Cat Temperature

Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of any body that we can measure with the help of thermometer. Same is with the body of a cat. Normally the body temperature of a cat lies in between 101 °F to 102 °F or cat temperature lies between 38 °C to 39 °C. Generally the cat loves sunny day and like to sleep or to roam outside in the warm day. It shows excitement to warmness as the cat is very closely related to desert area. Due to this reason they do not feel uneasy, uncomfortable and can survive easily up to 52 °C temperature.

Cat can belong to any type of breed, it can relate to Norwegian Forest or it can relate to Maine Coon. These cats develop heavy hair, coats of fur in comparison to other cats in cold season. They fight to maintain a temperature of 39 °C (102°F) when there body is wet. But some breeds are very fond of water like Turkish Van, Abyssinians and Bengal’s.

If your cat is ill or sick firstly you have to check the causes of her illness. There might be possibility that she is not physically fit and in this case you have to check her from outside. If you find her completely all right than you should check for her fever. Fever you can check with the help of thermometer, there are different types of thermometer available to take cat temperature. We can check cat temperature either with the help of rectal thermometer or with the help of mercury thermometer. There is one more thermometer available to take cat’s body temperature that is ear thermometer.