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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Millys Mum on October 04, 2007, 20:34:46 PM

Title: Outdoor pens
Post by: Millys Mum on October 04, 2007, 20:34:46 PM
How warm do you keep your pens?
I have a ceramic heat lamp like the ones you use for chicks. Im not sure what temp i should be aiming for!
Title: Re: Outdoor pens
Post by: blackcat on October 04, 2007, 20:37:08 PM
my cat pens have always had direct access to the indoors through a cat flap or window so heating was not necessary. Sorry.
Title: Re: Outdoor pens
Post by: Millys Mum on October 05, 2007, 15:45:13 PM
This is a foster shed so they cant come in the house, Milly says so   :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Outdoor pens
Post by: blackcat on October 05, 2007, 19:07:12 PM
recommended temp for controlled climate for humans is 22 degrees centigrade (actually 20 for women and 24 for men, so they average it out so no-one is comfy. So I would probably aim for around 20 as an optimum. But, that would cost a fortune for the whole run. If you had a box within the run you could heat that to around 20 and the cat could choose where it wanted to be ... Alternately you could provide a warm sleeping pad and keep the general heat around 17 or slightly lower... THese are just thoughts, not expert opinions, by the way...
Title: Re: Outdoor pens
Post by: Millys Mum on October 07, 2007, 12:47:07 PM
Iv got a 5x7 garden shed and i used loft insulation inside with a layer of hardboard and then lino so it holds the heat nicely. I set the controller to 20 to see what it was like, cosy!
The ceramic bulbs are quite efficent (i hope) or my dad will get a shock with his next bill  :evillaugh:

Thanks BC  :thanks:
Title: Re: Outdoor pens
Post by: blackcat on October 07, 2007, 13:12:23 PM
Quote from: Millys Mum on October 07, 2007, 12:47:07 PM

The ceramic bulbs are quite efficent (i hope) or my dad will get a shock with his next bill  :evillaugh:



 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Outdoor pens
Post by: Millys Mum on October 07, 2007, 13:47:51 PM
The back up plan is to blame the tumble drier  :sneaky:
Title: Re: Outdoor pens
Post by: blackcat on October 07, 2007, 13:51:06 PM
evil woman!! :evillaugh: :evillaugh: :evillaugh: