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Ultimate Summer Cat Care Checklist: Cooling, Hydration, Hygiene, Entertainment & Travel
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items This curated checklist features top-rated products to help your cats beat the summer heat and boredom while you're away. Perfect for cat parents prepping for heatwaves or summer travel!
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Helping Your Cats Beat the Heat & Keeping Them Hydrated
Keeping Your Cat Happy & Safe While You Travel this Summer
Keeping Your Cats Entertained in the Summer
Caring for Your Cat's Summer Coat & Managing Shedding
Helping Your Cats Beat the Heat & Keeping Them Hydrated
Cats are poor drinkers and are easily affected by heat stress. These products are perfect to help encourage your kitties to drink more water and keep them cool all summer!
Cats are notoriously poor drinkers, which becomes dangerous in July heat. This automatic stainless steel cat fountain is perfect to encourage your kitties to drink more water. Cats prefer running water than still water in bowls, so using this water f...
Tomxcute Cat Water Fountain Stainless Steel 108oz
This Veken stainless steel pet water fountain is also a great choice for your cats. It has an ultra-quiet pumping system so it won't startle your cats, and has a multi-stage filtration system to keep the water clean for your kitties' consumption
Veken Award-Winning Stainless Steel Cat Fountain
Unlike dogs, cats won't always pant when they are hot. They just get lethargic instead. Which is why you need a cooling mat to help bring down their body temperature when it's too hot. This mat requires no electricity or freezing. It automatically c...
Pressure-Activated Gel Cooling Mat
You're probably wondering; how would these cat treat tubes help my cat cool down? Well, here's how: pop these tubes in the freezer for an hour! They turn into a healthy, hydrating 'feline popsicle' that provides crucial moisture while keeping your ca...
INABA Churu Lickable Purée Natural Cat Treats
Standard plush cat beds trap body heat and make cats hot. This elevated cot lifts your kitty off the warm floor and allows air to circulate underneath them, keeping them naturally cool during the summer
FUKUMARU Large Breathable Elevated Dog Bed
This raised ceramic bowl keeps wet food cooler for longer compared to plastic bowls, which can trap bacteria in the summer heat
EveryYay Elevated Floral Ceramic Cat Bowl, 0.76 Cup, Small
Keeping Your Cat Happy & Safe While You Travel this Summer
These smart tools and daily essentials ensure your indoor cat stays perfectly fed, hydrated, and monitored so you can travel with complete peace of mind this summer.
If you are traveling this summer, this is an absolute must-have. It lets you check on your cat from your phone, alerts you if they are meowing or distressed, and lets you play with them remotely so they don't get lonely.
Petcube Cam Indoor Wi-Fi Pet & Security Camera
This automatic wet food feeder is perfect for cat owners who are planning to go on a short vacation but don't want to feed their cats only dry food while they're away. This feeder has a refrigeration feature that can keep wet food fresh for 72 hours ...
PETLIBRO Automatic Wet Food Cat Feeder 2026
This automatic pet feeder can be connected to the wifi and your Alexa and allows you to schedule your cat's feeding time while you're away. It holds up to 24 cups of food so you won't have to refill it every time, making it perfect for cat parents wh...
Smart Feed Automatic Dog and Cat Feeder, 2nd Generation
This microchip cat door is perfect if you want your cat to have access to the outdoors or a secure patio while you are away, without letting stray animals or unwanted visitors into your home by only allowing access to your cats with registered microc...
Microchip Cat Door
Whether you're taking your cat with you on your trip or leaving them at home, it's always a good idea to attach a tracker to their collar as precaution. This life360 tracker is not specifically made for pet tracking, but gets the job done perfectly w...
Life360 Tile - Bluetooth Tracker & Keys Finder
If you're planning on bringing your cat during your summer vacation, this pet carrier is the PERFECT choice for both air travel and long car rides.
Sleepypod Air in-Cabin Pet Carrier, Glacier Silver
Keeping Your Cats Entertained in the Summer
Keep your cats entertained and lower their stress with these products
With us spending more time outside in the summer, our poor indoor kitties might get bored easily. Stick this see-through acrylic bird feeder to the living room window to create a "TV" for your fur baby. It keeps them entertained for hours watching th...
Nature Anywhere Window Bird Feeder
This laser toy activate your cat's hunting instinct and keep them entertained while you're away.
PetSafe Dancing Dot Laser Cat Toy - Interactive
Cats love the texture of cardboard because it doesn't trap heat like fabric sofas do. This double-duty lounge gives them a dedicated place to shed their claws and a cool, breathable spot to nap
ZOMISIA Cardboard Cat Scratcher Bed
Caring for Your Cat's Summer Coat & Managing Shedding
These products are what I personally recommend for cat parents to keep their baby's coat and skin healthy during the summer.
Summer is peak shedding season, and all that loose fur can trap heat against your cat's skin. This tool gently reaches through the topcoat to remove dead undercoat hair before it ends up all over your furniture or inside your cat's stomach as a hairb...
Hertzko Self Cleaning Slicker Brush
Cats groom more heavily in hot weather to cool themselves down with saliva, they swallow a lot of loose fur. This tasty lubricant helps trapped hairballs pass safely and smoothly through their digestive system, preventing tummy upsets.
TOMLYN Laxatone Tuna Flavored Gel Hairball Control Supplement ...
I don't know about you, but my cats absolutely hate baths. But because the summer heat make their coats greasy and itchy, I have no choice but to bathe them once in a while. Every bath time was a battle until I started using this no rinse foam shampo...
Mooncat Waterless Cat Shampoo
Strong summer sun and dry air can leave a cat's skin flaky under their summer coat. A few pumps of this salmon oil supplement that is rich in omega-3 into their food will help nourish their skin and maintain a shiny coat. Added bonus: it also helps b...
Zesty Paws Salmon Oil - Amazon.com
Summer is peak shedding season, which means a massive spike in hairballs. Fresh cat grass provides natural fiber that assists your cat's digestion and helps clear hairballs safely and naturally. Growing your own cat grass not only saves your cat's tu...
The Cat Ladies Organic Cat Grass Kit 3 Count, BPA-Free Pots with Locally Sourced Seeds, Easy to Grow and Pet Safe