Keeping kitties warm

spike7451 · 20 October 2011 at 10:46AM

It was cold here last night,I woke up a few times with Miss Daisy lying on top of me for the heat...Oh the life of a cat slave..

gettingready · 20 October 2011 at 11:36AM

My lot's job is to keep ME warm.. that is what I feed them/clean their crap for, they have to earn their keep somehow, no?

madmittens · 20 October 2011 at 11:40AM

Mine definitely have a special look that says 'please put the heating on'! Doesn't mean I take any notice though

Luckily haven't seen 'the look' yet - trying to resist putting heating on until November...

One currently sleeping on the back of the sofa where sunlight is streaming in through the window, one in her usual spot on the duvet on my bed (sleeps there day and night - after I get up in the morning it has to be made - get glares until the duvet is shaken and replaced 'properly') and the others are outside. Owned?!

VeggieCatLady · 20 October 2011 at 12:02PM

Haha it sounds like your cats know what they want!

Mine tend to snuggle around me when I am downstairs. I won't be putting on the heating until november at the earliest either. Where I used to live there were storage heaters and one of my cats used to love laying on them to keep warm. I noticed she was losing fur around her back legs though because she was on it so long! I had to turf her off and cover up the heaters with various ornaments! She wasn't impressed with that and I got dirty looks!

Wickedkitten · 20 October 2011 at 12:22PM

Our cats live out in the conservatory and in the wintertime I just cut a hole in the side of a box, shove some blankets in and they cuddle up together in there.

Lirin · 20 October 2011 at 2:51PM

When ours was still alive, and after the tussle with the mafogglies to see who ruled the house, I'd often find her curled up beside the Rough Collie, snuggled under all his fur. Occasionally she'd also have laid on the Lab, or in a very rare case, she'd be found under a cushion or inside my fleece, regardless of whether or not I was wearing it.....

Mafogglies- Rough Collie is perpetually warm, and often acts as a draught excluder.
Lab is perpetually seeking warmth, and can be found trying to wriggle under cushions (she still thinks she's a pup.)

missmontana · 20 October 2011 at 4:26PM

I put a hot water bottle in the cat carrier today when taking Peaches to get her jabs done, the vet laughed!

Just put the sheepskin rug in the front room, in front of the fire, cats seem to quite like that.

pinkcandyflossprincess · 20 October 2011 at 8:03PM

my house is allways hot , fortune spent on heating but i have a bad hip and cold really makes it bad.
our cats still hunt out radiators though:o
Mr miyagi my dopey furrball seeks out exteme temperatures though as if i open fridge he will get excited and try to climb in but same with tumble dryer:eek:
I think if he were human he would be into extreme sports:p