How to tell if a cat is dehydrated

Did you know?

An adult cat needs to drink 150ml of water a day to ensure a healthy state.

But the fact is that cats are creatures that don’t like drinking water

Many owners can’t check whether their owners are drinking enough water 24 hours a day

This leads to a lot of Cats have been in a state of chronic dehydration for a long time and are prone to urinary tract problems for a long time.

How to judge whether the cat is dehydrated?

Method 1: Watch defecation

When the cat is short of water, the cat will absorb the water in the stool to ensure the body’s water balance

If your cat poops one by one, it’s hard and looks dry

It means that your cat’s body is already dehydrated at this time

Method 2: Look at the urine ball

The size of the cat’s urine ball directly informs the cat whether it needs to drink water

Take tofu cat litter

as an example, the urine mass of an adult cat should be 1/3 the size of an adult’s palm, and there are 1-2 groups a day

If there is a urine mass, only soldiers Please pay attention to the size of the tennis ball.

PS:

To judge whether the cat needs to drink water, it is not by how much it drinks, but It is to see how much he has discharged, so looking at the urine mass is an important indicator

If the cat has the above situation, you can increase the amount of water you drink. Or change the feeding method of the staple food

1-cats like flowing water, you can go to a treasure to buy a machine that can make the water flow

2-try to eat canned food, freeze-dried and soaked in water

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