Why cats are afraid of water

Why cats are afraid with water??

Cats are one of the most recognizable animal by human.Cats are commonly used as a 'friend' in the house other than dogs. These animals are fun to play but it was fine hairs and can provide a sense of comfort .Not surprised a lot of people who keep cats whether it's expensive or ordinary domestic cats.

But these animals are very uncomfortable with the wet conditions. Apart funny, animals can also be agile and ferocious when trying to catch its prey is mice. Nothing wrong with this animal can inspire a cartoon film of Tom and Jerry.

Various theories about the causes why cats are afraid of water. Although not all of them. But most of cats avoid the water.

6 Reasons Scientific, Why Cats Scared On Water

1.The discomfort of wet condition

   Cats are very uncomfortable with wet condition of their body, if these animals bathed the whole       body  their body will be shaking ,so cats do not like because it makes the body cold.

2.Water is a medium that susceptible bacteria

  Cats have soft fur, dense, and clean because these animals always keep it clean. Cats do not like if    the hairs in wet conditions due to the current wet conditions, a lot of dirt can carry the bacteria easily attached to the cat's fur, so that these animals do not like water.

3.Health reasons

   Why do cats hate water? One reason is the low temperature living beings more prone to various diseases, it also occurs in cats. With water away from the mean of these animals have reduced the risk of disease.

4.Psychological reasons

   Just as with humans, there are some cats that suffer from trauma such as a fall in the river or splashed in the pool resulting psychological trauma can affect the condition of the animal.

5.Can bath itself

   Cat is an animal that can bathe themselves, but cat does not bath like human who use water in considerable amounts. Cats clean or bathe himself by licking all over her body. According to health expert Dr. George Maqshud, cat's tongue does not contain bacteria and germs because they contain lysozyme which works as a cleaner.

6.Maintaining the stability of body temperature

   Cats always avoid sunburn and also avoid water puddles, especially those in the street. 

It aims to maintain the stability of the warmth of his body temperature because bacteria and germs can be easily moved to the cat's body if the body temperature decreases.



These are some of the reasons and causes of cats afraid of water. Pet the cat is fun but keep animals must not carelessly, we must know how to treat it properly so that we can preserve a cat health and growing well.

However, not all cats hate water. There is a kind of cat called Cat Fishing that can only be found in northern India and Southeast Asia, a very good swimmer. This type of cat is able to dive. These cats were also able to go into the water to catch fish.

In addition, there is also a type called Turkish Van cats,very love bathing. This big cat has fur like a cat Kashmir which is not easily wet by water. This type of cat will jump into the bathtub or the lake for a swim. Family cat species such as tigers, lions, jaguars, tigers and jaguars oselot also loved the water. The big cat is capable of swimming and wading in the water just to catch his prey.