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Cat Covey™

How to Keep a Cat Warm in Winter

A cat settling into the Cat Covey foot-end cave instead of on its owner's feet

How to Keep a Cat Warm in Winter — the short answer is that cats are built for a warmer world than the one we keep our houses at.

The temperature gap

A cat's thermoneutral zone runs roughly 86–97°F. A typical home sits at 64–72°F. Almost every heat-seeking behaviour follows from that difference.

Enclosure matters too

Cats prefer covered resting places. Walls on three sides mean fewer directions to watch while asleep, and an enclosed space holds the cat's own body heat.

What helps

Give the cat somewhere warm and enclosed in the spot it already chooses — which, for most cats, is wherever you have settled.

Cat Covey

A 60″ × 50″ throw with a gusseted pouch sewn into the foot end. Your feet go in at the mouth; the cat takes the nest. Micro Mink outside, Sherpa lining, and a semi-rigid entry seam so the pouch stays a cave instead of collapsing.

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Clowder faux fur meeting sherpa at the pouch opening

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