I'm caring for 4 outside cats - 1 was a stray about 1 year ago, and 3 are feral.
The ferals are the mommy and her two 9 month olds (about). I've had them all altered.
We have 3 inside cats.
The one stray - Gray - seems to be suffering from the heat more than the others.
We've put up an insulated structure, and put in an evaporative cooler, but the cats are still preferring their old place under a picnic table that has a bunch of stuff on top of it. I've covered the table with an old car cover that is providing some shade. They are on our covered patio, which is floored with Kool Deck - this cooler floor seems to be a draw. We left the insulated structure with no floor so that the cats can lay on the Kool Deck material in there, too.
There's more to explain - but, I'll get to my question.
I have a small laundry room inside our air conditioned home. I could bring Gray in for the hotter part of the day which is from about 1-5 when the temps have been near 115 degrees.
The thing is, if I bring him in for those few hours, I think it will be harder on him to release him back into the heat.
I've been scrubbing him down with a cool wet cloth and he's enjoying that, but during the heat of the day, he won't come out from underneath the table so I can't cool him off.
I've been putting ice containers under the table so they all can lay close or on the cool containers which only stay cool for about 2 hours at the most. My freezer can't re-freeze the containers fast enough. I'm also making ice for the evaporative cooler.
The ferals seem to be coping with the heat better, it's Gray I'm concerned about.
The question: should I bring in Gray even tho' I'll have to let him out later into the 90 + degree weather or just continue to try and help him stay cooler out in the heat?
The ferals are the mommy and her two 9 month olds (about). I've had them all altered.
We have 3 inside cats.
The one stray - Gray - seems to be suffering from the heat more than the others.
We've put up an insulated structure, and put in an evaporative cooler, but the cats are still preferring their old place under a picnic table that has a bunch of stuff on top of it. I've covered the table with an old car cover that is providing some shade. They are on our covered patio, which is floored with Kool Deck - this cooler floor seems to be a draw. We left the insulated structure with no floor so that the cats can lay on the Kool Deck material in there, too.
There's more to explain - but, I'll get to my question.
I have a small laundry room inside our air conditioned home. I could bring Gray in for the hotter part of the day which is from about 1-5 when the temps have been near 115 degrees.
The thing is, if I bring him in for those few hours, I think it will be harder on him to release him back into the heat.
I've been scrubbing him down with a cool wet cloth and he's enjoying that, but during the heat of the day, he won't come out from underneath the table so I can't cool him off.
I've been putting ice containers under the table so they all can lay close or on the cool containers which only stay cool for about 2 hours at the most. My freezer can't re-freeze the containers fast enough. I'm also making ice for the evaporative cooler.
The ferals seem to be coping with the heat better, it's Gray I'm concerned about.
The question: should I bring in Gray even tho' I'll have to let him out later into the 90 + degree weather or just continue to try and help him stay cooler out in the heat?