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He is lovely and best of all he chose you 
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Re the drinking it has been answered really. Cats aren't always great drinkers, their ancestors were desert animals so obviously water would've been in short supply, unfortunately and bizarrely they do not have the best kidneys to deal with limited water (though they would have gone most of their water via their kills), so modern day society and diets don't always suit this lack of water consumption, so we do need to encourage them. Dry food is only 8% water whereas wet food is 80% water so wet food is an important part of the diet. Water fountains are good for this. Crock or glass bowls (not plastic) for the water.
.Re the drinking it has been answered really. Cats aren't always great drinkers, their ancestors were desert animals so obviously water would've been in short supply, unfortunately and bizarrely they do not have the best kidneys to deal with limited water (though they would have gone most of their water via their kills), so modern day society and diets don't always suit this lack of water consumption, so we do need to encourage them. Dry food is only 8% water whereas wet food is 80% water so wet food is an important part of the diet. Water fountains are good for this. Crock or glass bowls (not plastic) for the water.
bexVN said:
He is lovely and best of all he chose you .
Re the drinking it has been answered really. Cats aren't always great drinkers, their ancestors were desert animals so obviously water would've been in short supply, unfortunately and bizarrely they do not have the best kidneys to deal with limited water (though they would have gone most of their water via their kills), so modern day society and diets don't always suit this lack of water consumption, so we do need to encourage them. Dry food is only 8% water whereas wet food is 80% water so wet food is an important part of the diet. Water fountains are good for this. Crock or glass bowls (not plastic) for the water.
Ive an old pryrex dish I can use and it can sit in the front of the house so he is going to see it. He doesn't often go in our back garden so putting it there would be a waste of time. .Re the drinking it has been answered really. Cats aren't always great drinkers, their ancestors were desert animals so obviously water would've been in short supply, unfortunately and bizarrely they do not have the best kidneys to deal with limited water (though they would have gone most of their water via their kills), so modern day society and diets don't always suit this lack of water consumption, so we do need to encourage them. Dry food is only 8% water whereas wet food is 80% water so wet food is an important part of the diet. Water fountains are good for this. Crock or glass bowls (not plastic) for the water.
airweaz said:
Ive never owned a cat before and am totally clueless and in all honesty I don't like cats. I just like my best mate and he decided I was a better owner than the s
tbags who were kicking him and man handling him, In the days before I stepped in.
I still feel guilty for not acting sooner with Tango as I had a feeling something was up when he came crying to me within seconds of me getting in the house having been away for 10 days. He didn't leave my side that night and ever since Ive protected him as best I can whilst letting him be the wild cat he is.
Tango and me thank you all.
Well done sir tbags who were kicking him and man handling him, In the days before I stepped in. I still feel guilty for not acting sooner with Tango as I had a feeling something was up when he came crying to me within seconds of me getting in the house having been away for 10 days. He didn't leave my side that night and ever since Ive protected him as best I can whilst letting him be the wild cat he is.
Tango and me thank you all.
As for the water, well, mine hasn't noticeably drunk any since I gave her 100% wet food - but you could always leave a bowl out if unsure. If it wants some it will drink, if not it won't, but it had the option. They like rainwater better than tapwater. And again, well done.
MBBlat said:
My Rosie likes tapwater - as long as its coming fresh out of the tap or in my bedside water glass. The expensive water fountain is ignored AFAIK.
As do ours. They occasionally deign to use the fountain.Louis will usually wait until I go up to bed & will meet me at the top of the stairs. The basin & bath cold taps then have to be turned on at the desired rate of flow & I am expected to wait patiently until he decides which he prefers tonight. After he's finished he jumps down & wanders off to bed without even a backward glance.
The water fountain in the kitchen gets used by both cats, for both drinking and playing with...
The cut glass bowl (cheap charity shop find as wide brimmed) in the bedroom gets used by both cats, for both drinking and playing with...
The shower once we've got out gets used by both cats, for both drinking and playing with...
Pepi will drink bathwater whilst I'm still in it, complete with bubble bath.
Beauty will run to the tap once she's finished in the shower for it to be turned on to do our teeth, she then plays with & drinks from the tap, ensuring we get wet again.
The cut glass bowl (cheap charity shop find as wide brimmed) in the bedroom gets used by both cats, for both drinking and playing with...
The shower once we've got out gets used by both cats, for both drinking and playing with...
Pepi will drink bathwater whilst I'm still in it, complete with bubble bath.
Beauty will run to the tap once she's finished in the shower for it to be turned on to do our teeth, she then plays with & drinks from the tap, ensuring we get wet again.
Well I left a small glass bowl out this morning as the wee man had gone out about an hour before.
As I was pulling out of the road I saw a ginger fluff ball head down drinking by the front door.
It might be more to do with the fact he didn't drink any water earlier in the day. Either way its getting some use so I will find a larger charity shop bowl this week as the official "outdoor" bowl.
As I was pulling out of the road I saw a ginger fluff ball head down drinking by the front door.
It might be more to do with the fact he didn't drink any water earlier in the day. Either way its getting some use so I will find a larger charity shop bowl this week as the official "outdoor" bowl.
FYI cats need about 50mls/kg/24 hours of water just for maintenance...So a 5kg cat needs around 250ml of water to supply your average daily need including urine production.
On a hot day like we have been having recently this will go up. Cats usually seek out shaded areas to keep cool and snooze through the day but don't be surprised if they double the intake on hot days.
On a hot day like we have been having recently this will go up. Cats usually seek out shaded areas to keep cool and snooze through the day but don't be surprised if they double the intake on hot days.
GokTweed said:
FYI cats need about 50mls/kg/24 hours of water just for maintenance...So a 5kg cat needs around 250ml of water to supply your average daily need including urine production.
On a hot day like we have been having recently this will go up. Cats usually seek out shaded areas to keep cool and snooze through the day but don't be surprised if they double the intake on hot days.
That's what you hope they will do, unfortunately cats can be their own worst enemies for not drinking more. We see a lot more urinary cases and renal cases flare up in this type of weather.On a hot day like we have been having recently this will go up. Cats usually seek out shaded areas to keep cool and snooze through the day but don't be surprised if they double the intake on hot days.
otolith said:
Obviously puddle water is preferable to anything disgusting out of a domestic tap - that is something our dog and our cats are in agreement on.
Two of ours demand gently running tap water, one of them employs the "put head completely under tap and drink what runs over nose" methodology. The other one will only drink water running down a plug-hold or cupped lovingly in one's palm. Water fountains treated with disdain.
IainT said:
otolith said:
Obviously puddle water is preferable to anything disgusting out of a domestic tap - that is something our dog and our cats are in agreement on.
Two of ours demand gently running tap water, one of them employs the "put head completely under tap and drink what runs over nose" methodology. The other one will only drink water running down a plug-hold or cupped lovingly in one's palm. Water fountains treated with disdain.Gassing Station | All Creatures Great & Small | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff