10/24/2026
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🐈 COMMUNITY CATS & WINTER WEATHER — PLEASE READ! ❄️
As temperatures start to drop, we want to share an important reminder for anyone caring for outdoor or community cats.
STRAW, NOT HAY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, NO BLANKETS!
As humans, we naturally think we’re being kind by putting soft blankets, towels, or bedding inside outdoor cat shelters. We want them to be warm and cozy, just like our own pets inside our homes.
But here’s what we need to remember: Outdoor cat shelters aren’t waterproof and windproof like our homes.
Blankets and towels absorb moisture. Once they get damp, they stay damp, and when temperatures drop below freezing, that soft, cozy blanket can become a frozen, icy bed. Instead of keeping a cat warm, it can actually make them colder and put them at risk.
❤️ We have to stop thinking like humans and start thinking like outdoor cats.
To us, soft and fluffy means cozy. But to an outdoor cat trying to survive winter, DRY and WARM is what cozy really means!
🌾 Straw repels moisture, traps heat, and allows cats to burrow down into it to stay warm. Hay, blankets, and towels don’t provide that same protection.
And please don’t think you’re being cruel by giving a cat straw instead of a soft blanket. They actually like it! You’re giving them exactly what they need to stay warmer and drier through those freezing winter nights.
Sometimes what feels comforting to us isn’t what’s safest for them.
🐾 This winter, remember: STRAW FOR STRAYS!
