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B00 | 19:40 Mon 04th Feb 2013 | Animals & Nature
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You still recovering from giving your cat his pills?

http://www.nanceestar.com/CatPill.html

Well don't get smug,the day might come when you've to give the little darling a bath.

Not to worry, help is at hand....

Cats, like their nemesis, the dog, do get dirty and have a variety of odours, from smelling like the outhouse where you camped last year to the same odour as your dog's breath. (Remember, your dog will try to eat anything.) Now we all know that cats HATE water. And we know that giving the cat a sedative to ease this process of a bath is out of the question.

So, the best approach is both sneaky and direct. Remember now, this is not the dumb dog who can be led to tub with lies and a trail of Kibbles and Bits.

Although your cat has the advantage of smartness, quickness and total lack of concern for you, you have the advantage of size, strength, and the ability to wear protective garments.

1. First, dress for the occasion. A 4-ply rubber wet suit is suggested, along with a helmet, face mask and welders gloves.

2. A bathtub with a glass enclosure is preferred to the one with a shower curtain. A frenzied cat can shred one of these in about 3.5 seconds.

3. Have the Kitty Bubbles and towel in the enclosed bathtub area before hand. No, blow drying the cat after the bath is not suggested.

4. Draw the water, making it a little warmer than needed as you still need to find the cat. Position everything strategically in the shower, so you can reach it even if you are face down or prone in the tub.

5. Find your cat. Use the element of surprise. Pick the cat up, nonchalantly as if you were simply carrying him/her to the supper dish. No need to worry about the cat noticing your strange attire, the cat barely notices you anyway.

6. Once you and the cat are inside the bathroom, speed is essential. In one single liquid motion, shut the door to the bathroom, step into the shower, close the sliding doors, and drop the cat into the water. While the cat is still in a state of shock, locate the Kitty Bubbles and squirt whatever part of him is above the water line. You have just begun the wildest 45 seconds of your life. Remember that cats have no handles and add the fact that he now has soapy fur. His state of shock has worn off and he's madder than a wet hornet.

7. As best you can, wearing welder's gloves, try to field his body as he catapults through the air toward the ceiling. If possible, give another squirt of Kitty Bubbles with his body now fully exposed.

8. During the 5 seconds you are able to hold onto him, rub vigorously. No need to worry about rinsing. As he slides down the glass enclosure into the tub, he will fall back into the water, rinsing himself in the process.

9. Only attempt the lather and rinse process about 3 times. The cat will realize the lack of traction on the glass by then and will use the next attempt on the first available part of you.

10. Next, the cat must be dried. No, this is NOT the easiest part. By this stage, you are worn out and the cat has just become semi-permanently affixed to your right leg. We suggest here that you drain the tub and in full view of your cat... reach for the bottle of Kitty Bubbles.

11. If you have done step 10 correctly, the cat will be off your leg and hanging precariously from your helmet. Although this view of the cat is most disgusting, he will be in a much better position for wrapping the towel around him.

12. Be sure cat is firmly wrapped in towel before opening tub enclosure. Open bathroom door, put towel wrapped cat on floor and step back quickly, into tub, if possible. Do not open enclosure until all you can see is the shredded towel.

13. In about 2 hours it will be safe to exit the bathroom. Your cat will be sitting out there somewhere looking like a small hedgehog while plotting revenge.
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And no, I've never done the above, and yes, ive shamelessly nicked it from elsewhere ;-)
Love it :)
LOL, I have never ever bathed a cat, and I don't intend to start now :-)
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Well if you ever did boxy, i bet that'd put you off!
I've bathed two different cats in the past, both went quite well with no injuries on either part :)
I have never bathed a cat,and i don't intend to start now(you really shouldn't need to)
One of the ones I bathed was a 10 week old stray (long haired) kitten who was completely matted with leaves and dead slugs. She had to be bathed as she was not capable of grooming that mess herself. The other one was covered in engine oil and grooming herself may have proved fatal.
Thats funny Boo :-)
But after saying that... I've got an American Ragdoll, she absolutly loves being bathed, no probs getting her in the water, infact I have to keep her locked out of the bathroom when I'm in the bath, otherwise she jumps in with me. X
Lol, love that.
Dennis seems to like getting wet but I'd never attempt bathing him - he'd have my arm off!
sparkles, No. 1 Son fell in the bath (balancing on the edge) when he was a kitten - when I was in it - never again, he said.
Turkish Van Cats love the water and will actively seek out a pond to swim in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Van
I hope you mean the game is fun, not the putting of a cat in a washing machine!
the game of course.



Dave


I am not sure if this link will work - it seems awfully long.

There is another reason for not bathing cats - they look odd when wet.

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