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[FluffBall]

 ;)I'm the odd ball I love chins but also love warm weather I have to step out side to warm up and it takes me a good hour to do that

  what is a good temp for them in the winter cause I like to ba warm last year he  was near our sliding door by the cold but there were no drafts

[Jo Ann]

65 to 72F is best year round  ...  If you are keeping them near the sliding glass door ... remember that direct sunlight will make the chins even warmer than the room temperature.  There will be a little draft every time the doors are opened. 

If you are not  going to use the sliding glass doors in the winter, you could close the curtains  and move the cage near the glass door.  I would keep a thermometer near their cage and try to adjust everything else to work with it. 

 In the winter when it is below 65, when you come inside, the inside will feel warmer than it really is. 
 The same as now, regardless of what the temperature is outside, inside it is going to feel cooler than it really is.    :-[

 
Jo Ann

The easiest way to adjust is to raise or lower the temperature by one or two degrees one week at a time ... this way your body adjust to it.   

[AlisonTM]

I am like a chin too.  I cannot tolerate the heat!  Usually it is quite comfortable here in Western NY, but a few weeks ago it got almost to 100!  The chins and I were living in the air conditioned bedroom along with all 3 of my kids!  I am so much happier now that the temps are back in the low 80's during the daytime and 50-60 at night!!!  The chins are happier as well.  During the heatwave we had to put them in a smaller cage to bring them in the bedroom and they were missing their chin condo!!!

Alison

[FluffBall]

the sliding glass door is in the dining room and we hardly ever use that door and there are virtical blind to keep out the light and the drafts