How to Keep Your Pet Healthy and Hydrated
If you’re like me, you want the best and more for your animal. They’re not just a pet; they are family. Keeping your pet healthy and happy can be a full-time job as most pet owners know first hand. One aspect we don’t necessarily worry about too much is one of the key essentials to life; water. Just like us, it’s important that we keep our pets well hydrated. Staying hydrated is key to preventing common problems in our pets such as kidney and urinary tract diseases.
Here are a few tips on how we can keep our pets healthy and hydrated:
- Add Wet Food to Their Diet
Wet food can increase our pet’s daily water intake. Introducing wet food to their diet can assist in hydration as well as add more appeal to their tastes. If your animal just doesn’t like wet food, adding a small amount of water with dry food should do the trick.
- Limit Exposure to Heat
If you live in an area where the summer seasons are hot, hot, hot, keeping the exposure to the heat to a minimum is important. Overexposure to the sun can cause dehydration, especially if their physical activity is high. It’s necessary to have water available when you’re outside. Playing with our pets is fun, so saving the outdoor time to cooler parts of the day will help keep them out of the heat and retain their water.
- Always Have Water On The Go
We should always have water available for our pets no matter where we are. Even if we are going for a short walk around the city or the park, it’s essential to have water on hand. If you have a car, it’s important to keep water stored there as well so you can be ready for any errands or road trips you and your furry friends take together.
- Replace Your Regular Water Bowl With a Fountain
Giving your pet constant access to water around the house is one of the basic necessities of being a pet owner. If you want to encourage your cat or dog to drink more, fresher water, consider replacing your water bowl with a pet fountain. Water bowls hold stagnant water that can trap particles. A pet water fountain stores up to 6L of water and provides a constant stream of cool, fresh water so you never have to worry about providing your pet with clean water.
Staying hydrated is the key to preventing common kidney and urinary tract diseases on cats and dogs. It’s important that we always stay on top of keeping our pets happy, healthy, and hydrated!
