Water: The most critical and least discussed macro-nutrient.
A thought for all of you who might still be feeding processed dry products (kibble/biscuits) to their kitties.
Second only to oxygen, water is the most important requirement for life. Cats are designed to get their water through their diet and are ridiculously inefficient at lapping it up.
Something like 80% of US cat owners feed their kitties processed dry products.
Urinary tract and bladder disease was the number one reason cats required veterinarian care in 2004. And in 2005. And in EVERY SINGLE YEAR since.
And the most common killer of domestic cats? Kidney failure.
Is something so critical really something you want to mess with?
Switch to canned or, better yet, ditch processed products all together and start offering your kitties fresh, whole foods.
My kitties are worth the extra attention, aren’t yours?
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1. I provide filtered water
2. I aerate the water by shaking the bottle first.
Are these things worthwhile doing?
We all do what we consider special things for our cats. I have a feral colony with a shelter in my garage. Mine eat wet food with a little meow mix tender centers and leave water out twice a day. I do see them drinking it. In the winter, I warm their wet food in the microwave and, this year, bought microwave heating pads for their shelter. You probably feel that if filtered water is good for humans, it’s good for your cats. I use tap water so they get fluoride to protect their teeth.