I have two outdoor cats, boy and girl, both fixed. They have their dishes and a cat house where they sleep in when the weather is bad. The whole setup is in a sheltered part of the yard, it's exposed to southeast, it doesn't rain on it.
The cat house is a two-storey wooden structure. The upper floor was an open space, I closed it with insulating panels and now it's a closed and warm room. Both cats sleep "upstairs".
In the photo, the entrance to the upper floor is on the other side, the hidden one.
In the last few months a third cat joined the crew, she's mother to the boy. She's lovely and shy.
The thing that concerns me is that she always sleeps on the cat house roof, even if the ground floor room is available.
In these days the temperatures at night are between 25 and 28°F, and she's still sleeping outside.
I tried to push her in, but she fights and then runs away.
How could I convince her to sleep inside? I wouldn't like to have her sick when winter gets worse.
How cold can a cat stand?
The cat house is a two-storey wooden structure. The upper floor was an open space, I closed it with insulating panels and now it's a closed and warm room. Both cats sleep "upstairs".
In the photo, the entrance to the upper floor is on the other side, the hidden one.
In the last few months a third cat joined the crew, she's mother to the boy. She's lovely and shy.
The thing that concerns me is that she always sleeps on the cat house roof, even if the ground floor room is available.
In these days the temperatures at night are between 25 and 28°F, and she's still sleeping outside.
I tried to push her in, but she fights and then runs away.
How could I convince her to sleep inside? I wouldn't like to have her sick when winter gets worse.
How cold can a cat stand?