we have these little bowls, we call them pinch bowls and salsa bowls (i use them for my mise en place with spices that i need a salt pig or something similar, or when i’m having a small bowl of midnight salsa). they hold about 1 cup / 250mL. maybe half that, i’ve never really measured. for the cats we’ll put in an ice cube or two and some water when it’s hot. it’s a little supplement in addition to their fountains and they love it.
We had a cat when I grew up, a lovely female cat with completely black fur, short but compact, with tuffs of hair on her ears.
I remember the first time I gave her some ice on a plate, it was summer, 30+ C in Sweden, she lay in the shadow under a table on the deck of our house, seemingly completely exhausted.
So I got an ice cube and put it on a plate and brought it to her.
She was interested and sat up straight and looked at the cube, gave it a sniff and a small lick, and clearly was interested, but a bit confused.
It wasn’t long before she realized that if she just waited a bit she could drink some cool refreshing water, and got excited.
She looked intently at the ice cube and then gave it a few licks, then back to looking and so on.
Give him an ice cube on a small plate.
This does wonders, my cat loves it on a hot day. I usually hold it in my hand, otherwise it’s just a wet toy for him to bat at.
we have these little bowls, we call them pinch bowls and salsa bowls (i use them for my mise en place with spices that i need a salt pig or something similar, or when i’m having a small bowl of midnight salsa). they hold about 1 cup / 250mL. maybe half that, i’ve never really measured. for the cats we’ll put in an ice cube or two and some water when it’s hot. it’s a little supplement in addition to their fountains and they love it.
We had a cat when I grew up, a lovely female cat with completely black fur, short but compact, with tuffs of hair on her ears.
I remember the first time I gave her some ice on a plate, it was summer, 30+ C in Sweden, she lay in the shadow under a table on the deck of our house, seemingly completely exhausted.
So I got an ice cube and put it on a plate and brought it to her.
She was interested and sat up straight and looked at the cube, gave it a sniff and a small lick, and clearly was interested, but a bit confused.
It wasn’t long before she realized that if she just waited a bit she could drink some cool refreshing water, and got excited.
She looked intently at the ice cube and then gave it a few licks, then back to looking and so on.
It was quite interesting to see.