[peteypupperdoo]

Cat slide...

But why on earth would a cat need a bath, unless a skunk sprayed on her?

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Well.. I am a former dog and cat groomer, soooo. Okay, first of all, cat’s don’t really give themselves a bath. (Yes I am aware that Jackson Galaxy does not agree with me and he can go suck eggs lol).

Cats have to live with us, therefore we have to help them sometimes. If a cat is missing teeth, grooming is going to be difficult for them. As they get older, they also don’t groom as well, so best to teach your cat to accept baths and brushing frequently or as an old cat the process will be stressful.

Bathing and brushing gets rid of extra hair and undercoat. Less hair and undercoat, less hairballs.

It’s really good for their coat and skin and they just look oh so lovely after a bath. I bathe my cats at least every 4-6 weeks. Nails are done every 2-3 weeks.

Petey

[Porkchop]

***It’s really good for their coat and skin and they just look oh so lovely after a bath

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Yah, but the spin cycle makes them a little loopy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chqloX0Wqgw

[17strings]

Cat slide

I’ve had multiple cats since 1976 so believe me, I understand combing, grooming, furminating and claw clipping just fine. However, bathing is not necessary if the cats look and smell clean, which ours do. We have 8 now. Two of them sleep with me.

There was that time in the early 2000s, however, that I decided to chemically de-flea the house and bathe all our cats in flea shampoo on the same day. That was an ordeal, and I have scars to prove it. But it didn’t last. In Florida, fleas will find a way inside, even if the cats don’t go outside, and once they do, they make themselves at home if there are animals there even if you don’t have carpeting, and it’s a never-ending cycle. So I flea comb them all daily, and we keep pans of soapy water out with lights over them, to entice some of the fleas to drown their sorry selves. But bathing the cats would only piss them off, and the fleas would find them again in no time flat anyway. Oddly enough, the cats who live on the screened patio don’t have fleas, just the ones inside the air conditioned part of the house. They’ve got their own little ecosystem going.

I think the current youngest cat would let me bathe him, but I have no desire. He goes to visit the patio cats, and if it rains, he runs and splashes through the puddles. He also climbs into the shower with me sometimes. But he’s weird for a cat.

[stars & stripes forever]

(Baths) are really good for their coat and skin and they just look oh so lovely after a bath.
I bathe my cats at least every 4-6 weeks. Nails are done every 2-3 weeks.

MAY I LIVE WITH YOU, PETEY?