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We inherited a 'barn cat' when we moved into our new place last May. She’s tame and friendly, but definitely doesn’t belong to anyone. She’s been living under our front porch for months. She has a neatly clipped ear, so no worries about kittens. We insulated/concrete floored/sealed up the barn, so there's no access there for her. I never saw her back there anyway...she lives on/under our long front porch.
My husband and I have a couple of stray cat shelters on the front porch, which she won’t use.
Our weather recently took a turn for the worse. First rain (and our stray, Claudia, got wet in it), which turned into sleet, which turned into driving snow. I watched her race around on the front porch…first trying the two cat shelters, then fleeing under the porch. I decided to bring her inside.
We have an unheated garage, so I set up food, water, litter box, and a blanket pile. I brought her in and she stayed there overnight. She seemed distressed this morning, first meowing at the garage window and then at the door where I brought her in. She seems to want to go back outside, but I wanted to keep her in until it is AT LEAST mid-20s outside. I was planning on doing this all winter. Unfortunately, I will be gone the week of Christmas, but I was planning on setting out an automatic feeder and heated water bowl (outside).
Unheated garage = 37 degrees.
Outside temp = 12 degrees.
Should I just let her go back outside where she seems to want to go (i.e. does she know better than me)? Any thoughts?
My husband and I have a couple of stray cat shelters on the front porch, which she won’t use.
Our weather recently took a turn for the worse. First rain (and our stray, Claudia, got wet in it), which turned into sleet, which turned into driving snow. I watched her race around on the front porch…first trying the two cat shelters, then fleeing under the porch. I decided to bring her inside.
We have an unheated garage, so I set up food, water, litter box, and a blanket pile. I brought her in and she stayed there overnight. She seemed distressed this morning, first meowing at the garage window and then at the door where I brought her in. She seems to want to go back outside, but I wanted to keep her in until it is AT LEAST mid-20s outside. I was planning on doing this all winter. Unfortunately, I will be gone the week of Christmas, but I was planning on setting out an automatic feeder and heated water bowl (outside).
Unheated garage = 37 degrees.
Outside temp = 12 degrees.
Should I just let her go back outside where she seems to want to go (i.e. does she know better than me)? Any thoughts?