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Discussion in 'Other Pets & Livestock' started by BobwhiteQuailLover, Nov 10, 2011.

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  1. Nov 10, 2011 #1
    BobwhiteQuailLover

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    Can kitties survive temperatures under 25 degrees F? Mine are outdoor cats, than stay in a pen next to our birds, and we are going to Illinois this weekend and i'm worried about them.. They have 3 walls, and the front is wire. We are going to put plywood around the whole front but keep a little bit open so they can look around outside. Plus a heat lamp through the winter, but we are going to do this after we get back from Illinois.. Do you guys think they will be fine?

    Thank you! [​IMG]
     

  4. Nov 10, 2011 #2
    Dar

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    Quote:as long as the cats have a place to hunker down thats dry and draft free they should be ok. barn cats survive all year round in unheated barns
     
  6. Nov 10, 2011 #3
    BobwhiteQuailLover

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    They have a draft free place in there, there is a blanket over half of the wood box I have for them.
     
  8. Nov 10, 2011 #4
    ChickenfootDuckbutt

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    they'll be fine, cats grow thick coats in fall if thats what they're used to.


    so long as they're healthy, and in good weight, cats are pretty tough.
     
  10. Nov 10, 2011 #5
    BobwhiteQuailLover

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    Oh, yes they are healthy. [​IMG]
    My one cat, Cinnamon, is naturally thin, we are thinking because she was a rescue, and starved.
     
  12. Nov 10, 2011 #6
    sourland

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    Provide a sleeping box filled with hay/straw/blankets and they should be fine. A VERY FERAL cat showed up here last winter. She spent half the winter living under a coop/loft that houses some of my pigeons. She finally moved to a utility shed where I provided a sleeping box filled with hay. She was sleek, shiny, and fat. After a brush with a coyote this spring, she left. I thought that she had been killed, but she came back about a month ago. She will no longer go near the shed - I think the coyote trapped her in there. I'm not sure where she will spend this winter?
     
  14. Nov 10, 2011 #7
    Glenmar

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    Cats are pretty tough.
     

  17. Nov 10, 2011 #8
    HollyBird24

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    My cats live outside all winter long, sometimes they sleep inside, sometimes they don't.
     
  19. Nov 10, 2011 #9
    BobwhiteQuailLover

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    Phew, thanks guys! I feel a TON better, we are having out neighbors watch over them. [​IMG]
     
  21. Nov 10, 2011 #10
    welasharon

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    Heat lamps can be so dangerous...be careful. Our house burned from a light over some puppies and chicks in a garage.
    sharon
     
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