People need to drink about 8 cups of water every day, and animals also need to consume a certain amount of water every day. As for cats, a cat needs to consume about 150 ml of water per day on average. Wild cats mostly get water from their prey, so they don’t need to replenish water through drinking water. Nowadays, domestic cats are usually fed dry cat food, and only about 10% of the water in dry cat food is far from the normal amount of water required by cats, so the cat needs to drink more water every day. So how can you let your cat drink more water?
1. Provide live water
Cats like flowing water very much. This is also the reason why we often see cats squatting next to the water pipe and tilting their heads to catch water drops. Therefore, if your cat doesn't like drinking water, you can try buying it a circulating water dispenser.
2. Place water basins in multiple places
This method is more suitable for some cats with advanced stages of "lazy cancer". Place water basins in many places at home, especially in corners, so that cats can drink water wherever they go. Lick a few licks here and there, and you can drink a lot of them a day.
3. Nutritional solution is mixed with water
You can buy some nutrient solution to maintain the health of cats in pet supplies stores. After diluting it with water, some cats love to drink it very much.
4. Feed water with a cup
You read that right! It is a cup where people drink water. Cats’ curious nature makes them want to know what people are drinking, and whether it tastes different from the water they drink. Therefore, some owners will give the cup to the cat after the cat likes its own cup, and the cat also seems to be on par with the owner when drinking water with the cup every day. But I don't recommend this method very much. Why? Because the result is likely that you change a cup and it falls in love with it again... If this cycle continues...
5. Change to feed wet food
If the above methods do not work and you are unwilling to let the cat suffer from the pain of forced irrigation, you can change the dry cat food to canned or fresh bread. This way the cat can take in a lot of water while eating.