Heated Cat Beds, Buy A Heated Cat Bed, or Cat Heating Pad For Indoor or Outdoor Cats

There is a heated cat bed or cat heated pad for every cat, whether he is an indoor cat or an outdoor cat. If your cat is older, he may suffer from arthritis or just the general aches and pains that everyone, human and feline, get as we grow older. A heated cat bed will help to soothe those aches and pains and have a therapeutic effect, making your cat more relaxed and help him to enjoy life more. The usual body temperature for a cat is around 102 degrees so a cosy bed will help him to maintain his body temperature which again, is important in older cats.

A Heated Cat Bed Can Improve Your Cat's Immune System

It is well known that the cold weather, combined with wind and rain can have an adverse effect on a cat’s immune system making him more prone to illness. There is strong veterinary evidence to suggest that a heated cat bed can help to improve your cat’s immune system. If you have a cat who is unwell or who is convalescing after an illness or operation, a heated bed will ensure that your cat does rest – he will be content to stay warm and relaxed and curled up in the comfort of his cosy bed – and speed up his recovery.

Your cat will derive a lot of comfort from his heated bed. If he is primarily an outdoor cat, you need not worry about him in bad weather if you are away from home for the day as the cat heated pad may safely be left in a shed or your garage or anywhere dry that your cat has access to. If your cat is a house cat and you are out at work all day, leaving the cat with his pet heating pad will enable him to make himself comfortable and warm and will also give him the comfort he would otherwise derive from snuggling up on your lap.

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A Cat Radiator Bed enables your cat to snuggle up to the warmth of a radiator to toast himself whilst your central heating is running.

Advantages are that they are less expensive to buy initially, there is no need to site the bed near to an electricity supply and there are no running costs.

Disadvantages are that there is no way to regulate the temperature so your cat may get too hot when the radiator is running hot and chill down again when the heating goes off.

Cat Radiator Beds and Heated Cat Beds Online In UK

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Cat Radiator Beds and Heated Cat Beds

Microwavable pads used to be a short term heating solution. Usually filled with something like buckwheat, the pads, once heated, would stay warm for around an hour or so. Now, a new generation of microwavable pet heating pad is available and the one illustrated from Amazon is filled with a non-toxic substance that will stay warm for up to twelve hours with just one heating in the microwave. It is, of course, reusable many times and provides excellent value for money. These types of pads are also wonderful for treating back pain (so you may be borrowing this from your cat if you overdo the gardening!).

Thermal beds do not use any form of heating - although of course, you could insert a microwavable heating pad into the base on a cold night. Thermal beds are designed with special insulation materials so that they reflect back your cat's body heat and this results in a very warm cosy bed in just a few moments of your cat being inside it. In fact, these beds are so efficient at keeping your cat warm that they are almost as good as the electrically heated models when used inside the house.  The pad type is great for insulating your cat from the cold of the floor if he prefers to sleep there.

 To sum up, heated cat beds can have many benefits for your cat, the older cat will have any joint pain reduced, the convalescing or sick cat will have his immune system boosted and be encouraged to rest and relax in the warmth of his bed.  The outdoor cat will have somewhere warm and cosy on cold days and the indoor cat will have a cosy retreat (off the furniture) if the heating is not and the comfort of warmth if he does not have your lap to sit on.  A heated cat bed is not a huge investment financially and most have a 4 watt heating element that makes them very inexpensive to run.

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