This is my cat. Well, not my cat exactly as I have never petted her or played with her because she is a feral cat that does not seem to like people much at all. She will usually stop by for breakfast and dinner (cat food only, she doesn't like people food) but the past couple days she showed up in the afternoon panting like mad (she looked like she was going to have heat stroke! plus she is pregnant) so we opened the door and she came in and took a nap. She doesn't want the door closed (she leaves part of her tail sticking out of the door and if we get too close she will jump up and quickly leave) which leaves us with a problem...we can't air condition the whole outdoors. Plus later this week it is supposed to hit 117 degrees (!) here so I am guessing we might end up with a whole colony of feral cats camped out in the kitchen to stay cool. Hubby and I are now discussing ways to build the feral cats a house with air conditioning. ayayay
Awwww . . . God bless you for taking care of her and the other wild kitties! I think as long as they have shade and cool water they should be fine. Have you thought about putting out a box with an old towel or blanket for the soon-to-be mama? Maybe she wouldn't want to be so close to your house and the other cats though. Let us know how it goes.
ReplyDeleteWe have a covered cat bed just outside this sliding door which they use sometime but the last time she had kittens she hid them away to where we had no idea where they were.
DeletePoor, hot, pregnant mama. That is so nice of you to let her in and not begrudge the ac too much.
ReplyDeleteHubby put a heavy curtain in the opening in the door so hopefully that helps keep the cool air in the house from escaping.
DeletePoor mama. She must be really suffering to come inside like that.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely...she avoids us at all costs when she isn't miserably hot.
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