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Another bath for Billy
He got poopie stuck in the fur under his tail again. He was almost as good
as his sister in the bath. Only difference is he cried a little bit and made a few small moves toward getting out of the tub, but he never put out a claw. |
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Another bath for Billy
"Pat" wrote in message news He got poopie stuck in the fur under his tail again. He was almost as good as his sister in the bath. Only difference is he cried a little bit and made a few small moves toward getting out of the tub, but he never put out a claw. What a good boy. I can't even imagine what it would be like to bath KFC, she would slash me to pieces. I would like to bath her actually as her coat looks greasy because she's so old she doesn't look after it properly now. I groom her regularly two or three times a week but this doesn't make her fur look any better. I tried a "spirit shampoo" a while ago, and it looked ok for about a day. Any ideas for caring for the coat of a very old cat without distressing us both by bathing her? I'm not really up for being slashed to pieces which is definitely on the cards if I attempt to put her in water. Tweed |
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Another bath for Billy
"Christina Websell" wrote Any ideas for caring for the coat of a very old cat without distressing us both by bathing her? I'm not really up for being slashed to pieces which is definitely on the cards if I attempt to put her in water. Cats naturally dislike being wet and being forced to do anything, so the trick to bathing them is to make it pleasurable to them, or at least not unpleasant. That means, make the way you handle the cat into a show of affection, and don't scare them with the water. You might try this... one time only... see how it goes. I think if you're sensitive and know your kitty well, it just might work. I have been able to bath almost any reluctant cat this way without being harmed: First of all you must be in the bathtub *with* the cat... Bring her into the bathroom with you and close the door. Sit there (outside the tub) with her while you run about five gallons of warm water into the tub. Hang up your clothes and put a couple of large bath towels on the floor ready to grab, then pick up kitty and hold her like a baby as you step into the tub and slowly sit down. At this stage kitty has no idea there is even water in the tub. The water needs to be off while you are getting in and sitting down. Once you are settled into the tub holding kitty, let her tail dangle into the water a bit. If she doesn't start tearing you to pieces then slowly let her back feet get wet. Ideally you would be sitting cross-legged in the low end of the tub with some little bit of water under your legs, and you set kitty down in that opening in your lap where the warm water is just about half an inch deep. If this works out well, then just play it by ear, grab a handful of water in one hand and hold the scruff of kitty's neck in the other just to steady her as you gently release a little water on her back and rub it in. Keep this up until the kitty is wet to the skin all over with warm water. If you can run more water slowly and quietly into the tub without scaring her, it helps, to keep the water nice and warm, which cats like. The shampoo will penetrate better and be easier to spread around if the cat is already completely wet, too. Don't go on to the shampooing stage unless you're sure you can keep control of the cat. It's pretty easy if you've gone really slow up to that stage and have not let kitty become spooked. If she is a little bit spooked, you can calm her down by talking softly and gently to her and holding the scruff of her neck with one hand and rubbing her with the other hand (working in the shampoo). The end stage is the hardest, you must drain the tub and then pour fresh warm water over the kitty to rinse out the soap. Ideally you would have a couple of one-gallon plastic jugs already filled with warm water and sitting within easy reach of your free hand. Finally, after kitty is well rinses, pick her up and stand up in the tub, squeeze the excess water out of her legs and tail, then set her on one of the towels, still holding the scruff of her neck, and grab the other towel and toss it over her back, then rub her dry. |
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Another bath for Billy
