Now he is a cute boy. What's he called?
I agree with you when it comes to kids as hopefully they don't go outside and kill a snack!

Most cats should drink more. I lost my kitty to kidney/bladder issues at the age of 5. A beautiful beautiful cat he was, I loved him.

To make them drink more, pick up some smooth rocks in a stream or by a lake and put the in the water bowl. Heard this trick years ago and it did work. The kitties seem to be very attracted to the stones.

Hope Kito is feeling better

gorgeous puss. Hope he is feeling better now. If you take him off the dry and just feed wet you will find he will have more energy which means in turn he will lost the weight easier.

Best of luck.

Darcy

When our (late) cat started to call us to the kitchen sink/tap everytime he was thirsty, we eventually got a cat "well" - they took to it pretty quick after the first few days and never looked back. They love the flowing water!

You'd think, but they can be weird about it. Our cat loves to drink from the faucet. We figured "Hey, we'll get him one of those little cat bowls that has the waterfall". Cat wouldn't go anywhere near it.

Fixed that for you.

Like I said, just having a variety of drinking bowls all over the place is often helpful, as they walk past them and go "oh, right, I could have a drink here". At least that's what my kitties seem to do, they only use their "designated" drinking bowl near the food when they've just eaten.

I believe kidney problems are the #1 health problem with cats.
Tomcats can also suffer from an urethal obstruction, this can also be causing kidney problems. If your cat lives indoor, you can see if he has this problem (while you can notice him meowing a lot and not leaving much traces in the litter box), when with outside tigers it can be very difficult to notice.

Apart from the white tomcat, who is called Ervy btw, I also have a silver tabby cat, she drinks without an end, even when I take a shower she comes to get a drink She doesn't matter if she gets soaked, her fresh water drink is more important.
But indeed, from all the fresh water she could get she prefers the dirty water tub in the garden with this green-ish water the most, and there are stones in that tub.

I bought a chinese water fountain and they love it...silly kitties

That is a lolcat waiting to happen...

All’s well that ends well. Kito has had some tests and it turns out he is as right as rain. He quite likes the Urinary Tract Health food now. Well, he has to because he is not getting anything else for the next four months.
The most important thing is to act fast and take your pet to the vet as soon as you notice that there is something wrong.
I am going to use all the great tips that all of you have given me on this thread. I am very grateful.

I just want to share that my cat has lost some weight recently and has become more active. Just a moment ago he ran like a madcat round the living room, then played with his favourite toy rabbit, which usually involves kicking it round the room or munching on its head.
I would like to keep this fitness thing going. Do you have any special ways of keeping your indoor cats active?

I play with mine, as in, run after them, play hide and seek, keep switching their toys around so they stay interesting, that sort of thing. Ok, they are still kittens so they play anyway but if they do take a fancy to something and start running after it, such as the reflection from my watch on the wall, I make a conscious effort to make them carry on playing for a while rather than just carry on doing my own stuff.

Hi
glad to hear about the weight loss. I know the dry food is not preferred, but I put a little kibble in a red ball you get get at the coop. It has a way to dial down how hard it is to get the kibble out. My cat really developed strong muscles batting that around the house to get the treat. he spends lots of time and gets exercise even when I can't.

The other thing is play. Have little wind up toys they like. My cat also loves the feather toy and plays with it a great deal.

Sit there with a laser pointer

That is what I would say.
It is indeed the most important to switch their toys.
Just, if you have a load of toys, keep only a few available for the cat and introduce "new" ones regularly. Also, toys with catnip work very well!

Cats also love laserpointers, but you have to be really careful because cheap laserpointers are mostly more powerful than specified on the decals.
This means it can damage human eyes and I think cat eyes are more sensitive, so they have even more chance of damaging their eyes.
I sometimes play with my cats with a laserpointer, but I am extremely careful, also for indirect eye contact via a shiny surface or so.
My youngest cat plays with it till exhaustion, so that's also a thing to watch out for