{"id":20124,"date":"2016-03-11T01:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ippblogdev.frontrowdigital.com\/blogs\/uncategorized\/hydrating-your-cat\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:49:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:49:55","slug":"hydrating-your-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/health-and-wellness\/hydrating-your-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Ways to Keep Your Cat Hydrated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sponsored Post by our Friends at\u00a0Weruva<\/a>! \u00a0Written by\u00a0<\/em>Chris Langellotti, Head of Training, Weruva<\/em><\/p>\n

What should I feed my cat? Wet food or dry food? How much water do they need? These are very common questions \u2013 especially for new cat parents.<\/p>\n

What all cat experts agree on is that cats are \u201cObligate Carnivores.<\/strong>\u201d In other words: Cats must eat meat; it is a biological necessity. Cats (and dogs for that matter), get their energy from the breakdown of protein, not carbohydrates like humans do. So meat is the way to go.<\/p>\n

And another common area of agreement surrounds that meat: the wetter the better.<\/strong>\u00a0Why? A lack of hydration can lead to all sorts of urinary problems and painful crystals. Things no cat-parent wants to deal with.<\/p>\n

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Cats are desert creatures (even through their furry little bodies may appear otherwise). And where do desert creatures get water? (Please \u2013 don\u2019t say cactus!) Well, they actually get it from their prey. So to put it simply, the most efficient and natural way for cats to hydrate is by eating meat \u2013 you know, wet meat.<\/p>\n

Some of you reading this might be thinking, \u201cMy cat drinks all the time \u2014 he or she doesn\u2019t need wet food.\u201d However, it is important to realize that cats are rarely, if ever, fully hydrated simply by drinking water.\u00a0Cats actually have a very low thirst-drive, so while they drink, they are very rarely adequately hydrated.<\/strong>\u00a0Unlike humans, their bodies don\u2019t tell them to go guzzle some good ol\u2019 H2O. Plus their tongues are totally different than a dog\u2019s tongue. Where a dog\u2019s tongue is made for lapping up things \u2013 folding and throwing the water into their mouths \u2013 a cat just stabs at the water, a much less efficient process.<\/p>\n

CAUTION \u2013 A SMALL AMOUNT OF MATH FOLLOWS \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n