Ever Give Your Cat a Bath?

Cookie said:
After one of her rare baths, I would make sure my kitty received a nice brushing with her favorite 'brushy'. I would hold the brush and say 'brushy brushy' and she would come running from wherever she was.
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Same here Cookie, I would call brush-brush and he would run to me and enjoy a good brush from head to tail, but baths are another matter entirely.
 

I don't remember the bath scenes I experienced, but, I do remember the cat car carrier experiences and they weren't at all fun. I had a friend that like to take week to two week vacations and I would keep her cat for her at my place. Sometimes I would be the one to go pic the cat up with another friend from her home.
 
Not a bath story but a cat tale. One day I was holding my big boy "Teddy" and petting him, it was a hot day and I had on only a thin tee shirt, my wife not knowing what would happen began carpet vacuuming and when she fired that baby up my Teddy was so scared he clawed hell outta my stomach in his effort to escape. I still carry the long scratch marks where his back legs dug in for traction.
 

Jim, ouch, ouch! The awesome joys of having a predator for a pet, I have a permanent hole at my jawline from bathing a Maine coon who had other ideas. Just what every woman wants, a natural piercing that closely resembles a bullet hole! Lol;)
 
Most of my other cats were terrified of the vacuum, but my Russian Blue loved to get vacuumed with the little upholstery attachment. If I got the vacuum cleaner out there she was like a dirty shirt, pushing her way in and insisting I do her.
 
A few years ago, my wife said that she was going to give the cat a bath. I asked her if she was sure that was a good idea. She got the cat in the bathroom and closed the door. As soon as the water went on in the tub, all Hell broke lose. She never did get the cat into the tub. She asked me if she tries it again if she could borrow my Taser. I told her that may not be a good idea and she asked why. I told her the cat is pretty strong and he may take the gun from you and tag you with it. I never heard any more about giving the cat a bath.
 
Shalimar said:
Jim, ouch, ouch! The awesome joys of having a predator for a pet, I have a permanent hole at my jawline from bathing a Maine coon who had other ideas. Just what every woman wants, a natural piercing that closely resembles a bullet hole! Lol;)
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Come on, cop out, who really shot ya and why?
 
AZ Jim said:
Not a bath story but a cat tale. One day I was holding my big boy "Teddy" and petting him, it was a hot day and I had on only a thin tee shirt, my wife not knowing what would happen began carpet vacuuming and when she fired that baby up my Teddy was so scared he clawed hell outta my stomach in his effort to escape. I still carry the long scratch marks where his back legs dug in for traction.
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When my cat was new as a kitten, I was sleeping with him by my pillow, he was still getting used to the new surroundings. Early in the morning my dog made some kind of noise, an audible yawn or something, I forget. Anyhoo, the kitten freaked out and used my face to kick off and run away in a panic. Got me good, but luckily it left no scar. I used to have to chase him away from the vacuum though, he's get up close and I was always afraid he might get his paw stuck in there...he has no tail, so that wasn't an issue, lol.
 
I only did once and it was because, like someone else mentioned, for medical reasons. The claw marks are still on the marlite walls of the bathroom. Otherwise, I let the cat see to its own hygiene. They are best equipped to deal with it.
 
My daughter's half Manx/half Siamese cat never needed a bath because he got in the shower almost every morning with the first person in. He would sit there and get drenched, then he'd jump out and roll around in the dry bathtub. On the weekends, he'd wander around the bed yowling until someone got up and took a shower.
 

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