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- food and fresh water
- Pay attention to the hottest hours
- Protect the cat from the sun's rays
- home care
Cats are animals that withstand heat well, they like to lie in the sun and spend hours in the pleasant heat. However, in the summer, care should be redoubled because the sun is too strong and can be harmful to them, even causing the much feared skin cancer in the long run. Therefore, at PeritoAnimal we will show you some cat care in summer that must have.
food and fresh water
To keep your cat cool and hydrated in the summer, it is essential that you have it at your disposal. fresh water and food at a good temperature during all day long. At this point it is also important that you know how much water a cat should drink per day, don't miss our article with this information. For water, there are two options that help us keep it fresh without having to worry about renewing it all the time:
- the drinking fountain with ice: put water with some ice cubes at your disposal, thus ensuring the freshness of your main source of hydration.
- a water source: in online stores and pet stores you can find very sophisticated accessories, the drinking fountains no longer have to be the typical plastic ones, now you can give it water in a fountain and that makes it always fresh. Also, cats like this effect.
The food should also have a pleasant temperature, as we do not like to eat very hot food in the summer, with cats the same thing happens, especially if you eat tinned food you should make sure it is pleasant. For example, you can give him more meals and less amounts instead of leaving everything in the food container and staying there all day.
Pay attention to the hottest hours
Your cat can't count how many hours of sun it gets, so it's up to you to make sure your cat avoids the hottest hours, from 12:00 to 17:00, not letting you absorb the sun's rays directly because it could be very dangerous.
Cats can suffer from heat strokes to skin cancer, and both are serious and harmful to your life. So, must keep it at home and in the shade when you see you're on the terrace, otherwise you might not be able to stand the heat.
Offering you moments of shade and rest is essential. So, you must have your strategic zones at home where you can be comfortable and not get in the sun.
Protect the cat from the sun's rays
In addition to control the hours, as it is summer, it is inevitable that you do not sunbathe, so it is important to be careful.
He can protect your cat from the sun with protectors just like we do with our skin. You can put a little cream on your nose and on parts that are more exposed to the sun like your ears and that the fur doesn't protect as much.
Fur is a natural part of your physique, and although we might think it causes you more heat, it actually protects you a lot. The bad part of your physique is that only eliminates heat through the paws and this makes your process of cooling down slower than in humans.
Therefore, our help is not too much. In addition to sunscreens, we can also help you wetting your paws a little and moistening a towel and carefully running it over your head.
home care
In addition, it is important to take into account some more advice such as have the house windows closed. If they are open, the cat will instinctively go to them to catch a little breeze and with the heat it can slide. Not to mention it would be too exposed to the sun on the windowsill.
Another key point is that you know how to check if your cat is dehydrated. For this do not miss our information in the article on how to tell if a cat is dehydrated.
And what do you do to take care of your cat in the summer? What tricks do you use to not abuse the sun? Share everything with us!
