People need to drink about 8 glasses of water every day, and animals also need to take in a certain amount of water every day. As far as cats are concerned, a cat needs to take in about 150 ml of water every day on average. Wild cats mostly get their water from their prey and therefore have little need to drink to replenish their fluids. Nowadays, domestic cats are generally fed dry cat food, and dry cat food only contains about 10% water, which is far less than the normal amount of water cats need. Therefore, cats need to increase their daily water intake. So how can you make your cat drink more water?

1. Provide running water

Cats like flowing water very much. This is why we often see cats squatting next to water pipes on the Internet, tilting their heads to catch water drops. Therefore, if your cat doesn’t like drinking water, you can try buying him a circulating water dispenser.

2. Place water basins in multiple places

This method is more suitable for some cats with advanced "lazy cancer". Place water basins in multiple locations at home, especially at corners, so that the cat can drink water wherever he goes. He can take a few licks here and two licks there, and he can drink a lot in a day.

3. Mix nutrient solution with water

You can buy some nutrient solutions to maintain the health of cats in pet supply stores. Some cats like to drink it after diluting it with water.

IV. Feed water with a cup

You read that right! It’s a cup from which people drink water. Cats’ curious nature makes them want to know what the person is drinking and whether it tastes different from the water they drink. Therefore, some owners will give the cup to the cat after the cat takes a fancy to their own cup, and the cat seems to feel on an equal footing with the owner when it drinks water from the cup every day. But the editor does not highly recommend this method. Why? Because the result is probably that if you change the cup, it will like it again... and the cycle continues...

5. Change to wet food

If none of the above methods work and you don’t want your cat to suffer the pain of force-feeding, you can replace dry cat food with canned food or Miaoxian packets. This way the cat can take in a lot of water when eating.