Kitty, It's Cold Outside!

It’s cold outside here in Texas Hill Country today, about 35, but with strong winds.   Our indoor cats have no interest in going outside in this kind of weather.  Sundance, the feral male we love and care for however is not an inside cat, not that we wouldn’t welcome him in when foul weather strikes, but he won’t come in.  Sundance “came” with the house and spends an increasing amount of time on or near by.  With his increasing age and the current wintery weather he has spent the better part of the last two days here.   I noted that this morning he was curled up on the pet bed on our outdoor sofa which I have strategically placed decorative pillows around to give him some added insulation.  Were he not so contrary, he would go in the well insulated “cat hooch” we prepared for him.  He has hesitated to go in there very often ever since he went in and found it already occupied by a raccoon last year.

Today, he looks totally miserable and unhappy and has only left briefly to take care of business presumably, and returned within minutes.  As Crazy Cat People, Michael and I are constantly worried about the welfare of our crew, so today I decided to order a heated fleece covered cat mat to help him stay warm.  Probably by the time it arrives next week the weather will once again be warm, but what the heck, given the way the rest of the cats jostle for a prime spot on any heating pad in the house, it will be worth the $50 I paid for it.  In any case, I’ll let you know how it goes.