@alex_thevet: Day 3 of my Home Vet Check Series for cats — probably the highest-impact check for any middle-aged or senior cat. Today we track your cat’s water intake. It changes long before any outward sign, and when it does it’s often the earliest clue to kidney disease, diabetes or hyperthyroidism. CKD alone hits around 1 in 3 cats over 10. It’s not the number — it’s the trend. Save it and recheck in a few months. Day 4 lands tomorrow. #vetexplains #cathealth #catkidney #seniorcat #vetadvice
but when you have two cats, you can't really measure it...
2026-11-03 18:23:45
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fat 'n obnoxious 😁 :
and how do you check that in a multi cat household
2026-11-03 18:48:31
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🍮† 🪽 ぷりん 🪽 †🍮 :
I changed my cat's water bowl position and since the dogs were in my dad's gf place they couldn't be the ones drinking so... My cat finally drank lots of water from HIS bowl and not the dogs' bowl... So should I get worried? or is it a positive sign?
2026-11-11 06:12:12
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Samanlyn :
I fling extra water in their food
2026-11-11 03:30:53
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Awkweirdo :
I thought cats were notoriously known to be dehydrated though??
2026-11-10 05:41:23
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Noah_Fitz¹⁶ :
My cat is outside majority of the time so I can’t really monitor how much he’s drinking
2026-11-10 22:45:38
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Bec :
So my cat only drinks from the tap…… it’s on constantly
2026-11-11 16:13:02
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velis_universe :
How do I measure it because he had a kidney problem when he was younger, he’s better now, but he still drinks lots of water, and tends to drink rain water too when he goes out to use the bathroom.
2026-11-10 12:24:49
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🤍 :
The only way my cats will drink water if I put water in their food. They will not drink it on their own…
2026-11-03 21:23:23
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V :
I HAVE 3 CATS!!!!!!! Explain how I’m supposed to do this ? 😭
2026-11-03 20:31:42
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Anne 💙 :
yeah can't do that, my cat likes to splash out her water, so that she can chase the droplets..
2026-11-03 18:58:12
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peekaboo :
First of all, I have two cats, how am I supposed to control which one drinks what?
Secondly, one cat splashes in the water bowl before drinking.
and finally, both are outdoor cats and drink outside in puddles and bird baths etc.
2026-11-03 19:42:21
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Ale Let :
he drinks from the bidet... how am I supposed to measure it?
2026-11-03 20:39:34
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rach :
Our kitten was drinking sm water in his fountain we got blood tests done to make sure his kidneys were okay. Came back fine. Turns out he just loves his fountain 😭
2026-11-04 10:09:24
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gina :
just put more water in the wet food, that’s working for me so they drink more water
2026-11-04 21:26:17
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Rebecca Ellie :
I had a really unfortunate experience with my cat at the vet. An older vet with his own clinic. I came to the vet with these concerns. 14 year old, drinking much more, urinating more, and vomiting. Vet basically just said oh she’ll be dead within 6 months. I then continued to do research myself and put her on a kidney diet to be safe. Finally found a nice vet who wanted to do the tests and guess what, almost 2 years later she’s still only at stage 1. So happy I listened to my gut.
2026-11-03 19:34:18
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Unknown :
hard when u have 3 cats lol 😆
2026-11-03 18:29:45
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breezy :
I can't lie these videos make me so damn anxious. but I keep watching 😩😩😩
2026-11-04 11:25:28
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theyluv_me :
I put water in my cat food bowl and I leave water out. They don’t really drink it.
2026-11-04 12:04:08
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Tatyana :
my cats dont really drink any water. they eat wet food only and i add water to it as well so i think they get enough.
2026-11-04 01:05:27
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Fryingpan :
what if i have a cat that goes out tho
2026-11-03 19:04:27
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achsookklar :
I put extra water into the wet food to make sure they’re drinking enough water.
2026-11-04 01:04:47
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Kevin& Katherine the Cats :
Didn't a Japanese scientist solve this though? When will that be available for people?
2026-11-03 18:32:38
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son-law :
Cats don’t really drink much water, and water fountains don’t always help either. The best thing to do is mix water into Churu. One tube of Churu mixed with 50 mL of water, and your cat will down it in one go. That’s roughly 60 mL of water in a single sitting.
2026-11-04 03:56:05
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isob3lbradl3y :
I also put a lot of water in their food and make it more of a soup, they always have it all because they want the meat and biscuits!
2026-11-04 01:28:38
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