Watch out for clear slime in your pet’s water bowl

Leah Androski reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com Have you ever rubbed your fingers on the inside of your pet’s water bowl and felt a slippery slime? That slippery slime is called biofilm. Biofilm is a collection of organic and inorganic, living and dead materials collected on the surface. It is made up of many different types of bacteria bound together in a thick substance that is like glue, holding the bacteria together and making it stick to a surface. The smell is offensive to pets and makes them not want to drink their water. This can cause urinary tract infections and lead to dehydration. Harmful biofilms have been known to develop into microbial infections in the body, such as ur