You know another big thing I learned that a lot of people probably don’t know is that a lot of cats just like flat out…don’t drink water for some reason? Most of us are used to any given animal drinking water when thirsty. But a lot of cats just like… don’t. I guess a wet food diet helps a lot with this because it’s got water in it. Sure it’s a little bit more hassle and expense over dry food, but not that much. Def gonna keep my guy on wet food for the rest of his life.
So us humans often make the mistake of feeding our cats water right next to their food bowls. Cats don’t like that; because carnivore, they don’t trust water sources near where they eat as rotting animal carcasses can poison water.
They also prefer moving water to a stagnant puddle, so fountains or running faucets are often preferred to bowls.
My cat Izzy wants to drink from the bathtub faucet, I turn it on for her a couple times a day.
You know another big thing I learned that a lot of people probably don’t know is that a lot of cats just like flat out…don’t drink water for some reason? Most of us are used to any given animal drinking water when thirsty. But a lot of cats just like… don’t. I guess a wet food diet helps a lot with this because it’s got water in it. Sure it’s a little bit more hassle and expense over dry food, but not that much. Def gonna keep my guy on wet food for the rest of his life.
So us humans often make the mistake of feeding our cats water right next to their food bowls. Cats don’t like that; because carnivore, they don’t trust water sources near where they eat as rotting animal carcasses can poison water.
They also prefer moving water to a stagnant puddle, so fountains or running faucets are often preferred to bowls.
My cat Izzy wants to drink from the bathtub faucet, I turn it on for her a couple times a day.
He always got wet food with free feeding dry food. But we started watering it down now days just to make sure.