Fleece baby blankets are the best. They also work as fun tackling toys for kittens that want to scrap with something.
Just buy a laundry basket that will fit and fill it half full with dirty clothes. Your cat would tell you that it is the best cat bed ever. When people start asking what happened to such and such shirt, just swap them out with more dirty stuff. Oh, you may have to dry them twice to get most of the cat hair out and remember to clean the dryer filter a lot.
Actually, you will get way better results with clean clothes. Cat's especially love it if their fur will contrast nicely with the color of the clothing, so filling it with black clothes will increase Daisy's happiness. What also helps is recently washing a surface and having it spotless and shiny. Cats especially like to walk over it just after using the litterbox so that their dusty paws make a nice impression on the house guests.
Both our heated beds are K&H brand. Mooch likes it year round but I don't keep it plugged in in the warmer months. I got it when Noodles had licked her belly bare a few years ago. My mother has a smaller version of this one for her 2. One of her cats will literally shiver in the winter. I watch Amazon for price drops; they are great beds! I just wish I could revive Mooch's. It's gotten flat from use.I concur that starting out with a homemade nest is a good idea. If you find something that works for Daisy you can upgrade.
We bought Gohan a heated cat bed from K&H and he absolutely loves it. He doesn't ever sleep on the bed, he likes to be in the room on a soft elevated surface like a dresser or bookshelf. He also gets cold at night and will stand in front of the heater waiting for it to turn on or wake us up being angsty. It was the best purchase we made for him, and it was on sale for $40 (I would not have bought it at the $120 price). You can see the rejected blanket nest we made him before the bed. Plus I think he looks so cute on his leopard throne!
I briefly looked for a cooling bed earlier this year. I saw some for dogs but I didn't spend enough time looking to see if there was something the girls would like.
