Please pray for Catmandu's Porchies

[catmandu]

There Are Two Houses That Are Enclosed Where They Can Get In Out Of The Wind , And At Summer Time I Am Going To Hhave To Put Out Some Wooden Crates On The Back Porch So They Will Have Somwhere To Hide Out.
Maybe A Small Enclosure With A Door So The Dog Up The Street Doesnt Get Into It Ane Eat Thier Dry Food.
This Is The Coldest Winter We Have Had In A Long Time And I Am Worried.
Thank You For Starting That Thread Cassiesmom.
These Poor Little Ones Can Use All The Prayers They Can Get.

[Medusa]

When I was taking care of all the outdoor stray kitties, I bought dog houses with the door off to the side so that the kitties had a solid wall to snuggle in behind. I put a heating pad on low underneath blankets, then draped a blanket over the top of the dog house to keep the wind out of the opening and to further insulate it. The dog house had legs so that it wasn't sitting directly on the cold ground or cement. You can buy them at Pet Supplies Plus and they're pretty solid; they cost $80 for the medium size. I houses an awful lot of kitties that way because the families snuggled together. When I bought my new house, I gave all but one dog house to the vet tech who took several of my strays at that time but I still have one left, just in case a stray kitty crosses my path. You might want to consider this also. It sure eased my mind.

Blessings,
Mary

[Laura's Babies]

How about a storage container with a small light bulb for the porchies so the heat of the light could keep them warm? Or a heating pad? Straw? They say straw keeps them warm and soaks up to moisture.... or do what we did and use the storage container, wrapped outside with warm blankets to keep the heat in and just cut a hole large enough for them to get into it and turn that away from the wind.

[catlover4ever]

Straw/hay works as a really good insulate for cats, dogs, horses, etc.

I know how you feel Gary. I worry about Oliver outside at times like these. He came for his food this morning and when he meowed the steam came from his mouth. Oliver has a doghouse with 2 layers of flannel blankets, a self heating pad (it warms itself when the cats lay on it) and then I also put out 3 heated SnuggleSafe discs that are heated in the microwave (they give off heat for 12 hours).

My thoughts and prayers are with your porchies.

[Prairie Purrs]

My mom is always sending me food items that she orders from her favorite home shopping channel, and many of those arrive in small styrofoam coolers that have exceptionally thick walls. I've created some feral kitty shelters out of those by duct-taping two or three together (with holes cut just big enough for crawling through and a covering over the "doors" to the outside). I also use the self-warming pads.

[Husky15]

I will definitely be keeping the Porch Cats in my prayers during this cold winter.

[kimlovescats]

Prayers coming for your porchies, Gary! You do so very much for them .... just having food to put in their bellies will help keep their body heat up!!!

[Catty1]

Where do you get the self-warming pads??? They sound neat.

Gary - remember, there is Freecycle for styrofoam containers and such. Plus, some of your animal colleagues there might have an idea, or even a house or two!

[Prairie Purrs]

Where do you get the self-warming pads??? They sound neat.

I got mine from Petsmart: Thermal Cat Cushion.

Not as warm as an electric heating pad, of course, but it's something.