One just came in and is in a bathroom. I think it is going to take a while. Try to get Tiger in, if you cage him for 2-3 weeks or put him in a small room with somewhere to hid like a box or cat cave cube, interact with him he can acclimate to indoor life. He can gte frostbite out there in this weather. Get him vetted etc.

She wasn't feral, but I couldn't get that close after what she'd been through, turned out she was a spayed female. But when it got cold, I couldn't leave her out there. So I was finally advised to borrow a have-a-heart trap from the animal hospital and use something like tuna fish that has a strong odor to catch her. She needed some vet care, but finally got used to being inside, I got her one of those little cat houses if she felt like hiding - but she got so she enjoyed sitting in the window and watching the birds outside...

Tiger was born out there, captured as a kitten neutered, vaccinated etc. none of the other kittens are left. This was in 2010. I’v tried to bring him inside, but he just freaks out when I shut the door. He has a way of surviving the cold, I think he has a hole under the deck where he can get into the basement under one of the buildings nearby. He probably hangs out by the boiler in there or something. I even went out one spring and dug out a little tunnel under the deck to make sure he could get out. I do worry but he has survived 12 winters this way.

Hearts 🥰 to all of you.

I'm leaving food outside for any critter that needs it. They can shelter a bit under my back deck, up close to the house.

This weather is too brutal.

28-degrees and she’s found a warmer place? 😂

Several years ago I built a couple shelters for the outdoor kitties. One is a free standing unit that sits next to the garage and the other is built into the shed next to the garage. Both have cat doors and both have small electric oil filled radiator heaters that are set to a very low setting. Both enclosures have carpeted cat beds. Since the enclosures are small it doesn't take much to keep the enclosures warm. The enclosure next to the garage has a thermometer that is visible through a plexiglass window. Its generally around 50 degrees in there when its around zero outside. The shed enclosure is usually about the same. Our only outdoor Cat passed away a couple years ago but another little guy we call "Ginger Boy" winters in the one next to the garage and is in there now as I type this. Its 11 degrees outside now with a fair amount of snow on the ground. Others come and go. It was well worth the effort to put them together knowing these little guys are safe and warm.

Winter low extremes here are in the 30s with zero snow and easy to prepare shelters. I’m going to upgrade to a remote thermometer and other things as you have. Thanks! Well done. 👏

Mikey's mom, he's there for the season, and inquired about her remaining horse. I wanted to tell her about that notice regarding contaminated alfalfa, just in case. Our state wasn't on the list of sales and I think she buys locally in the fall and summer. She said she brought the grain in the house and heats it before taking it out to the horse.

Mikey is doing okay, he knows better than to go out in this cold. I miss him but I feel better knowing he's doing well with his original human than to have him here in my cramped space. He gets love at both places, I just spoil him more.

Glad you are caring for that kitty, glad he's holding up, so far. There's a big wind pushing that cold air mass eastward pretty quickly. It was already +31F last night when I went to bed and it's +35F at 4:30am. So it clears off pretty fast when it does move on.

Be safe, stay warm!

When I went out a bit later, there were no paw prints anywhere. Of course, they could have been covered by blowing snow but most of the food was still there. I brought it in to thaw.

Hopefully they are all snuggled together beneath the neighbor's deck.

I'll put kibble out, this morning.

Howled constantly to go out. I knew he wouldn't go, and I was right. He stuck his little nose out and turned and bolted back inside. My thoughts are with the feral cats and neglected dogs who have to suffer in this bitter cold.
My Neo is snuggled up beside me on the couch, warm, safe and fed.

are all snuggled up in their heated cat houses this morning, at 6 below outside. I go out and show them the food when I feed them to rouse them from their houses. When it's this cold I give them extra time and feed them a little later. I will feed them one more time in the afternoon.

Birds went through a lot of bird seed yesterday, also squirrels. I brought one feeder inside last night that is tubular just to thaw it out.

I have suet out for the woodpeckers. The piliated woodpecker is beautiful, and big.

Seemed completely unconcerned with the cold & severe wind chills.

He'd eat, then sit down in driveway and just look around a bit, then disappear to wherever he shelters.

I don't think he is using ghe shelter I borrowed from the rescue because he came from somewhere across the street.

So glad to hear Tiger is doing well!

My Pittie has no concern for snow of cold. We just came in from his morning outing to do his business.

He jumped outside as usual around 8 but I saw him 5 min. later by the window, opened the door and he ran in meowing loudly! He's not haunting the door as he usually does during the day when he's in. Smart kitty.

one was hard to convince.
My neighbor and I tricked him and had to try to cage him twice. The first time he wriggled away and took off. But he still came around for the food until we could contain him again off to the vet and into a spare room here in my old cabin.
the other was easy, a little scared baby that was crying outside on top of my wood fence. I just scooped her up and repeated the drill. All are safe and warm and spoiled now.
They joined the inside pack and now the inn is full.

He's performing like a champ. He goes to the door and lets me know he need to go, runs out like a rocket while I wait inside, does his business, and runs right back in.

12 below zero with 40 mph winds, and he is braving it like a very good boy. I am proud of him, and very relieved that his training is holding up.

He's had his breakfast and has gone off to do cat things, now that it's warmed up a bit. He has a porch chair with a heating pad, which he prefers to the heated hut I got for him; he won't go in it, except to stick his head in for the bits of kibble I put in it to lure him into it. He likes the chair, even though it doesn't protect him from the wind, maybe because he can more easily survey his domain from that vantage point. He just curls up in a ball and that seems to be enough for him. It's been ridiculously windy for the last few days, with wind chill around -30. Maybe his fur is enough to keep him from feeling the wind. I've put up patio curtains to keep the snow off the porch as much as possible, and he has heated water and food bowls. So my porch is his "home," where he has been living since about March of 2021. He always goes out in the evening to do whatever cats do, no matter how bad the weather is, and I worry about him until he turns up the following morning, sitting on his throne and waiting for breakfast.

I went to dinner last night at my brother’s and I didn’t see Tiger yesterday, I think he came up to eat a few bites, the food was frozen solid, hope he shows up this evening. Patches, the cat that lives with me now inside, lived at least eight months under the chair on my porch. When my old kitty passed on I brought Patches in and took him to the vet, is so now he’s an indoor kitty. Have a good day