You know another big thing I learned that a lot of people probably don't know is that a lot of cats just like flat out...don't drink water for some reason? Most of us are used to any given animal drinking water when thirsty. But a lot of cats just like... don't. I guess a wet food diet helps a lot with this because it's got water in it. Sure it's a little bit more hassle and expense over dry food, but not that much. Def gonna keep my guy on wet food for the rest of his life.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

So us humans often make the mistake of feeding our cats water right next to their food bowls. Cats don't like that; because carnivore, they don't trust water sources near where they eat as rotting animal carcasses can poison water.

They also prefer moving water to a stagnant puddle, so fountains or running faucets are often preferred to bowls.

My cat Izzy wants to drink from the bathtub faucet, I turn it on for her a couple times a day.

[–] FoxAlive@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

He always got wet food with free feeding dry food. But we started watering it down now days just to make sure.