Wow. Big cat.
Appears to be about the size of my black Maine Coon, 28 pounds.
This morning, my wife told me the cat was filthy and we needed to give him a bath.
I’m nursing at least a half dozen wounds from the bathing ordeal.
Bathing a cat is hard. Bathing a monster long haired cat is near impossible. I had one cat that would just go limp under the faucet water, though. It was easy to shampoo her.
You're doing it wrong.
If done correctly you won't have any wounds.
OTOH, it will take you days to get all the fur off your tongue.
Have your wife sew 4 tiny paw sized sacks that can be put on the cats feet and held by rubber bands. With the cat’s claws sheathed, their attempts to struggle against being bathed become pathetic and ineffectual, but not at all bloody and painful for you.
Johnny’s mother looked out the window and noticed him “playing church” with their cat. The cat was sitting quietly as he was preaching to it. A bit later she heard very loud meowing and hissing and could see Johnny attempting to baptize the cat in a tub of water. Mom yelled at Johnny, “Stop that, the cat is afraid of water!”. To which Johnny responded, “He should have thought about that before he joined my church”.