Nano came to us from a shelter that was going to euthanize him. Nano is 6 years old and he was combo tested negative. He came to us very thin, you could feel his ribs and his back bone. He has been with us for about a week now and all he was doing was hiding under our bed and we'd check on him and I even saw him come out so I figured he was getting enough water and I put food under the bed for him. On Friday we decided to pull him out and check him over just to see if he's put on any weight...sadly he must not have been coming out for water and he was very dehydrated, we felt so terrible about this and immediately got a vet appt. for Friday and got him in. They gave him Sub Q fluids..which we had to do at home as well and that was scary to do the first couple times. Now his scruff goes back down like it should but he isn't drinking any water.

We are scared that maybe he was sick to begin with but we are trying to get him to take in water. I've been giving him any canned food he wants, he seems to like Friskes the best so I've been mixing in some water with that but other than that he isn't drinking. He doesn't have rabies either.

Any tips on how to get him to drink water??

I don't want to force water but if I have to I will but I'd like him to start drinking on his own.