My Siberian cat gets hot. I mean like noticeably hot.

Like a couple minutes after I took this picture he flipped himself over and I went to pet him and I could feel just how hot his fur is.

I now understand why he’s always agitated, prefers sleeping on hardwood floors and stone and leather, and doesn’t like to cuddle with me or sit on my lap!

Is there something I could realistically do to help him? Especially because I’m in New Jersey and it’s about to turn summer.

I’m even fine with trimming his long luxurious fur, for him

  • ChaosCoati@midwest.social
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    8 days ago

    For our pet rabbit I bought a clay plant saucer (the part you would put under the pot to catch extra water). I flip it upside down and put an ice pack under it. Then a towel between the ice pack and floor to soak up condensation. The ice cools the clay without her being in direct contact with the ice.

    Also frozen water bottle in a sock she can lay next to on the extra hot days.