While these are great steps to help prevent overheating, you'll need to take further action if your cat shows signs of heat exhaustion or heatstroke.

What does it mean when your cat is in heat? Like dogs in heat, cats in heat are in the fertile window of their reproductive cycle. They are ready to mate!

DEAR PET TALK: Does it hurt a cat to go into heat? -Barry DEAR BARRY: Felines will first go “into heat” (become capable of getting pregnant with kittens) around four or five months. That is ...