Heat wave: Frozen water for kitties?

Hi everyone, Magiks here 

I searched some threads here and couldn't quite find an answer to my question.

So we've had a horrible heat wave. At the moment it's 92F and it's only 11:00 am! We're expected to hit 95. That's a lot for Tijuana so we're not used to it.

I had the idea to freeze water or the kitties food packets (not the cans obviously) and feed that to the kitties so they have ice pops.

Is that a good idea? Will the kitties be ok with the cold temperature? 

PS: The kitts are 6 months and momma is 2 years old.

Thank you!

I wouldn't advise feeding frozen food, but ice is fine. A common trick is to put ice cubes in the water bowl - a lot of cats like playing with the ice cubes too, so be prepared for a few puddles!

This isn't an issue I have to deal with much in the UK. These links have some great ideas though:[article="29648"][/article][article="30051"][/article]

I would be cautious about feeding animals ice.  My aunt had a poodle who used to love ice.  He would stand by the fridge and bark "Ice" "Ice", at least she swore thats what he was saying, and it did sort of sound like Ice.  Anyway, one day there was a hail storm and it broke a window at her house and the dog at the broken glass thinking it was ice and he died.

Just saying... it might have been a fluke, but just be careful.

@Columbine  That sounds like a great idea! I'll certainly try it. 

@MollyBlue  Thanks for the advice. We don't get hail or snow here, so I don't think that will be a problem. Also, the kitties have (sadly) broken glass things before and I noticed they knew not to touch it. I'll still be careful they don't go near glass in case anything breaks   

If you have any empty plastic milk jugs you could fill them with water and freeze them and put them where your cats are likely to lounge. They may find it comfortable to lay against them. I know I do this with my chickens in their coop, and also outdoor goldfish and koi to keep the water temps down, the jugs just float around.

95° is hot for some, but we regularly get up past 110° and the outdoor cats just find a moist spot under a bush to sleep, anyone indoors enjoys the evaporative cooler, so you may not need to worry too much.