Any indoor/outdoor cat owners?
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Mine are eating less and drinking more, which is good. They come inside for meals and I make them stay in for a bit to cool off, even though they don't think they need A/C.
DEEKAYPEE8569
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Domesticated cats do prefer warmer climes, but when it gets as hot an humid as it does 'round here, it doesn't hurt to make sure they stay in a cooler place for a while. Now that hot weather's upon us, cats will groom themselves more to get rid of the winter coat, so when they go outside, they eat grass, which helps them.....well....."purge" all that fur they swallow.
That can be helped by adding fish oil to their dry food, if they won't eat canned food. Those gel capsules work sufficiently.
Also, if you keep them inside, in A/C, they will find somewhere that is warmer if they get cold; clothes dryers, water heater closets, clothes closets, cupboards. I found my cat in the non-running dryer one day; just laying there with a 'damn, ya found me' expression.
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Even with the A/C on the inside, my dopey cat wants to go outside. She'll lay there on the front porch in the typical, streched out, hot weather position and lay there for 5-6 hours and not move!! Makes it hard to tell if she's sick or not. I'm hoping her lack of appetite and inactivity is just due to the heat.
DEEKAYPEE8569
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Well, like I said; well, kinda; cats groom themselves constantly in the summer to get rid of their winter coat. Her belly might just be full-o-fur, so maybe that's why she's not eating well. Try the fish oil on her dry food; or the canned food, if she'll eat it.
Just be prepared to clean up, if she "gets sick" in the house.
Roman
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I use Human Grade Tuna in Oil for our Cat's Hair Balls. Works great, and the Omega 3's they get from it is good for them. My Indoor/outdoor Cats appetite has slowed down too. But that might be because they are eating their Catch of the day. They always have room for their Oily Tuna though.