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Normally they do not like them close to their food bowls. Creating a number of water stations in various locations helps encourage and ensure that your cat has ample opportunities to drink water. Cats enjoy running water and cat fountains provide entertainment and hydration.

Another aspect of hydration and keeping cats cool is related to their tendency to groom themselves more often in warm weather. Adequate hydration helps in salvia production. Cats do not sweat but the evaporation of salvia on their fur helps to cool their bodies.

Grooming is essential in the summer. For us, wearing a fur coat would be unbearable, but for cats, their fur coats provide natural insulation to help them stay cool and comfortable. Brushing helps remove loose and matted fur, and tangles which creates better air circulation through their fur helping the natural cooling process.

Tortoises are excellent swimmers.

True or False

A group of tortoises is known as a creep.

True or False

Tortoises are not intelligent. True or False

Weather determines the gender and shell color of a tortoise. True or False