How sensitive are Cats?

Some people find the heat very wearing. But how do our domestic tigers feel about high temperatures?

As animals whose ancestors came from the desert, they can actually cope quite well with summer conditions. All the same, you must never leave a cat on its own in an overheated room, still less in a closed car – cats too can suffer heatstroke!

The sweat glands of cats are located in the area of the lips, on the anus, around the mammary ridge and above all on the balls of the paws. The cat’s ears also dissipate heat.

At the beginning of spring the cat starts to grow a lighter summer coat.