I've found this one good and very reasonably priced for what it is
Veterinary Pet Electric Heat Pad

It's not a stupid idea at all, actually it's a good one! I'd certainly try this if she'd be comfortable with it ( I know most of mine wouldn't be! ) the fact she's sleeps in the airing cupboards does indicated she is cold. Having that additional layer (whether of fat or otherwise! ) would help a lot. The cat I found in the summer-house recently is actually quite a portly chap, he's also 15!

Of course the other thing to investigate is the reason for her being so thin. Does she have a medical problem?

Really? Gosh I can only speak from experience ( but it makes sense also ) in that I've noticed little no difference in our bills whatsoever even when in some cases I resorted to leaving the heat on overnight at lower temperatures! Simply can't bear coming home to a cold house and the same applies to hot water which is always on constantly!

Yep! People (not me, I hasten to add) can get very heated when discussing, erm, heating

When we lived in Holland - there was no choice about timings of heating - you either had it on or off - the reasoning behind this was that to keep heating a house up from cold was a waste of fuel as it took LESS energy to keep the house at a constant temperature. All the houses in our area where fitted with this type of system, and we had absolutely freezing winters. Fuel bills were no more than we'd had back in the UK.

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No worries. I knew what you meant from the context!

I'm the type that when the heating breaks down in very cold weather I actually move out! I did this once when the engineer was waiting for a part! And our house as houses go is fairly well insulated.

Probably an over-exaggaration on my behalf; she's just really, really slendar compare to most moggies. Had the odd comment over the year about her being thin, but people fail to understand its just her natural body type. I guess when people are so used to seeing stocky cats with nice thick coats, seeing her can be a bit of a shock.
She's in great health, its hard to believe shes as old as she is at times.




I can't find a decent pic of her standing, but these will give a vague idea of her size and shape.

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Her Royal Highness seems pretty happy with it anyway...!