How come cats can withstand being out all night in the winter, and yet they can sleep infront of the fire for hours wearing the same coat?
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They can't always withstand it. One that we adopted, Sadie, had frost bitten ears. Lucky for her they were just barely frostbit and a lot of massage coupled with being an indoor cat, healthy food seems to have healed the bald patches. Out door cats are subject to many different types of challenges. If they are feral those challenges are multiplied ten fold as they are NEVER in a warm house with regular meals. Outside cats fall prey not only to bitter cold in some places, but also other hungry animals, cars, of course, people who find it amusing to harm them, Auto radiator coolant...which tastes sweet to them and 9 out of 10 WILL drink it resulting in death, catching and eating rodents and birds that have disease that they then catch, debilitating or killing them. I used to think it was mean to keep a cat inside all the time and so allowed my cats to be indoor/outdoor cats. After loosing several to cars, 1 to a disease from eating a caught Pidgin, and a couple more that just "never came home again," I decided it was meaner to let them out. All four of ours are inside only and all are happy, playful, and SAFE.
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Cats have really thick fur which insulates heat to keep them warm when it's cold and protects them from heat when it's hot.
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Because they are little devils in disguise
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