quick question for kitty owners

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.

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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.

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.

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.