Summer is a tough season for pets, especially of the fluffier variety. It’s hard to regulate your body temperature on a hot day when you’re covered in fur!
For most dogs, the simplest solution is often filling a kiddie pool with water, and or letting them splash around in a sprinkler. But for more finicky felines, coming up with a way to beat the heat requires a touch more creativity.
Most cats aren’t interested in submerging themselves in chilly water. They are, however, pretty keen on finding things to eat, and will do pretty much anything to satisfy their curiosity.
This cat owner in Japan came up with an inventive way to combine these seemingly unrelated preferences when she presented her ten cats with a chilly new addition to their environment: a giant ball of ice!
She filled a balloon with water, froze it, and removed the latex. She then left it in a glass baking pan in her kitchen for her curious kitties to investigate.
Before long, they’re chomping, licking, pawing, and spinning their cool new toy. They even try splashing a little bit in the ice-melt, once they realize that it doubles as a convenient paw-bath.
The kitten of the family is particularly fascinated. He loves pawing the ice so that it spins, and even climbs into the glass dish to get even closer to his new best bud.
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