Pat wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote Any ideas for caring for the coat of a very old cat without distressing us both by bathing her? I'm not really up for being slashed to pieces which is definitely on the cards if I attempt to put her in water. Cats naturally dislike being wet and being forced to do anything, so the trick to bathing them is to make it pleasurable to them, or at least not unpleasant. That means, make the way you handle the cat into a show of affection, and don't scare them with the water. You might try this... one time only... see how it goes. I think if you're sensitive and know your kitty well, it just might work. I have been able to bath almost any reluctant cat this way without being harmed: First of all you must be in the bathtub *with* the cat... Bring her into the bathroom with you and close the door. Sit there (outside the tub) with her while you run about five gallons of warm water into the tub. Hang up your clothes and put a couple of large bath towels on the floor ready to grab, then pick up kitty and hold her like a baby as you step into the tub and slowly sit down. At this stage kitty has no idea there is even water in the tub. The water needs to be off while you are getting in and sitting down. Once you are settled into the tub holding kitty, let her tail dangle into the water a bit. If she doesn't start tearing you to pieces then slowly let her back feet get wet. Ideally you would be sitting cross-legged in the low end of the tub with some little bit of water under your legs, and you set kitty down in that opening in your lap where the warm water is just about half an inch deep. If this works out well, then just play it by ear, grab a handful of water in one hand and hold the scruff of kitty's neck in the other just to steady her as you gently release a little water on her back and rub it in. Keep this up until the kitty is wet to the skin all over with warm water. If you can run more water slowly and quietly into the tub without scaring her, it helps, to keep the water nice and warm, which cats like. The shampoo will penetrate better and be easier to spread around if the cat is already completely wet, too. Don't go on to the shampooing stage unless you're sure you can keep control of the cat. It's pretty easy if you've gone really slow up to that stage and have not let kitty become spooked. If she is a little bit spooked, you can calm her down by talking softly and gently to her and holding the scruff of her neck with one hand and rubbing her with the other hand (working in the shampoo). The end stage is the hardest, you must drain the tub and then pour fresh warm water over the kitty to rinse out the soap. Ideally you would have a couple of one-gallon plastic jugs already filled with warm water and sitting within easy reach of your free hand. Finally, after kitty is well rinses, pick her up and stand up in the tub, squeeze the excess water out of her legs and tail, then set her on one of the towels, still holding the scruff of her neck, and grab the other towel and toss it over her back, then rub her dry. And I always thought the cat-in-the-commode with a squirt of shampoo method worked best. |
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Another bath for Billy
"Pat" wrote in message .. . "Christina Websell" wrote Any ideas for caring for the coat of a very old cat without distressing us both by bathing her? I'm not really up for being slashed to pieces which is definitely on the cards if I attempt to put her in water. Cats naturally dislike being wet and being forced to do anything, so the trick to bathing them is to make it pleasurable to them, or at least not unpleasant. That means, make the way you handle the cat into a show of affection, and don't scare them with the water. You might try this... one time only... see how it goes. I think if you're sensitive and know your kitty well, it just might work. I have been able to bath almost any reluctant cat this way without being harmed: First of all you must be in the bathtub *with* the cat... Bring her into the bathroom with you and close the door. Sit there (outside the tub) with her while you run about five gallons of warm water into the tub. Hang up your clothes and put a couple of large bath towels on the floor ready to grab, then pick up kitty and hold her like a baby as you step into the tub and slowly sit down. At this stage kitty has no idea there is even water in the tub. The water needs to be off while you are getting in and sitting down. Once you are settled into the tub holding kitty, let her tail dangle into the water a bit. If she doesn't start tearing you to pieces then slowly let her back feet get wet. Ideally you would be sitting cross-legged in the low end of the tub with some little bit of water under your legs, and you set kitty down in that opening in your lap where the warm water is just about half an inch deep. If this works out well, then just play it by ear, grab a handful of water in one hand and hold the scruff of kitty's neck in the other just to steady her as you gently release a little water on her back and rub it in. Keep this up until the kitty is wet to the skin all over with warm water. If you can run more water slowly and quietly into the tub without scaring her, it helps, to keep the water nice and warm, which cats like. The shampoo will penetrate better and be easier to