10 Tips for cats to spend the summer safely:

1. Understand the symptoms of heatstroke in cats. When the cat’s body temperature (rectal temperature) exceeds 41°C, it can be judged as heatstroke.

If you can already visually see:
·The cat gasps and sticks out its tongue
· shortness of breath

If a similar situation occurs, you must immediately move the cat to a ventilated and cool place, and wipe the skin with water to cool down the cat.

If the cat is already present:
· Coma, loss of consciousness

The cat should be taken to the hospital immediately for emergency treatment.

2. Pay special attention to these two types of cats

If the cat at home is a brachycephalic cat or is particularly obese, special attention should be paid to heatstroke prevention in summer.
Brachycephalic cats have short nasal passages and high air resistance; thick fat layers in obese cats may hinder heat dissipation. These are groups that are relatively more prone to heat stroke.


3. Ensure enough drinking water

When the weather is hot, the excrement shoveler can give the cat more water. If there is only one water bowl at home, you can add two more water bowls for the cat, and put them in different rooms or places where the cat often passes to remind the cat to drink water. Enough water can cut your cat's chances of getting heat stroke in half.


4. Keep food and drinking water in a cool place

If the cat's water bowl was placed in a place where the sun can directly shine, it is best to move both the food bowl and water bowl to a cool place in summer. In this way, in addition to preventing the food from being too hot, it can also reduce the deterioration of cat food, which is simple and can kill two birds with one stone.


5. If the weather is too hot, you can provide ice cubes to the cat. If the temperature exceeds 37°C, you can also put one or two ice cubes in the cat water bowl to keep the water warm.
Many cats will happily lick ice cubes. However, if your cat is a kitten under three months old, it is safer not to give ice.


6. Avoid direct sunlight in the room. If your home happens to have large windows facing south or west, there may be a long period of direct sunlight every afternoon, so you can draw a little curtain for the cat before going out. If it is a window that is inconvenient to install curtains, such as a large bay window in the kitchen or a balcony, you can use an electrostatic glass film to stick it on the window to prevent overheating in the room.

7. A cool and ventilated resting place. When the weather is hot, "cat cakes" and "cat strips" will appear on the tables and floors at home. Provide a cool and ventilated rest environment. If the home is too hot, you can also put a frozen mineral water bottle in the cat's resting place to help cool down.

8. Shave carefully. For cats, the coat can provide sun protection, waterproof, express emotions and many other functions. In addition to making cats uneasy, shaving may increase the risk of sunburn. If it's too hot, thin it out. It is best not to shave a large area.

9. Postpone game time. Every afternoon at five or six o'clock, almost the hottest time of the day, this is usually when the owner comes home from get off work. If you are used to playing with the cat for a while right after you get home from get off work, it is best to postpone the time to 7 or 8 o'clock, after the sun goes down. Cats dissipate heat slowly. In the hot summer, strenuous exercise may cause cats to suffer from heat stroke.


10. Be careful when taking cats out. When taking cats out in summer, transparent cat bags and car trunks are the two most common killers. In a closed environment with direct sunlight outdoors, the temperature can reach above 40°C in a short period of time. Very dangerous for cats.

When driving with a cat, don't put the cat in the trunk, and don't leave the cat alone in the car.