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This is a little different, my friend was bathing her dog, once she had finished she looked at her cat and decided that the cat also needed a bath :o
So she grab the cat and the next thing her Hubby heard was her screaming and the cat shreeking, the upshot is that my mate had to go to hospital and have 11 stiches in her arm as her cat had mauled her arm.
I assumed that cats did not need to be bathed am I right in this assumption and also that they do not like being bathed. Well hers obviously does not.
fredblog
02-06-09, 10:11 AM
erm whether they need one or not I will not attempting to give my cat one....ever!
He will let me washing him with a flannel, but a bath, no way!
Annabel
02-06-09, 10:58 AM
I have always known that you never EVER give a cat a bath. For one thing, they clean themselves very efficiently and secondly cats generally hate water.
The most I have ever done to my cats is rub them down a bit if they get really soaking wet out in the rain. I occasionally give them a brush, thats it.
I an not surprised your friend has been mauled, OMG, it must have been terrible, I can just imagine how freaked out the cat was...OMG:eek::eek:
Bonkers Mad!!!
02-06-09, 11:13 AM
i'm sorry but :hihi: :hihi: i'm afraid it serves your friend right :yes: :hihi:. anybody with half a brain cell knows that cats hate water and i would certainly expect a cat owner to know. if your friend doesnt even know this basic (and well known) fact then what else doesnt she know. really, some people amaze me :rolleyes:
:eek: oh dear !!! I bet it hurt ,i can just imagine what it looked like " big ouch"
As already said they really dont need bathing they keep themselves clean:D
You can buy what they call "dry" shampoo if you really want to clean them but i really dont see the need:mellow: and you wont be thanked for it :lol:
BarkingDogATLAS
02-06-09, 02:32 PM
You just aren't going about it right. I'm sure if you google washing cats there will be lots of good advice.
My mom used to wash the cat in the sink. She used warm water and the hand nozzle to get the water right up next to the cat. They hate the splatter the most. Once the cat is warm from the water they don't complain too much.
It's good to do on a warm sunny day so that the cat can dry off. Ours was stupid and would go in the shade and shake for hours. Duh.
Thanks for your information, the only thing I can say in defence of her is that she has had a kidney transplant so maybe the drugs sent her a bit "doo ally".
I was sure that cats did not like to be bathed, but not being able to have cats myself I was not too sure.
Oh well "nowt so queer as folks"
Thanks
I had to do mine once after she had been in someones coal bunker
its very hard rinsing a soapy cat off calmly when you have blood pouring down your face and a cat attached to your head just hanging on by its claws :whistle:
she did look a lot better afterwards, but now days its a damp flannel if and when needed ;)
Hope your friend is ok and that the cat has got over its trauma ;)
When I used to show my cats people would regularly bath their cats before a show. I never had a problem with it but the cat would have been acccustomed to it from when a kitten. Warm shower head, mild shampoo, with cat standing in the bath and towel dry. Cats don't normally need washing but very fluffy cats can sometimes need bathing if they have a bad tummy (don't want to be too graphic!) .
Cats can also sometimes need bathing for medical reasons if they fall in something dangerous for them to clean off themselves, as they would then ingest it, or that they could absorb through their skin, when its important to clean it off asap for them e.g oil, antifreeze, paint etc however the difficulty of doing this with some cats is why they are sometimes washed at the vets, possibly with a sedative.
Cats can cause very nasty injuries though if you're trying to hang on while they are determined to escape OUCH!!
Oh jeez, I can imagine the carnage. :o
There have been a couple of times over the years when I have had to wash cats, but it takes a strong will and you have to be very strong and dead quick about it. The only reason I had to wash the cats was because one came in one day reeking of some kind of fuel and the other time was crazy kittens getting in a huge mess in a litter tray after a dust up :rolleyes: .
So unless you have show cats or they have something noxious on their fur...leave washing cats well alone!!
if you think isis friend was mad take a look at this!
http://www.avolites.org.uk/jokes/lioncut.pdf
Jaybird
03-06-09, 05:00 AM
pmt:
OMG! Those crazy Americans - what on earth do they think they are doing??? And they call that GROOMING??!!
Annabel
03-06-09, 08:05 AM
:lol::lol: That cat looks SOOO ********ed off!:lol::lol:
LOL at Pmt's photo :eek:
So unless you have show cats or they have something noxious on their fur...leave washing cats well alone!!
A good summary, and good advice :)
lol @ PMT picture, cor that cat does look really fed up............I wonder what my friends cat looked like :lol:
I wonder what my friends cat looked like :lol:
any money that the cat looks a lot better off than your freind! ;)
fredblog
04-06-09, 09:03 AM
Oh that's one seriously hacked off cat!
cataway
24-07-09, 08:05 PM
Every time I see that thread title the only thought in my head is "Don't do it!":eek:
reewrite
24-07-09, 08:40 PM
I have owned cats for years(along with many other animals) and they do seem to dislike water however most people don't realise that cats are really good swimmers. I know this from when I lived on a boat with cats! They didn't like to be wet so I would never attempt to bathe them. As it has been mentioned they do a pretty good job of cleaning themselves and only in unusual circumstances would they require human intervention!
ukmicky1
24-07-09, 09:01 PM
Ive got a Bengal cat who actually likes water and has been in a bath chest height. Different breeds of cats have different tolerances for water and some will happily jump in.
YouTube - Bathing Bengal
Not my cat but the same breed. My cat also plays fetch ,which is another thing bengals do
Ive got a Bengal cat who actually likes water and has been in a bath chest height. Different breeds of cats have different tolerances for water and some will happily jump in.
YouTube - Bathing Bengal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmx3l2NpZ_4)
Not my cat but the same breed. My cat also plays fetch ,which is another thing bengals do
Typically Bengals and Turkish vans are the breeds most commonly like water but, as with small boys jumping in puddles, playing in water and being bathed can be very different perceptions :lol:
With big cats its tigers that like water, don't think I'd argue with a tiger as to who had the tap end! :eek:
Bonkers Mad!!!
25-07-09, 10:31 AM
i would so love a bengal, they are beautiful. however, i disapprove of breeding cats when there are so many being destroyed just for being unwanted. i definitely wouldnt pay a breeder for a pedigree cat when the rescues are full.
With big cats its tigers that like water, don't think I'd argue with a tiger as to who had the tap end! :bigeyes:
:lol: me either :no:
[QUOTE=Bonkers Mad!!!;320612]i would so love a bengal, they are beautiful. however, i disapprove of breeding cats when there are so many being destroyed just for being unwanted. i definitely wouldnt pay a breeder for a pedigree cat when the rescues are full.
Bengals are very beautiful and have very big personalities but a fair number of them end up in rescue because they are not always the easiest of cats. All bengals are part wild leopard cat at some stage of their ancestry, (the number of generations from a wild ancestor depends on the breeding of each cat).This leads to them being strong for their size and they can be very territorial. This can lead to aggression, fighting and indoor spraying. The lower the number of generations from wild cat often the more beautiful they are but the more difficult they can be. It is generally advised that Bengals less than six generations (F6) from a wild cat parent should not be considered for pets.:)