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:33:39 -0400, "cybercat" wrote: "T" wrote in message ... In article , says... I have an outside cathouse that we've used for years.My hubby built it out of plywood, but you can use a doghouse or anything else you can come up with. Just have a small cat-size entrance door, put a thick sponge mattress on the floor & a blanket. The secret to keeping it cozy & warm is simple. Hang a 100 watt bulb in the ceiling! That's all it takes & it'll be sooo warm you'll wanna crawl in there yourself...pj Indeed a 100W bulb puts out a hell of a lot of heat. Amateur radio people use them to keep the cans and repeaters at a nice toasty temp during the winter. I can see this, but weird as it may sound, in order to be warm the cat would have to be in glaring bright light all the time. Not a bad alternative to freezing to death, admittedly. Of course it would make it easy to see inside the box but I don't really like the idea. I suppose I could use some sort of casing to block the light. But, there is also this: http://cozywinters.com/shop/kh-3093.html Now we're talking. I'm looking around a bit. Some of the pads says that they only go on when the cat is on them. That might be a good feature in the long run. If you are going to furnish the house with a kitty bed: http://cozywinters.com/shop/snugglesafe.html Before my feral cats began sleeping inside the house, I used this product. I cut circles in a piece of foam, put the discs in the circles, and put the kitty beds on top. The cats loved them. |
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