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Please don't put the cat out tonight.
Richardcoulter
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I know that some folk traditionally put out the cat for the night, (I don't), but it's far too cold tonight. I've been outside and it's really bad...
Please, if you do this, to make sure that s/he is not harmed by the exceptionally severe weather, let pussy stay in tonight!
In the past I have heard of cats being actually and literally frozen to death.
This, obviously, applies to all animals, but I think that cats are more at risk as it's part of some peoples bedtime routine to eg lock the door, put out the milk bottles and put out the cat!
Please, if you do this, to make sure that s/he is not harmed by the exceptionally severe weather, let pussy stay in tonight!
In the past I have heard of cats being actually and literally frozen to death.
This, obviously, applies to all animals, but I think that cats are more at risk as it's part of some peoples bedtime routine to eg lock the door, put out the milk bottles and put out the cat!
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Over the past week or so she stays out for no more than ten minutes and is waiting to bolt past me into the house as soon as I open the back door.
She is currently upside down on the sofa looking like she's been darted by tranquiliser gun.
Not when it's minus 10. it's just plain cruel.
Maybe you should try it yourself then.
Oh right.
I shouldn't imagine your cat is interested in all that bollox though.
The day I go outside to pee in the snow is the day they might consider it. Or more likely laugh at me:o
This week the younger one has nipped out the back to do the necessary and is back in as quickly as possible, and I had to put the older one out yesterday because I was worried he'd burst!:eek:
My Rosie sits at the back door to take the air for ten minutes in the morning, then shes in the warm with us for the rest of the day and night..she doesn't like the cold or wet much
Infact its like a cat free zone around here at the moment, even the toughest of Toms can only be seen when they're looking out of the windows from their warm houses
What a load of piffle.
How do you keep a cat in that doesn't want to be kept in and meows all night to be let out.
Cats haven't evolved, they're the same as they were 100 years ago.
Coldest night of the year last night wasn't it. My tom was out, although I was a bit worried about him, but he coped so I'm not worrying about him now. If he's cold he'll find himself some shelter. Cats have their survival instincts to rely on.
I wonder how many people actually give a stuff that there are humans sleeping out in this weather.
Fans with ice cold water placed next to the little blighters, succumbing to their every whim.
I'm master not my cat.
Please, please, please share your technique for cat mastering.
I think its different if they insist on staying out..you can't force a cat to stay in if they don't want to..I was more thinking of people putting a cat out who doesn't want to go
My cat for instance, would be terrified if shut out in the cold, and would probably howl all night and frantically try to get back in...in those circumstance I can't imagine anybody thinking was OK not to let her in
The ideal thing, I suppose is a cat flap, to give the cat the choice.
As to your last point, I can only speak for myself and I care very much that there are humans sleeping out in this weather. I think its disgraceful that there is nowhere for them to go. I am also and concerned about dogs shut out in the cold and old people who may not have adequate food or heating in this weather.
Unfortunately there are so many things that concern me, but there is only so much an individual can do
A gap in the market:cool:
They like their comfort too much to chose to go out in the snow and ice - spoilt little things!
The same as most animal lovers I expect. I consider him to be part of my family and treat him as such. The same rules apply to him as do the family members that live here. I go down to his level, look him straight in the eyes and give him a stern no when I don't want him to do something. On the whole he's a good cat. Although he does have one annoying habit that he won't shake and I can't stop him from doing, he follows me everywhere and gets under my feet, literally. I've already tripped over him once today. He most probably laughs in his own little cat way and thinks you will become subservient to me.
I'd never shut mine out if he didn't want to go out. He can't be the dopey moggy I've always thought him to be.
You're right, as individuals there is only so much we can do and I'm wrong to have raised the subject in this thread.
Yep, pretty much the same with my two.