Care about your cat in the summer

Caring for your cat during periods of high heat

The summer is well underway, the first big heat has made itself felt and the holidays are organized. A question then arises for all cat owners: how to take care of your feline throughout the summer? Here are some tips for a quiet vacation with your cat.

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Avoid dehydration

If it is very hot, keep your cat at home in a ventilated and cool room. Make sure your cat drinks enough so that he does not become dehydrated or develop urinary problems such as cystitis, which are common in cats.

Some tips to encourage your cat to drink:

• use a water fountain
• put ice cubes in its water to refresh it
• flavor his water with tuna juice, they love it

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Watch for Cat skin problems

The period of high heat agrees with a period of moulting. Brush your cat daily to prevent their coat from clumping together in the form of a hairball.

Under his hair, check for any skin issues and make sure there are no parasites like fleas. If this is the case, treat the fleas because in 48 hours they begin to lay… from 25 to 50 eggs per day. The easiest way is to treat your cat preventively and monthly against these. Ask your veterinarian who will be able to advise you.

What to do with your cat if you go on vacation?

Organize well if you want to take your cat with you

It is possible to go on vacation with your kitty. But be careful, there are several points to check:

1. put it in a comfortable and absorbent transport box during the trip. I give you more tips for traveling with your cat in this article
2. fasten its transport box with a seat belt
3. give him something to drink regularly to avoid dehydration
4. turn on the air conditioning
5. do not take it out of its transport box: this can be dangerous while driving and it could escape during a break on the motorway
6. make sure it is identified.

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Choose a suitable pension for your cat

The pension is also a possible choice during your holidays. To choose it well, I recommend that you visit several to make sure that the environment will be suitable and that it is a place where we love cats.

If your cat is sociable, you can consider a collective box. If this is not the case, take an individual box.

Consider a catsitter

The choice of the catsitter is often favored by the owners because the cat is a territorial animal, which does not like to be out of place.

In this case, the catsitter will come every day (or every 2 days) to feed him, caress him and possibly play with him.

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