One cold kitty!

[columbine]

My apartment gets pretty cold, so I just got a pressure-sensitive warming pad and put it on the one cushy chair, under a soft blankie. That's Smudge's default winter spot, unless I'm in bed, where he joins me just as I'm dropping off to sleep.

Cat's natural body temperature is actually a bit cooler than humans', but they're carnivores, not omnivores like us. They're built for hardcore sprinting, and tend to conserve energy otherwise, so they're sponges for heat!

Love, Columbine

[aTailOf2Kitties]

Toby can quite often be found napping immediately in front of the woodburning stove, and on rare occasions will crawl under the covers with meHavoc just goes from lap to lap.

[Katelf]

It really must be a black kitty thing to do. My black cat Sid (Obsidian) is always found under the blankets on the bed, or snuggled up to the vents and sometimes under the pillows, lol.

[chocolatepuppy]

Laura, how's this for a heat hugger? Sometime I swear Missy's gonna catch on fire! (sorry about the eyes!)

[krazyaboutkatz]

I don't have any vents for heat just baseboard heaters which are very old and I don't trust them. I recently bought an oil filled radiator and Storm loves to be in the cat condo which is across from it. Pearl loves snuggling with either Sky or Storm to help her stay warm. Last night was very cold here in CA so even Ziggy wanted to sleep in my warmer bedroom. When I woke up this morning, Storm was wedged in between Pearl & Ziggy. They know how to keep warm. My RB Pepper, also a black cat, used to love sunning himself and he'd get so hot to the touch that I never understood how he could stand the heat.

[Laura's Babies]

chocolatepuppy- I LOVE that picture of Missy! Now THAT is a heater hugger!!

[Taz_Zoee]

I had to come back to this thread to correct myself. Just this morning Paizly was on the recliner that has a throw blanket across the top. She tried to climb up under the blanket to the back of the chair but the blanket slipped off onto the chair. Oh well....so she snuggled down under the blanket. Only she was on my robe that I had to move and she meowed at me when I took it. But then she settled back in under the blanket. And the strange thing is...it wasn't even that cold in the house (60 degrees). It's been colder the past couple weeks.
Her doing this reminded me that I do have a picture of her when she did succeed in climbing up to the back of the chair under the blanket. I'll have to find it. I think I posted it here a long time ago.

[lvpets2002]

Awee all of your Heater Hugger Babies are so Adorable.. Now my babies just think they have to huggss on me at night & hogg the covers..

[catnapper]

I have major heat hogs around here. I have been wanting to post this photo for weeks, but after Allen passed, I didn't have the heart.... notice 4 cats on one radiator shelf.


They also all fight to sleep on top of the DVR cable box. Its apparently quite warm.

[Grace]

I was down at the Mill today, buying birdseed. They recently acquired a store cat - gorgeous, long-haired orange male. 6 months old with the most amazing gold eyes.

Anyway, Leo sleeps on the counter, with his head resting on the credit card scanner - it gives off a fairly significant amount of heat.

I tried to love him up, but he wouldn't budge from that spot. Another creature of comfort