Black Cat Appreciation Day

 

Keeping Your Cats Cool During Warm Weather

Helpful advice on keeping your cats cool during warm weather.

Keep your cat safe from the sun

Many cats love soaking up the sunshine, choosing the warmest spots in the garden to enjoy. Make sure you take precautions to avoid your cat getting dehydrated or sunburnt. Overexposure can lead to skin cancer.

Provide plenty of shade both inside and out. From sheltered plant pots to cardboard boxes, these items offer makeshift sunshades for outdoor-loving moggies.
Think about planting shrubs or using cat hides and boxes in the garden. These help your cat hide away from the sun’s potentially harmful rays.

If your cat has white fur, try keeping them inside between 10am and 3pm, when the sun is at its hottest. Speak to a vet about suitable sunscreen for cats, to ensure they don’t suffer from sunburn.

Keeping your cat cool

Keeping your cat cool inside your home is important too. Place fans around the house to keep the air circulating, remembering not to point the fan directly at your cat.

Another handy tip is to freeze a bottle of water, wrap it in a towel or pillowcase and place it somewhere your cat goes regularly. This stops them from feeling overheated during hotter spells. Remember to ensure that your cat can get away from the bottle if they chose to, and make sure the bottle does not leak!

Larry and Justin Ng

 

VIDEO: 🇬🇧 For #InternationalCatDay on Saturday photographer Justin Ng explains his obsession with Larry, the beloved Downing Street cat who has been a permanent fixture of the British Prime Minister's residence since 2011 pic.twitter.com/LPcER4TS57

— AFP Entertainment (@AFPceleb) August 7, 2020

Palmerston Retires

❗️Important news❗️ pic.twitter.com/PTEun74QYA

— Palmerston (@DiploMog) August 7, 2020

In 2016 Palmerston arrived from @Battersea_ , mouser & social media phenomenon, with 105K @Twitter followers. After 4½ happy years @DiploMog retires at end of August: he’s enjoyed lockdown life in countryside so much, he’s decided to stay. Everyone @foreignoffice will miss him ❤️ pic.twitter.com/wUCl7cWSGp

— Sir Simon McDonald (@SMcDonaldFCO) August 7, 2020

I would like to wish Palmerston a very happy, and long retirement!

Cat Shield

😂 Faceshield
📷credit to the owner pic.twitter.com/3NQ27HMJro

— chin armeña (@coarmena) August 6, 2020

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words!

The Cat's In The Bag!

A well known local resident making good use of a discarded bag.