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Black_Cat_1
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From:Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
Registered: May 2003

posted 12-22-2003 03:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Black_Cat_1     Edit/Delete Message
Hi All,

I live on the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia - the last few days it's been around 35 degrees (freakin hot) esspecially for my indoor cat who is covered in black fur - does anyone have any good ideas as to how to keep her cool during the day - I'm always working and I have to close majority of the windows. Please help!! ... By the way ... Merry Xmas Everyone!!!

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Chessmind
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From:CA
Registered: Nov 2003

posted 12-22-2003 05:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chessmind     Edit/Delete Message
Hello. You can start by closing all the curtains/blinds in your house, before you leave the house or before the temperature begins to get hot. Also, if you have any ceiling fans you can leave those turned on. You probably already do this, but make sure your kitty has fresh cool water available at all times.

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kyles101
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From:Perth, Western Australia
Registered: May 2003

posted 12-22-2003 07:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kyles101     Edit/Delete Message
im sure your cat should be doing fine. it was 35 here in perth the other day and my cat copes pretty well. shell just try n find the coolest spot in the house and stay there.

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fleafly
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From:sheridan, wy
Registered: Aug 2003

posted 12-22-2003 09:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for fleafly     Edit/Delete Message
35 degrees doesn't sound very hot to me. Even if that is in celsius. I lived in Texas where it gets 120 degrees farenheit (sp?). I'm guessing that you don't have air conditioning. I moved to Wyoming and I don't have air conditioning here. This summer it got pretty hot a couple of days. All of my cats were fine except for my long haired one, so I ended up getting him shaved (he looked really funny, but he was cool).

The best way to keep your house cool during the day is to open your windows at night to get it cool. In the morning close the windows and blinds to trap the cool air in. It actually stays cooler with the windows closed (usually). My cats hung out in the basement a lot b/c it was cool down there.

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Kayliface
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From:Ottawa, Ontario
Registered: Oct 2003

posted 12-23-2003 01:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kayliface     Edit/Delete Message
Get A/C?

My cat just goes under the bed.

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Yahdah
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From:Sydney,NSW,Australia
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 12-26-2003 01:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yahdah     Edit/Delete Message
hi, Im down in Sydney Australia, I have a similar prob. and have been fretting for my cats well being for several years now.
I live in a 2 story house and we lease the top floor and other people live below. So it gets unbearably HOT in here.
I am getting an a/c installed in the new year and hope that it will make a difference.
I have bought a portable a/c before but it struggles in the heat and is only good in small rooms, also, I cant leave it unattended. So while I am at work, the kitties suffer.
One of them was pregnant a few years back and she suffered terribly. I had to bath her in cold water several times a day and wash her face with a damp cloth.
But that was the worst time, I found most of the cats would either sleep under the bed, or on the tiles in the bathroom. Sometimes I left a fan on , but the cats would never stay in the same room with it, I dont think they liked the noise or the feel of the wind on them.

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