Summer is a hot and difficult time for your pets, especially for cats living in an apartment. They find it very difficult to cope with the heat, because they do not have natural sweat glands, like we do. And we just have to help our pet.
To begin with, we must find a comfortable corner for the cat in the apartment. It should be a cool, comfortable place. Perhaps it will be a box of rags in a shady place in the apartment. If you have a big hole under the bed, so to speak, you can put a comfortable bed and a place to rest there.
It is important to know what your pet loves - pillows or rags, newspapers or a specially prepared house, so that the cat is pleasant and comfortable to relax in such a place. The amount of water she drinks during the heat is very important. Almost all living things are thirsty during the heat.
Be careful to always have clean, cool water in the bowl. Do not pour ice cold water right away, the cat may catch a cold from temperature changes, and if you pour it just below room temperature, the summer and heat will help maintain this temperature. But you do not need to go to extremes, you do not need to pour boiling water.
If you are leaving in the summer and there is no one from your friends to come and feed your pet, then leave several bowls of food and water at once. I do not advise feeding cats with wet food in the summer, it will deteriorate very quickly and, all the more, it is considered heavier and more satisfying, while in the summer cats are very energetic. Buy light dry food for your cat in the summer.
Treat your cat with special flea and tick products, and I also advise you to buy a special collar and do not forget to buy a new one as soon as this collar expires. Many cats have very sensitive areas of the ears and nose to the sun. If this is the case, you can apply sunscreen to these areas.
If you decide to transport your cat somewhere by car, do not leave it alone in it. This is an unbearable ordeal even for a person, there is a case when a small child was left in a car during a long trip to the store. When the parents arrived, the child was unconscious. And even more so for cats, more gentle creatures, it will be very dangerous.
If you have a long-haired cat, remember to trim it a little and brush the coat. If the cat suffers from heatstroke, take it to a cool place and apply a compress with a rag soaked in cold water on the back of the head.
