Catster

If you are dealing with feral cats, provide shelter and blankets but, if it’s your cat, keep him indoors! Provide beds or blankets for your cat to lie on in the smallest rooms of the house such as bathrooms or closets and near heat ducts. Invest in a heating pad and slip it under your cat’s bed but only leave it on for short periods. Or, if you happen to have a very malleable cat, try putting a sweater on him – cautiously.

Kelly is a pet writer. She lives in the Boston area with her three pit bulls and one neurotic cat.

Cats like change in their resting abodes and many seem to prefer odd, simple solutions to fancy beds. If you’d like to offer your feline some choices, consider these: 1. An open suitcase – just make sure the top is securely up and leave some clothes or a blanket inside it. 2. An old, unwashed sweater – your scent will attract your cat. 3. Pieces of cardboard. This one is baffling but my Mr. Ed loves them! And 4. Strategically-placed winter hats and scarves, which are good for kneading and curling into a ball on top of.

Kelly is a pet writer. She lives in the Boston area with her three pit bulls and one neurotic cat.