Do Cats Like Milk Or Water. However, just because they like it doesn't mean they should be given milk all. The best thing to offer a stray cat to drink is a bowl of water.
Cats can't digest milk/cream, but they love it, so maybe think of milk/cream as a soft drink/alchohal. If your cat is fed a high quality, balanced diet they do not need the extra fat from drinking milk, no matter how much they like it. For adult cats, treat milk replacers like any other dairy product:
In fact, most cats who do not have access to running water will be dehydrated all the time.
Stick with water 24/7 though! There's little reason to force a cat to do something it doesn't want to do. The issue as far as it being bad for them is th. Some breeds of cats are actually known for enjoying swimming, such as the turkish van, which has been nicknamed “the swimming cat” for that reason.
