>>My cats always like to lay on the shelving we made to cover the tops
>>of our radiators in our house. I have always worried they would burn
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> *really* like that warmth. My mother (that great poetic type ;))
> would say to me, "Your cat is getting a hot @$$."
This worries me too. DH & I just bought a house (and there will be
great rejoicing if I ever finish this d*mned packing!) which has cast
iron radiators. Only one of them is covered so I'm calculating the
materials I'll need to make covers for them because I just *know* the
cats will want to sleep on them :)

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Marina - 08 Feb 2005 04:24 GMT
> This worries me too. DH & I just bought a house (and there will be
> great rejoicing if I ever finish this d*mned packing!) which has cast
> iron radiators. Only one of them is covered so I'm calculating the
> materials I'll need to make covers for them because I just *know* the
> cats will want to sleep on them :)
I used to live in a place with radiators like that. The cats loved them,
especially Nikki. She would often sleep on them. Then, when it got too
hot, she would suddenly come shooting off it and ooze out on the floor
to cool down. I don't think you have to worry. We never had any burns.

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Karen Chuplis - 08 Feb 2005 05:03 GMT
>>> My cats always like to lay on the shelving we made to cover the tops
>>> of our radiators in our house. I have always worried they would burn
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> materials I'll need to make covers for them because I just *know* the
> cats will want to sleep on them :)
In school, we just put a board on top to make it a shelf. They were steam
radiators. Don't know if it is the same but didn't seem to cause a problem.
Holly - 08 Feb 2005 13:38 GMT
All of my radiators have covers on them but I still worry about them
burning themselves, then again I worry about everything they do. I
tried to get the hot dance on tape but it happened to fast.
Lesley Madigan - 08 Feb 2005 14:11 GMT
just *know* the
> cats will want to sleep on them :)
Many years ago when Isis and Fugazi were but small kittens, we didn't
have any central heating, we heated our flat with one of those two bar
fires and I remember trying to keep warm while the feline heat sinks
absorbed most of the heat and suddenly smelling singed fur....
"Gaz-Gaz" I said "You're on fire...."
She opened one eye, yawned, mewed her thanks and rolled over to do the
other side.....
Lesley
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Holly - 08 Feb 2005 19:13 GMT
Sorry to laugh but that was to funny, I can see her in my mind just
brushing it off and finishing her nap..
Lesley Madigan - 09 Feb 2005 11:47 GMT
> Sorry to laugh but that was to funny, I can see her in my mind just
> brushing it off and finishing her nap..
I don't think she would even brushed it off..... When Gaz was asleep a
fairly large nuclear explosion would have been needed to get her
attention
Lesley
Slave of the Fabulous Furballs