Do you wash your cat?

Decados · Fri, 14th Dec '07, 10:27pm

I'm afraid that I couldn't resist. To anyone who hasn't followed the 'Do you watch what you eat' thread, this is inspired by Ragusa's misreading of said thread's title. Unfortunately, he re-read it before posting something both amusing and embarrasing.

Now, it may be unlikely that anyone would actually wash their cat (I don't own one, so have very little idea about cats), but Ragusa got me thinking and I am curious whether there is anyone on these boards who does wash their cat. Go on, speak up if you do so!

Uytuun · Fri, 14th Dec '07, 10:50pm

Cats have autowash functions.

Ragusa · Fri, 14th Dec '07, 11:43pm

Hahah! HAHAHA! What a silly thread! No, certainly not! I like my skin! It is to me utterly incomprehensible how anybody could even think up such nonsense! It about as smart as using sodium as soap. And unlikely that anyone would actually wash their cat?! It is unlikely that anyone actually could wash their cat.

Saber · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 12:08am

Haha, it would have been great if he had read this thread as "Do you watch what you eat?"

jaded empath · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 2:32am

Well, I do examine the food as I'm cutting it into morsels, but I usually lose sight of it as it approaches my mouth - wait, did that say...

(c'mon, somebody had to.

)

But no, I've never owned a cat myself (does anyone really OWN one, or is merely legally-responsible for its actions?) but I've been around them enough to know they fiercely prefer their own method of washing themselves and, like Tareyton smokers, they'd rather fight than switch.

Stefanina · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 2:42am

Actually, my cat does get bathed about 4 times a year, and has her coat brushed thoroughly. I am somewhat allergic to cats, so the quarterly bathe/brush helps tame down my reactions.
I take her to a friend of mine who is a professional groomer, and she behaves pretty well, she only does the pathetic meowing...LOL

Splunge · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 3:29am

Absolutely. A couple of time a year, we bathe him in the kitchen sink. He squirms a lot, though, so I have to be sure I cut his nails first. (And believe it or not, he actually like it when I cut his nails. Purring, drooling, kneading - it's quite pathetic, actually.)

Disciple of The Watch · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 4:24am

My cat is long-haired and fat, so yes, he definitively needs a good bath every now and then.

However, this cat is a massive 27 pounder... and he HATES taking a bath, so that doesen't make my task easy. He eventually calms down... but even so I need a little help from my bro - he often tries to bail out.

Brushing him everyday reduces the necessity for a bath which is frankly not unwelcome.

Stu · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 4:39am

I think what most people need to use is the self service pet spa!!....seems kind of cruel though.
Seriously though I've never tried to wash my cat - he gets spooked if I let a few drops on him on a 45 degree(celcius) day. I somehow don't think he'd take it too well.

Kitrax · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 5:59am

LMFAO!!! Stu - That link made my day! I can't seem to stop laughing...

As for me, we have 3 cats, and although they wash themselves daily, we still give them a bath ever few months or so. I usually stick with the "If you bite me, I bite you back twice as hard" attitude...so they don't really fool around when I give them a bath.

When I lived in CA, we used to toss our cats in the pool. They'd swim around for a bit, climb out, and run up to us like they were asking for more...so I'd oblige and toss 'em back in.

The Magister · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 6:30am

Wash a cat? Are you mad? I like my hands scar free thank you very much.

Stefanina · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 8:35am

Well, I began bathing my cat as a kitten, so she tolerates baths rather well.
Of course, then there was my ex roommates cat, who as a kitten, tried to climb into the shower with me. So, I grabbed her, soaped her up, and rinsed her off really quick, assuming that would discourage her. Wrong. Nowadays they have to actively shut the cat out of the bathroom if they want to shower in peace.... LOL

Ragusa · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 11:19am

Those water loving cats, they're dogs!

Stu · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 11:21am

Quote:

When I lived in CA, we used to toss our cats in the pool. They'd swim around for a bit, climb out, and run up to us like they were asking for more...so I'd oblige and toss 'em back in.

I love that - I'm half tempted to try that now that it's summer, the main issue is we have a very timid cat (he once disappeared for 2 weeks after a thunderstorm) and if he tried to repeat that effort I doubt my sister would talk to me ever again.

Ragusa · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 11:30am

Quote:

They'd swim around for a bit, climb out, and run up to us like they were asking for more

You know-nothing (and/or vile cat tormentor), they were asking you to rub them dry!

Barmy Army · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 11:37am

Do. I'm a dog person through and through!

Kitrax · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 11:56am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragusa

You know-nothing (and/or vile cat tormentor), they were asking you to rub them dry!

Well...if they didn't like it, they would run *away* from me.

Anyhoo...those were our old cats. The cats we have now hate water, and giving them a bath is a major pain.

Ragusa · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 12:57pm

... a major pain that you richly deserve for your hineous act.

Cats that love water are aberrations. When cats come to you and ask you for more getting wet they're behaving like dogs.

jaded empath · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 1:52pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragusa

Cats that love water are aberrations. When cats come to you and ask you for more getting wet they're behaving like dogs.

...and traitors to feline independence and individuality; they seem to have had the human indoctrination of domestication overcome their wills. They're not really cats anymore - cute and friendly pets, and wonderful animals, but not cats.

I've asserted it before and I will again after this: mankind never properly domesticated the 'common house cat'; they just showed up when we started getting rodent problems with our fledgling agriculture and they decided to stick around for the shelter, company and convenient food. You don't own a cat, you merely have a roommate that doesn't pay bills.

But I like 'em tons regardless (and also despite my mild allergy - a runny nose is worth some petting that makes both parties feel good)

kuemper · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 2:18pm

Any cats I had bathed themselves. A good percentage of them preferred to lay across the back of the bathtub when someone was bathing. Occasionally, one would fall in and either my mom or I (whichever one of us wasn't having a bath) would chase it down with a towel to dry it. My mom's cat, Zorro, fell into the ice cream maker once. It was an old fashioned ice cream maker where you needed to have rock salt and ice in a barrel in which the actual ice cream maker would sit. Zorro was curious, poked her nose over the edge (then hopped on the edge) and went tail over tea kettle into the salty water.

Taluntain · Sat, 15th Dec '07, 3:37pm

Practically never any more... he keeps himself clean at the expense of his surroundings, so we just clean up after him.

We did bathe him when he was smaller though.

Fabius Maximus · Sun, 16th Dec '07, 12:41am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uytuun

Cats have autowash functions.

Right. No need to bathe cats. It's cruel anyway. Unless we're speaking of tigers. But I wouldn't try to bathe them for completely different reasons...

Urithrand · Sun, 16th Dec '07, 12:45am

I wouldn't even try to wash our cats, but my other half seems to think they need it. I do give my rats a bath fairly regularly though, and believe me there's no less blood involved, those tiny claws can be evil!

Trellheim · Sun, 16th Dec '07, 1:41am

Isn't cats and rats a bad combination?

Gnarfflinger · Sun, 16th Dec '07, 4:00am

No, but maybe I should dig out the super soaker...

Fri, 14th Dec '07, 10:27pm	#1
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Sat, 15th Dec '07, 3:29am	#7
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Sat, 15th Dec '07, 2:18pm	#20
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Sun, 16th Dec '07, 1:41am	#24
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