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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:50 AM Original message |
We're reporting temps right now in the the teens in lower SC. How do the feral cats survive this? |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. They survive freezing temps in NH... |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. same way any non-domestic animal does |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't know. That' s why I'm asking. My indoor cat has curled up in my bedsheets/comforter. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. They find places to go |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. laughing.... ohhhh. i have to keep shifting my thought with this myself. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Feral cats take up residence in my shed |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. least they have the shed! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. nevermind - not a loungy subject |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. Feral cats, like other wild animals, are acclimated to the temps and are |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. They have fur, and "the teens" are not that cold. The weak ones die, and the strong ones make it |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here's one way |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. As long as they are dry and out of the wind |
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racaulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Cats are incredibly resourceful. |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. We used to have a stray cat that stayed in our garage sometimes... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. There is a colony of feral cats behind parliament hill in Ottawa. I've never visited |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Lower SC...Charleston or Beaufort or Hilton Head? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. Same way I do |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
18. Feral Cat Colony in Texas |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. They use up one of their nine lives |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
20. It reaches -30 at times up here and they survive. |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. They find softies like me to take them in: |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Barn cats survive here in MN |
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