11/20/2025
Neighborhood Cats shares tips on keeping community cats safer with access to water during freezing temperatures.
Did you know cats need to stay hydrated to better regulate their body temperature? Meaning a dehydrated cat has a harder time staying warm.
Did you know outdoor animals need 15% - 20% more calories during cold weather? They burn a lot of calories trying to stay warm.
Check out Neighborhood Cats tips on preventing water from freezing rapidly here: https://www.neighborhoodcats.org/stop-freezing-water
Be sure to peruse their site for a ton more tips on building winter shelters, placement of shelters, how to do a mass trapping, how to use a drop trap, how to make cats more accepted in the neighborhood, how to better care for your colony and so much more.