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Hello all!
I am brand new to this group and so far have found it to be very helpful. I recently started caring for 4 feral cats or maybe they are strays. I’m not really even sure I know the difference but I know they have no owners. I help feed and give them water. I also made 3 outdoor shelters using two Rubbermaid storage bins, styrofoam, Reflectix, straw and this self warming pad I bought online that has the Mylar material in it. Two of them share one shelter and the other two cats take one by themselves. Even with the shelters i still worry if the cats are warm enough in there. I know there’s electric heating pads I can buy and put in there but I have anxiety when it comes to having things plugged in for two long and will worry all night about starting fires(I know it seems odd). The last two days here in IL it’s been in the teens but feels like zero degrees with the windchill. They seem to have done fine with the low temps but I guess my question is, does anyone know or can estimate or has ever checked what the Temperature can get inside the diy shelters? I’m tempted to buy one of those outdoor thermometers and hiding it in there to keep an eye on the temp in there lol. It’s mostly for piece of mind so that I can be sure they’re warm enough in there. Thanks!
I am brand new to this group and so far have found it to be very helpful. I recently started caring for 4 feral cats or maybe they are strays. I’m not really even sure I know the difference but I know they have no owners. I help feed and give them water. I also made 3 outdoor shelters using two Rubbermaid storage bins, styrofoam, Reflectix, straw and this self warming pad I bought online that has the Mylar material in it. Two of them share one shelter and the other two cats take one by themselves. Even with the shelters i still worry if the cats are warm enough in there. I know there’s electric heating pads I can buy and put in there but I have anxiety when it comes to having things plugged in for two long and will worry all night about starting fires(I know it seems odd). The last two days here in IL it’s been in the teens but feels like zero degrees with the windchill. They seem to have done fine with the low temps but I guess my question is, does anyone know or can estimate or has ever checked what the Temperature can get inside the diy shelters? I’m tempted to buy one of those outdoor thermometers and hiding it in there to keep an eye on the temp in there lol. It’s mostly for piece of mind so that I can be sure they’re warm enough in there. Thanks!