Things You'll Need
- Carpet or cardboard
- Blanket
- Cardboard box
- Pet carrier
- Plastic bottle
- Sunlamp or spotlight
Instructions
Place your cat's bed on piece of carpet or cardboard, in an area away from drafts. Avoid putting the bed directly on a cement floor, because the cold from the ground comes through the bed. Insulate areas of your garage that have air leaks.
Use a blanket to provide warmth. Place a blanket in a cardboard box to serve as a bed or use a pet carrier and cover it with a blanket to keep cold air out.
Fill a plastic bottle with warm water and place it underneath a blanket in your cat's bed. Your cat can snuggle up against the blanket-covered bottle if it needs extra warmth.
Aim a sunlamp at your cat's bed to provides instant heat. Hang the lamp high above the bed so it cannot burn your cat or start a fire. Light the lamp for two hours at a time. Turn it off for half an hour before turning it back on. Use a regular spotlight as an alternative.
Purchase a heated cat bed or pad. Heated beds and pads reach up to 102 degrees, which is the average cat's body temperature. Some beds and pads hold onto your cat's own body heat, while others use electricity to warm up. Look for pet beds and pads with chew-resistant cords if you prefer the electric varieties.