{"id":11129,"date":"2021-02-05T12:10:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=11129"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:58:31","slug":"does-your-cat-need-a-sweater-when-its-really-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/does-your-cat-need-a-sweater-when-its-really-cold.php","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Cat Need a Sweater When It&#8217;s Really Cold?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the temperatures start to drop, your first instinct is likely to have your loved ones bundle up in sweaters, jackets, and scarves to ensure they&#8217;re able to\u00a0properly face any inclement weather\u00a0headed their way. As for\u00a0your cats? Clothes might actually not be the answer. &#8220;A sweater is really only needed when they are going into a cold environment,&#8221; Dr. Lorraine A. Corriveau, DVM, a small animal primary care clinician at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/vth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Purdue\u00a0University Veterinary Hospital<\/a>, says of hairless cats, like Sphynx, in particular.\u00a0&#8220;Cats that have fur could get overheated from wearing a sweater, as their fur is a &#8216;natural coat&#8217; for them.&#8221; While your pets are still experiencing the same weather conditions as you, the steps to make sure they are cozy and protected still requires a little more explaining.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/8044679\/does-your-cat-need-sweater-cold-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full story at MarthaStewart.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the temperatures start to drop, your first instinct is likely to have your loved ones bundle up in sweaters, jackets, and scarves to ensure they&#8217;re able to\u00a0properly face any inclement weather\u00a0headed their way. As for\u00a0your cats? Clothes might actually not be the answer. &#8220;A sweater is really only needed when they are going into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,17,27],"tags":[1892,1213,1893,723],"class_list":["post-11129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hospitals","category-in-the-news","category-services","tag-cats","tag-lorraine-corriveau","tag-sapc","tag-small-animal-primary-care"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33213,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11129\/revisions\/33213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}