Cat and water

If you can compare how often drinking dog and how often a cat, you sure this question was put. A difference not only in the frequency of drinking, but also the quantity of water consumed, say, per kilogram of body weight, when taking into account the different size of both animals.

Cat in a bowl of water

The bulk of the necessary fluids obtained from cat food, especially if they are fed canned food. Cats originally come from deserts, steppes and savannahs, where the organism is long-term water shortage perfectly adapted. Kidney cats have long called Henleyovy loops, where power filters and thicker, and allow re-absorption of water. Indeed, high concentrations of all components of cat urine is the main reason that the cat smells much better than a dog.

Cat and running water

Cats, of course, have to drink to their bodies washed all the pollutants, and a bowl of water belongs to every household where they live. Some cats but you would much rather serve water that is left to sink or shower enclosure.Do not think that if your cat is licking drops of tiles, she did not like her new dish, or that she found delight in tasting soap solution. A more likely explanation is that a cat as a curious animal tastes like (and equal) water from various surfaces, or that it would rather catch a running tap. If you liked your cat behutou water, you can buy a special fountain: a cat with a drink and Nina Ricci remain whole.

Cat in a bathtub

Cats have a really bad reputation in terms of their relationship to swimming. The cat would be very happy koi carp caught from the ornamental lake in the neighborhood, but is willing to make an uncertain outcome dip up one paw. Likewise, even when drinking tap water will take care of cats,where possible, to remain dry.
Bathing in the tub so they approached the owners only in cases where it is necessary either for the cat's future (ie before the show), or for being home (cat is sometimes so dirty that she just can not leave everything to the green, brown etc. of each licked).

Cat in the lake

Due to their original homeland dry cat had many opportunities, where to get the relationship to swimming. Aside from minor exceptions, when one's cat voluntarily from time to time dip in the pond, there is one exception to the breed - the Turkish Van cat. Ancestors have lived since time immemorial, this beast in Turkey around the same lake where they found not only subsistenceBut even he played it well.

full article can be found in the June issue of Animal Planet, available on newsstands

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