Want to save £240 a year? Stop leaving the central heating on for your pets | Pets | The Guardian

Humans may need radiators, but healthy cats and dogs don’t.So here’s one easy way to slash your fuel bills…

They don’t tell you this when you get a cat – that heating it is extra. The thing is, it’s totally unnecessary: cats and dogs are designed to live outside, and vets say there is no need to leave the heating on for a healthy pet during the day, even in the dead of winter.

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