Does cats like to drink water?
It is a basic cognition that cats don’t like to drink water.
How to increase the cat’s daily water intake by other means?
The dangers of water shortage in cats
Cats do not like to drink water, which can be traced back to cat ancestors. In dry land, if there is no water to drink, drink less.
However, not enough water will cause problems.
In the early stage, if the cat does not drink enough water, it will cause the urine to be concentrated. The common is: the urine is thick and yellow.
It will also lead to a series of cat diseases over time, such as cystitis, bladder stones, kidney stones and so on.
cat water intake
Teach you 2 methods:
Method 1 – weight calculation method
About how much water a cat needs to drink, this is the same as Weight-related, generally 40-60ml of water per kilogram of body weight per day.
Example: A 5kg cat needs: 200-300ml of water per day. (equivalent to 2 cups of disposable water cups)
Method 2 – calorie calculation method (not commonly used, difficult to detect)
A cat needs 1ml of water for every calorie ingested per day.
Drinking water includes
Dry food + canned food
Many people will be startled when they see 200ml, but after deducting the water in food, basically the amount of water you drink a day is not that big. .
In general, dry cat food contains only 10% water, while wet food such as canned cat food contains about 80% water.
Example:
For example, a cat eats 300 grams of dry cat food and 100 grams of canned cat food a day , then it has absorbed 300*10%+100*80% = 110ml of water from food.
So, it only needs to drink another 90ml of water.
Drinking tips
Put more water bowl
s and remember to change the water every day
Mobile water dispenser, cats like flowing water
Start with food and eat canned water every week (the most direct)
In addition to containing more protein and fat, canned cat food In addition, it is also rich in water.
