Heat wave with cats.

[seanan_mcguire]

My part of Northern California is currently experiencing its first really serious heat wave of 2011. I know better than to whine about this too much; by this point in the year, in a normal year, we'd be on heat wave three or four, and temperatures would be trending substantially higher than they are

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[keristor]

Well, you do choose to have intelligent cats! Just think how much more fun it could be if they had opposable thumbs as well...

(I just love that mental picture of them taking turns sitting on the outflow to make a pool. I so agree with them...)

[seanan_mcguire]

...yes.

"Fun."

That's the word.

[beccastareyes]

That is kind of adorable, even if they later tracked water all around the house and into the electronics. A good thing your cats do like water, as they probably cooled off pretty nicely in the shower, and even towel-dried-damp hair is cooling. (Is that normal for Maine Coons? I know some breeds are like 'awesome, water! XD', while others take to it like... well, like cats. )

I've also heard of folks with Persians doing the 'lion cut' thing and shaving off all the fur in the summertime, which makes the cat look pretty silly, but is probably more comfortable than hauling around that much fur in a climate where heavy fur coats are not your friends. Dunno how your kitties would feel about it.

[beccastareyes]

Oh, that last bit wasn't intended as cat advice, but more 'other things cat owners do to help their kitties beat the heat'. Somehow the image of cooperative Maine Coon wading pools is cuter even than 'silly summer haircuts'.

[seanan_mcguire]

Maine Coons looooooooooooooooove water. Thankfully. I'm probably going to get their bellies shaved, but the double-thick nature of their coats makes lion cuts a bad thing.

[beccastareyes]

Ah, I knew there was a useful reason not to do it!

Though the water probably helps with the heat, even if kitties need to learn that wetting the keyboards means no more wet fun play time for them.

[seanan_mcguire]

Because otherwise, you'd need to eat them.

[pbristow]

[BLINKS] Those two are mutually exclusive now?

[qnofhrt]

I am SO glad our fluffballs don't like water!

[seanan_mcguire]

Lucky.

Swampy fun

[morvab]

Oh that is lovely - I do enjoy the image of them cooperating to fill the bathtub! Thanks for sharing it. I sympathize deeply with Thomas as I too hate heat and do not handle it well - I am also a winter cat. Fortunately I live in Canada so it is not often a problem. Could you get some plastic covers for the electronics so they could have a wading pool?

Re: Swampy fun

[seanan_mcguire]

Not for all the electronics in the whole house...