spread around if the cat is already completely wet, too. Don't go on to the shampooing stage unless you're sure you can keep control of the cat. It's pretty easy if you've gone really slow up to that stage and have not let kitty become spooked. If she is a little bit spooked, you can calm her down by talking softly and gently to her and holding the scruff of her neck with one hand and rubbing her with the other hand (working in the shampoo). The end stage is the hardest, you must drain the tub and then pour fresh warm water over the kitty to rinse out the soap. Ideally you would have a couple of one-gallon plastic jugs already filled with warm water and sitting within easy reach of your free hand. Finally, after kitty is well rinses, pick her up and stand up in the tub, squeeze the excess water out of her legs and tail, then set her on one of the towels, still holding the scruff of her neck, and grab the other towel and toss it over her back, then rub her dry. Thank you for taking the trouble to advise me on this. However there is absolutely NO WAY I am going to take my clothes off and get in a bath with Kitty Farmcat to try and wash her. Unless I have an urge to go to the hospital, which I don't ;-) She is semi-feral. My bathroom is upstairs. My cats are not allowed upstairs but they do break the rule sometimes. She would freak out if I took her upstairs - which she thinks isn't allowed - and if I put her in the bath up there and ran water on her, she might have a heart attack at her advanced age. Tweed |
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Another bath for Billy
"Pat" wrote in message .. . "Christina Websell" wrote Any ideas for caring for the coat of a very old cat without distressing us both by bathing her? I'm not really up for being slashed to pieces which is definitely on the cards if I attempt to put her in water. Cats naturally dislike being wet and being forced to do anything, so the trick to bathing them is to make it pleasurable to them, or at least not unpleasant. That means, make the way you handle the cat into a show of affection, and don't scare them with the water. You might try this... one time only... see how it goes. I think if you're sensitive and know your kitty well, it just might work. I have been able to bath almost any reluctant cat this way without being harmed: First of all you must be in the bathtub *with* the cat... Bring her into the bathroom with you and close the door. Sit there (outside the tub) with her while you run about five gallons of warm water into the tub. Hang up your clothes and put a couple of large bath towels on the floor ready to grab, then pick up kitty and hold her like a baby as you step into the tub and slowly sit down. At this stage kitty has no idea there is even water in the tub. The water needs to be off while you are getting in and sitting down. Once you are settled into the tub holding kitty, let her tail dangle into the water a bit. If she doesn't start tearing you to pieces then slowly let her back feet get wet. Ideally you would be sitting cross-legged in the low end of the tub with some little bit of water under your legs, and you set kitty down in that opening in your lap where the warm water is just about half an inch deep. If this works out well, then just play it by ear, grab a handful of water in one hand and hold the scruff of kitty's neck in the other just to steady her as you gently release a little water on her back and rub it in. Keep this up until the kitty is wet to the skin all over with warm water. If you can run more water slowly and quietly into the tub without scaring her, it helps, to keep the water nice and warm, which cats like. The shampoo will penetrate better and be easier to spread around if the cat is already completely wet, too. Don't go on to the shampooing stage unless you're sure you can keep control of the cat. It's pretty easy if you've gone really slow up to that stage and have not let kitty become spooked. If she is a little bit spooked, you can calm her down by talking softly and gently to her and holding the scruff of her neck with one hand and rubbing her with the other hand (working in the shampoo). The end stage is the hardest, you must drain the tub and then pour fresh warm water over the kitty to rinse out the soap. Ideally you would have a couple of one-gallon plastic jugs already filled with warm water and sitting within easy reach of your free hand. Finally, after kitty is well rinses, pick her up and stand up in the tub, squeeze the excess water out of her legs and tail, then set her on one of the towels, still holding the scruff of her neck, and grab the other towel and toss it over her back, then rub her dry. It's very nice of you to take the trouble to explain this procedure so thoroughly, Pat. Thank you. However, you seem to be suggesting that I get into the bath *naked* with KFC and try to bath her. faints at the thought.. Bear in mind that she was feral for years, any handling is on *her* terms and even grooming her can be a challenge. Add to that, she is grumpy most of the time, has at least a million claws and even though she has lost all her incisor teeth now, she still has her fangs and will use them if she is held against her will. Sorry, I'm not brave enough!! Tweed |
