Pets in Apartments W/o Central Air

[Anonymous]

I realize this is a dumb question but I adopted a cat while living in my current apartment, which has central AC. I am looking to move to a new apartment that is perfect in every way except it has a window unit - which, no matter for me, I've lived in apartments without central air before, I run cold and frequently even in the summer don't even need to turn a window unit on unless it's above 90. However, I realize this may not work for my cat. Just wondering if anyone has any experience. Is it safe? I assume you just run the window unit all day when you're out to make sure the pet is comfortable?

[Anonymous]

No offense but do you think no one in an apartment without central air owns pets? I think it will be fine.

[Anonymous]

Most people in the world live without central air, and a lot have pets. I assume that unless your pet is a cold-weather breed, they'll adapt easily. We have a double-coated arctic breed dog, and conditioned air (of whatever variety) is very important in the summer.