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☀️ After shy early days, summer is finally there, and the heat of the day also. ☀️ Follow our 3 tips to take advantage of it in complete safety.
3 tips to help your cat spend a good summer
Drink
Provide your cat some cool water throughout the day. The ideal is a water fountain, but several bowls of water at various places in the house (and in the garden) suit perfectly. The water should be renewed several times during the day. You can add an ice cube in the bowl (only one !) to keep the water cool longer.
Stay cool
For your own comfort and that of your cat, maintain the inside of your house as fresh as possible : lower the blinds or close the shutters, equip yourselves with a ventilator if necessary, or switch on the air conditioning if you are lucky enough to have of one (not too cold!). Be sure that your cat has easily access to a cool place during day. You can also pet your cat with a wet dish mop, and let him play with water as in the video below :
Observe
Your cat sticks out his tongue ? He’s panting ? He is apathetic having spent a long moment in the sun ? He’s maybe a victim of a heat stroke : we explain you here the first gestures to have. Don’t hesitate to consult your veterinarian !
Those are very important tips for hot days.
We are lucky that is does not get really hot here.
Mum always makes sure we have lots of water and cool spots indoors.
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ
These are great tips! I’m kind of hesitant about the pool of water but it does look fun!
I was, too, but after a while, it was so much fun that I forgot I had my four paws in the water ! Purrs, Pixie
That fish toy looks like fun. I wonder how much of a mess my cats would make inside with that? Cute video. 🙂
The short answer is : a lot of mess ! Better doing this in the bathroom or on the balcony 😉 Purrs
These are great tips! I specially love the fish pool you got for your cats. I need to get one of those fishes. My cat would have a blast trying to catch it!
Very good tips! It sure was hot here in Ticino on Sunday. Humid today, but not as hot!
xo
Tootsie
Those really are great tips and we hope everyone pays attention!
Great tips and very important!
Purrs xx
Athena and Marie
Oh, that water pan looks fun and those swimmy fish do too! Our Mom sometimes wipes down one of our visiting outdoor cats when it’s really hot outside, and he seems to really like it. Thank you for those great tips!
love your fishing video!!!
Excellent advice for staying safe on hot days!
pixie & zorro…..theeze tipz bee awesum…N yur moovee iz even awesum urr…we gived it 984 paws up heer, and sum mor over at de you tube place !!! ♥♥♥
Great tips! It’s hard for humans to remember that we kitties have on fur coats and need extra care in the heat of summer.
Maxie’s totally down with playing with water, but he’s the ONLY one of us three! Great tips!
We need a fishin’ pond like yours. MOL Have fun and great posty.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Those are good tips for staying cool.
We have several bowls of fresh water inside, a small pond outside, and good small canned meals each day 6 times. What could be better? Oh right, fresh live mousies too… We get those.
it’s impawtant to stay hydrated…. seems the heaven over brittany knows that and hydrated us from above today :o)
What great tips! And mes especially LOVED the water video! Mes is now missing the river behind the house in Midway where mes could goes and chase the minnows!
Thanks for the fun!
Kisses
Nellie
Excellent tips Claire. We are providing ourselves or making sure mom provides us with adequate water and cool air.
Shoko and Kali
Great tips for the long, hot summer! We love the fishing video … what a good idea for cats who like to play with water (like our Zoe). 🙂
We definitely keep lots of extra water around on hot summer days. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!