Ferral Warming Mat..Who Remembers?

[Chasethecat]

I just bought a silver mat at Wal-mart called. Mylar blanket back in camping area..think it was less than 2.00. It was very thin. Hope it's okay. I lined the whole shelter (which is a storage tote) then put a wool blanket on top until I can find straw. I also put a lined grocery bag down that I cut at the bottom to make it spread out that is for cold items. Hope that's okay too. Let's see what others say. I made bigger front entrance on the side of tote and a smaller on the end and put it up on flat pavers. Just in case wild animal gets in they can go put other door. I put Styrofoam under it to hold in heat since its off the ground about 3 inches or so

 

[Chasethecat]

I saw a post here last winter in regard to something you could put in the ferrals sleep area that they could lie on to help them retain body heat. And I remember looking at the website that someone had posted a link to but lost the information. It was a silver mat type thing and I remember the cost was very minimal. I want to get some of these for this winter....can someone help?

I just ordered 2 from Amazon. They said they were used but each came in a sealed bag so someone must have purchased them and decided it wasn't what they wanted. They are soft and feels a bit like memory foam. Got both for less than 10.00. I put them in each storage tote and put catnip on a corner of it. The 3 kittens (about 4 mo old) were in the totes when I took fresh water back and it's not very cold. It's windy. I m so pleased. Now I really need to get a hold of P.A.W.S.to get mama cat fixed . I also found a list of agencies that may be able to foster or adopt. Mom is too ferral but the kittens let me sit with them while they eat. Hope this was helpful. I also bought a car windshield cover and going to use it as insulation in the tote without mylar blanket. I do have that tote covered in contractor trash bag.

 

[Chasethecat]

I saw a post here last winter in regard to something you could put in the ferrals sleep area that they could lie on to help them retain body heat. And I remember looking at the website that someone had posted a link to but lost the information. It was a silver mat type thing and I remember the cost was very minimal. I want to get some of these for this winter....can someone help?

You can get them at Wal mart or Amazon. Someone said last night to use the hand warmers in their houses. I bought warming mats from Amazon also for each of their houses but was thinking about buying some of the hand warmers.