Cats are veritable landlubbers. Every time they take a bath, it is a battle between humans and cats. Sometimes cats not only don’t like water, but are full of fear of water. Do you know why cats don’t like water? What causes this?

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The first reason why cats don’t like water is closely related to the development history of cats. Research has found that current domestic cats mainly originate from African wild cats and Asian desert cats. Because these two cats are relatively docile and easy to tame, they later became the main source of domestic cat bloodlines. For African wild cats and Asian desert cats, their main living environment is mainly in the desert, Gobi, or grassland, which are places with little water. They have no access to water all year round, which makes the cats not familiar with water, or even dislike water, and are afraid of it. water.

The second reason why cats don’t like water may have something to do with their owners. Because the owner's maintenance habits are not good, the cat does not like water or is afraid of water. For example, when training a cat to take a bath since childhood, the owner's behavior is too procrastinating, which makes the cat feel uncomfortable and thus creates a fear of water. Therefore, when a cat grows up, it will not like water and be afraid of water.

If the cat is to be exposed to water normally, the owner must train the cat to contact water from an early age. Be gentle when bathing your cat so that it doesn't become afraid of water. Of course, you should not force the cat to like water. Instead, you should slowly guide the cat to contact the water slowly, let it know that water is not scary, and slowly allow the pet cat to have normal contact with water.