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Cats can have a little slommy. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fat maybe, but cats' kidneys are more efficient than ours and can actually hydrate by drinking sea water.

https://www.catster.com/nutrition/can-cats-drink-salt-water/

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not indefinitely. More so like in a survival situation for a few days. They will still eventually die from it.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

My point being they can handle more sodium than us.

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, I suppose so!