The biting cold wind also poses new challenges to the health of cats. Although cats are covered with hair, they also need the love and careful care of their owners to ensure that they can spend every cold winter in a warm and comfortable nest.
- Warmth-keeping measures
Cats’ own body temperature regulation is relatively weak, especially for some young cats, old cats and some breeds with short and thin hair. Creating a warm and cozy winter nest for cats has become the primary task of cat owners.
Cat owners can choose a cat bed with a thicker texture, in which they can cover it with a soft, comfortable and pleasant blanket, and place the cat bed in a windproof and warm corner of the house, but it must be away from the ventilation of doors and windows. In addition, you can also choose to use a heating pad, but it should be noted that you must choose a product with high quality and constant temperature effect. At the same time, a thin cloth can be placed on the heating pad to eliminate the risk of cats being scalded.
In winter, cats can also use some special care to resist the cold. Putting warm clothes on cats is an effective way to keep warm.
When choosing clothes for cats, soft and skin-friendly cotton clothes are the first choice. Good breathability and warmth retention can make cats feel comfortable and avoid problems such as skin allergies. At the same time, pay attention to the right size. Too tight will restrain the cat, and too loose will not have the effect of keeping warm.
Some cat owners and parents will choose to let their cats sleep on the bed together. This is also a way to keep warm, but be careful not to press the cat when sleeping.
- Food precautions
In winter, in order to maintain their body temperature in the cold winter, cats will consume a lot more food. You can increase the amount of food you feed your cat appropriately, but be careful not to overfeed to avoid obesity and other health problems.
You can also choose to feed some high-quality cat food rich in high protein and fat to help cats provide more calories. At the same time, you should also increase the proportion of wet food. The water in wet food can better help cats replenish the water lost due to warmth, and can also provide more nutrition.
In addition, you can place multiple drinking water bowls in multiple places where cats often stay at home, and provide sufficient clean warm water or boiled water in the drinking water bowls to ensure that cats can also get enough water in winter. However, cats cannot drink cold water, because cats have sensitive stomachs, so as to prevent cats from drinking cold water by mistake in winter and causing gastrointestinal problems.
If your cat really doesn’t want to drink water, you can use cat strips to attract it to drink water and replenish water.
- Health
It is especially important to note that winter is a high incidence period for cats to suddenly develop diseases. The biting cold weather can easily cause cats to suffer from respiratory diseases, such as colds and rhinitis. It is important to keep the indoor air fresh at all times, open windows regularly for ventilation, but do not let cats stay near the vents to prevent them from being directly exposed to cold air.
If you find that your cat has symptoms of a cold, such as sneezing, runny nose, and coughing, you must take it to the veterinarian in time to prevent the condition from getting worse. In addition, cats will also exercise less in winter, which can easily lead to physical health problems such as constipation.
Encourage cats to do proper exercise, improve their physical fitness and prevent obesity. You can use cat teasers to play with them. Even in winter, you can take cats for walks in sunny places and let them be exposed to the sun. This will help prevent rickets and osteoporosis in cats. You can also add some dietary fiber to cat food to help cats’ intestinal peristalsis.
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