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Maybe you could ask a groomer for advice on this. They might have an idea
of other waterless products that work. Good luck. Christine "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Pat" wrote in message news He got poopie stuck in the fur under his tail again. He was almost as good as his sister in the bath. Only difference is he cried a little bit and made a few small moves toward getting out of the tub, but he never put out a claw. What a good boy. I can't even imagine what it would be like to bath KFC, she would slash me to pieces. I would like to bath her actually as her coat looks greasy because she's so old she doesn't look after it properly now. I groom her regularly two or three times a week but this doesn't make her fur look any better. I tried a "spirit shampoo" a while ago, and it looked ok for about a day. Any ideas for caring for the coat of a very old cat without distressing us both by bathing her? I'm not really up for being slashed to pieces which is definitely on the cards if I attempt to put her in water. Tweed |
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On 2006-04-06 18:06:18 -0500, "Christina Websell"
said: "Pat" wrote in message news He got poopie stuck in the fur under his tail again. He was almost as good as his sister in the bath. Only difference is he cried a little bit and made a few small moves toward getting out of the tub, but he never put out a claw. What a good boy. I can't even imagine what it would be like to bath KFC, she would slash me to pieces. I would like to bath her actually as her coat looks greasy because she's so old she doesn't look after it properly now. I groom her regularly two or three times a week but this doesn't make her fur look any better. I tried a "spirit shampoo" a while ago, and it looked ok for about a day. Any ideas for caring for the coat of a very old cat without distressing us both by bathing her? I'm not really up for being slashed to pieces which is definitely on the cards if I attempt to put her in water. Tweed I don't know. With my (much) older cats, it was just hard. Their fur is just not easy to keep nice, maybe impossible. Kitty IS very old and well, like with us, there isn't a lot you can do with fur at that age. |
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Christina Websell wrote:
What a good boy. I can't even imagine what it would be like to bath KFC, she would slash me to pieces. I would like to bath her actually as her coat looks greasy because she's so old she doesn't look after it properly now. I groom her regularly two or three times a week but this doesn't make her fur look any better. I tried a "spirit shampoo" a while ago, and it looked ok for about a day. Any ideas for caring for the coat of a very old cat without distressing us both by bathing her? I'm not really up for being slashed to pieces which is definitely on the cards if I attempt to put her in water. Maybe rub her down with a warm, damp washcloth? I don't know how much good that would do, but maybe it would be worth a try. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Another bath for Billy
Christina Websell wrote: "Pat" wrote in message news He got poopie stuck in the fur under his tail again. He was almost as good as his sister in the bath. Only difference is he cried a little bit and made a few small moves toward getting out of the tub, but he never put out a claw. What a good boy. I can't even imagine what it would be like to bath KFC, she would slash me to pieces. I would like to bath her actually as her coat looks greasy because she's so old she doesn't look after it properly now. I groom her regularly two or three times a week but this doesn't make her fur look any better. I tried a "spirit shampoo" a while ago, and it looked ok for about a day. Any ideas for caring for the coat of a very old cat without distressing us both by bathing her? I'm not really up for being slashed to pieces which is definitely on the cards if I attempt to put her in water. Tweed That sounds like Yoda. He is so old now, and he doesn't groom himself. He just looks dirty. I wipe him down with a wet washcloth sometimes (warm). He doesn't seem to mind. He's shorthaired, so that makes it easier. My old Cherokee didn't mind a bath at all. I'd just plop him in the sink, lather him up, rinse him with the sprayer. Then set him on the cabinet and dry him with the blowdryer. I never bathed him until he, too, got old and nappy-looking because he didn't groom himself very well. Sherry |
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