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TuxedoKat

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63. What a beautiful

Thu Apr 12, 2012, 11:08 AM

Apr 2012

and cuddly-looking kitty! I thought one of my cats (16) was showing signs of kidney disease (drinking more water than in the past) but his bloodwork has checked out fine for the past several years. I did have one cat who did have it for several years (5+ at least) but succumbed to something else (stroke and possibly cancer). Anyway, since this recent scare, I have been trying different ways to get more water into my cats. One thing I do is to give them wet cat food at least once a day. Sometimes I'll mix some water into it to make it wetter and some pet antioxidant powder too, if I have some. I want to get one of those automatic watering contraptions as I hear that they encourage cats to drink more water too.

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