The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139295 Message #3196088
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
26-Jul-11 - 04:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: Too Effing Hot!!!
Subject: RE: BS: Too Effing Hot!!!
Your animals will be fine in warm weather if you have concrete or tile floors. The floor, especially where there is a slab underneath, warms slowly during any season to reflect the average temperature of that season, so a few days of heat isn't a problem if the animals are on the ground.
My dogs sleep on the concrete floor in the garage when it's way over 100o out there because the floor is so much cooler than the air. I try to bring them in when the air gets over 102 (the upper "typical" body temperature of a dog), but if I can't get home, they are okay. If you animals aren't accustomed to heat, the best thing is to keep them off of the furniture and down on the concrete.
It's overcast here today, so it's cooler, only 101o