Is It Ok To Wash A Cat?

[tiggerblue10]

When I was little I had a cat called Tibby and my grandmother thought it would be a good idea to wash him. We ended up with scratches all over our arms!

I didn't know ow any better back then so went along with it. Cats clean and groom themselves so no need for washing unless they get something nasty on them that they should not ingest.

[seekeerz]

I’ve never regularly bathed any of mine except when upset tummies produced very dirty panties, sometimes it’s the only way to go, but as a general rule, they do a more than competent job themselves.

[wolf63]

I was told to give our cat a bath when I was about ten. The wounds on my back took weeks to heal.

This girl grooms cats - she must be nuts.

[seekeerz]

Her client was very well behaved, actually looked as if he/she was enjoying it :)

[Redhelen72]

Both Bollinger and Tattinger loved a bath and would often climb into the bath water.
Tia Maria had a terrible habit of going into peoples garages and coming back covered in oils and petrol so often had a bath

[davebro]

So you answered you own question!

I used to brush our cat regularly - she would occasionally object but still came back for more.

[tiggerblue10]

It's CB davebro and it's called chitchatting. Meow!

[tiggerblue10]

Helen, I've had a few cats over the years but none of them liked water. Any drip of water from my hand or rain and they'd run a mile.

[Redhelen72]

Tiger if you introduce them as kittens it becomes the norm

[barry1010]

My cat thought she was a dog and sometimes rolled in fox poo, no choice but to bath her. A wet cat looks scary

[Prudie]

I was expecting this to ask if it's OK to wash a cat twice ;-)

[pastafreak]

Only when they have got poop stuck to their furry bottoms.

I saw a video of a water loving cat wading through a small pond yesterday. It made me nervous. I know some cats are fearless around water.

[webbo3]

Probably, but not like this.
https://www.zuzu.games/g/fluff-the-kitty

[tiggerblue10]

Helen, I had Ginger when I was 6 and my parents gave him to the neighbours as they thought I was too young for a cat. They got Tibby for me when I was 10 but he fell ill and died 5 years later. The I got Snoopy as a kitten when I was 15. Back then I didn't know any better so didn't wash them when they were kittens. Snoopy lived to 15 years and developed kidney failure.

I then got Tigger and Blue from Battersea and they were 2 years old. They wouldn't let me have kittens as I work full time which was fair enough.

[calmck]

All the cats who just turned up at my house were bathed and de flead. As they grew some would enjoy playing in the bath as it filled. Two even liked the pool.

[tiggerblue10]

That's the next 'is it OK' question, Prudie ;o)

[Buenchico]

When my beloved Patches was nursing her four kittens,
the food that the vet's staff said that I ought to be giving her gave her really bad diarrhoea, which left her absolutely covered in her own faeces as she laid in her cat bed with them. I changed her diet but then consulted the veterinary nurses (who, in turn, consulted the vet to check their advice) as to how to clean up my utterly filthy, very pongy cat.

Their advice was to stick to the rule about never washing a cat (unless, of course, its got a poisonous substance on its coat) and simply let her lick all the poo off. It wasn't long before she was looking beautiful again.
https://ukcatlover.rajce.idnes.cz/Patches_and_Her_Kittens/746327830