Do Cats Get Cold In The House

These viruses produce symptoms just like our colds.

Do cats get cold in the house. If you are in the habit of turning the furnace way down or even off when youre at work school or away for the weekend the temp in your home or flat can get too cold for your cat. Just like people cats can get colds. Thats why Alley Cat Allies has put together a guide for how to create shelters to keep feral cats warm and dry during our brutal northern winters.

This isnt always true however. They are descendants of desert cats. Probably the best prescription for winters woes is to keep your cat inside with you and your family.

If you have an older cat or a kitten they may not be able to regulate their body temperatures properly or as well as other cats. How cold is too cold for indoor cats. If the indoor temperature falls to 32 degrees F.

How can a single cat living inside his owners home full-time get a cold. Cat colds are usually caused by a virus. Indoor cats can occasionally get cold too.

The greater the exposure to natural light the greater the shedding of fur. Thats far too cold. The herpesvirus and the calicivirus.

It worries me a lot when people in the house have got colds too and my first instinct is to keep the cats away from them and sometimes even from me for fear of having them catch the. Outside cats can find places to hide and know very well how to survive but a housecat that is USED to being in a heated house would not live very long in super cold weather ie. Having a cozy place for them to snuggle up with a blanket or in an insulated cat bed can help to prevent this says Zay Satchu DVM at Bond Vet in New York City.