quick question for kitty owners

[iwantFUEGO]

i heard it was bad to bathe them...


is this true?

[BlazenHerbs]

Thats a myth, some cats actually like to get baths. My big kitty luvs a good bath, just dont get any water in thier ears and they are fine. I might suggest starting them as kittens taking baths though, as it is difficult to get them agreeable to it after a year or so. :)
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[orange floyd]

my cat got his first bath ever last august, had him for like 8 years. he fuckin loved it, and his fur was mad soft and he smelled mad good for like two weeks (all hail petco)

[Nailhead]

It is bad, because my sister use to bathe her cat and then every time I would take a shower the cat would rub against my legs getting cat hair all over me. Is it bad for the cat? The cat seemed fine, but yea, it can be annoying to have cat hair on you 30 seconds after you step out of the shower lol

[bubblebrain8]

dude dont clean your cat, it cleans itself beter than u do

[iwantFUEGO]

well sometimes my kitten doesn't go to the box so neatly and ends up getting his own poo on him.

i mean... he stinks like shit... so its time for a bath i guess.

[birdgirl73]

I don't know that it's necessarily bad or harmful to them to bathe them. It's simply that they're largely self-cleaning animals. But when they have long fur and make bathroom messes, I'm not sure that you have much choice. I've washed cats before, and it's not easy. (The two I've bathed had all their claws.) Just make sure you're using pet shampoo that's appropriate for cats. They have delicate skin that's very sensitive to chemicals, and they absorb a lot more through their skin than dogs or people do. We used to have a neighbor lady who had a long-haired Persian cat who sometimes made messes on himself when he went to the bathroom. She got these pet wipes at the pet store so she could simply clean his rear end area and let him take care of the rest. She also found that keeping his fur trimmed shorter back there was helpful. Also, if the cat is making poop-related messes, something may be wrong with what he's eating. When they're eating a proper diet, their stool ought to be compact and solid and come out cleanly. Make sure your cat is eating fairly high-quality pet food and not drinking cow's milk or cream, which can give them diarrhea.

[Skink]

I don't recall a cat dieing from a bath... if the cat stinks ,,,give it a bath,,,LOLz... do not use human products and stay away from anything that sez "Hertz" on the label... You might want to try taking a wet towel to it and wiping it down first to see how the cat responds to being wet... Some cats naturally know you are cleaning them and love the attention and others just freak...

Good luck...

[Skink]

Good point about the poo being solid BG... I give my cats a mix of wet and dry also it is urinary health food as Buddy almost died from an infection,,,poor thing could not pee and almost exploded... This is why we should be in tune with our pets,,,Buddy was going to the box instead of eating and I got suspisious,,,thank God...

[kiwi]

:rastasmoke: I have bathed both my cats in the past and they seem fine, I am sure your kitty will be ok with having a bath, it sure as hell beats having poo stuck in the fur. :jointsmile:

[birdgirl73]

Hey, Kiwi! Good to see you online!

I have a little cat that lives in my garage. He actually belongs to my neighbors. I feed him most of the time, but he also makes the rounds and eats at other houses. Something someone's feeding him somewhere makes him have loose bowel movements. Actually, he could be eating mice or birds, too, which might loosen him up. Anyway, he's not exactly clean in the area of his rear end. But he won't let me near that part of his body to try and clean him up. I named him Orangeman a long time ago since he's an orange tabby and he's a sweet pet like Orangeman is here. But I've recently begun referring to him as Pig Pen since he's sorta like a walking mess-cat. I'd let him inside if he were cleaner, but I don't want him sitting down on my floors or my furniture with that bottom of his.

[Skink]

the first horse race I ever won the horses name was Kiwi's Suprise it was a big long shot and paid 57$ to win,,,I had it in an exacta and that paid 1213$... When I came here and seen Kiwi on a horse I knew that you were special... Good to see you Kiwi...

[Weedhound]

Baths will not harm your cat.....although you may want to wear armour....we bathe them all the time at the vet hospital due to skunks, overdoses of flea killer, grease and oil (use Dawn) etc.... Just make sure you dry kitty off as well as possible and don't let them sit around in a draft or something while they dry.

[Nochowderforyou]

Some cats like water, some don't. The best test is to see what they think of water spraying out of a hose. If they let you get them a little wet, they might not mind it, but if it's like my cat, it just runs away like a little girl. :p My cat hates water, a lot, and if I ever put her in a bath, she would hate me forever and scratch me up to shit.

So I would see how your cat likes water before dropping them in a bathtub.

I can't see the harm in it, but cats do a fine job keeping themseleves clean as it is. They are very clean animals actually.

[thebeancounter41]

My cat doen't like water at all.But She still lets me bathe her without putting up too much fuss.Once she's completely wet and soapy, she'll settle down and let me shampoo her and rinse her off.Needless to say she acts pissed off untill her coat dries thoroughly.(which means a few hours, she's a longhair)
Only time I bother bathing her is when she gets into somethin.Got out once and came back several hours later smelling like dead possum.No way in hell I was letting her in the house smelling like that.