My wife is being extra nice to her feral cat colony during our cold snap. She's got five heated sleeping areas out back - a combination of heated exterior houses and heated beds inside a cat greenhouse. They should be fine when the sub-freezing temps hit tonight.
@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine Sure, what story do you have?
@leejackson So when my oldest daughter was at MTU she lived at sorority house. Because she is my kid. Must be outdoors mostly. A beautiful old lumber barron mansion I sent the sorority a porch swing and birdfeeder for her to study on. Other sisters joined her. They have a rule no alcohol in the house. A small pretty grey kitty would sit on the swing during the day. As it disappeared at night they thought it was someone's house cat. Later on they found fraternity next door was feeding it.
@leejackson Part 2. Because my daughter had senior project finals I brought her siblings up for Spring Break. I got a panicked 3 a.m. text. Mom! You are a nurse how do you revive hypothermia? When I came up I got to the house and their warm water bottle efforts etc failed. Kitty was found frozen solid on their pitch swing. Frat boy who had been secreting it inside for the night had left for Spring Break, the girls had found kitty at 3 am curled up on the swing. They tried to revive her.
@leejackson Part 3 the next day my other kids and my oldest daughter and i gave up on trying to dig kitty a grace since it was 19 below F. We had to take kitty to a veterinarian office. The sorority now donates to a charity fund for animals there and keeps heated straw lined coolers and electric heated water bowls on the porch. Nothing beats the shit show of having your child call you at three a.m. in a panic trying to revive a life.
@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine Good lord! What a story. Tears duly jerked, and with good reason. I'm glad the sorority chose the right path in the aftermath.
@leejackson sorry about typos. Yeah the alcohol rule kept many sisters out on the swing all winter long. And thry became fond of kitty.
@leejackson I bought a heated house for the ferals here and the brats refuse to use it! Total waste! I’ve tried everything. Put food in there, catnip...these cats want none of it! 🤣
@Evvie My wife says some cats just don't want to be "contained."
@leejackson lol they have no problem with cardboard boxes & old suitcases I’m putting out for trash, but a warm heated cat house with a front & back door is just too sketchy😹😹😹
@Evvie @leejackson may be they fear its a trap
@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @Evvie That's one of the reasons to remove a door.
@leejackson @Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine I’ll have to see about taping them up. They are clear plastic flaps & don’t detach.
These cats...they train US 😂
@leejackson good. I won't share a story with you unless you give me permission but let's just say this is a priority among some people now.... Omg