Abandons his bed to sprawl flat on bare tile. He's pressing his thinnest fur against the coolest surface to dump core heat his body can't regulate.

Restless click-clack of paws every 15 minutes. He's forced to find a fresh patch of unheated floor each time he saturates the last one.

Heavy panting even in a cool room. His respiratory system is being used as an overworked fan because the surface beneath him is reflecting heat back.

Frantic digging in shaded soil to reach cooler earth beneath the sun-baked surface. An ancestral response to thermal trauma.