My Uncle's cats would lie under the woodstove and litererally singe their fur before they'd deign to move. One jumped onto the top of the stove and poor thing burnt his paw pads uote nastily. Our own cat Higgs isn't bothered about warm and dry and will sit outside in rain and snow and doesn't like our fire / stove. Dunno if she is scared of the flames or the crackling noises and me chucking more fuel on