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Muffin's appetite is unchanged (he's a very big boy, lol). My concern is that he's too big (I don't want him to become diabetic), and I may transition him to weight management food after this cold spell. He comes out of his house to eat later in the morning when it's bitter cold, then in the late afternoon, and again in the evening. Then he'll go from evening to late morning without leaving his shelter when it's bitter cold. I leave dry food out during the daylight hours. He drinks a lot of water, but only if there's some wet food in the bowl, too. I keep an eye out for him on the porch and only give him his wet food when he's out eating his dry food, so his wet food is always warm. Usually he'll come out if there's any sunlight at all, even if it's -2 degrees, to sit on the porch a while and run around and stretch his legs.
I wouldn't worry about the cats not leaving their shelters to defecate and urinate. Cats can hold it in for 24 hours or even longer. When they have to go, they'll leave their shelters and go. What might be helpful for cats who aren't eating or drinking much in this weather is to give them some chicken breast in heated broth when they appear. They can hardly resist eating and drinking that!
It's snowing, windy, and single digit temperatures this week, and next Monday and Tuesday it will be -12 (not factoring in the wind chill factor). So far Muffin is hanging in there. I did open my front door last nite while holding his son, Harry, and invited him in. If a cat could roll his eyes, Muffin would do it. Oh well.
I wouldn't worry about the cats not leaving their shelters to defecate and urinate. Cats can hold it in for 24 hours or even longer. When they have to go, they'll leave their shelters and go. What might be helpful for cats who aren't eating or drinking much in this weather is to give them some chicken breast in heated broth when they appear. They can hardly resist eating and drinking that!
It's snowing, windy, and single digit temperatures this week, and next Monday and Tuesday it will be -12 (not factoring in the wind chill factor). So far Muffin is hanging in there. I did open my front door last nite while holding his son, Harry, and invited him in. If a cat could roll his eyes, Muffin would do it. Oh well.
