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I have always been in favor of giving my cats baths. Starting almost from the moment they enter my home so they can adapt as young as possible to the sensation of being wet. I also try various ways of ensuring their comfort, some of my cats have preferred being bathed in the sink with sprayer, some needing the second sink filled to do a quiet rinse, and some simply diving into the shower with me without any complaints at all unless it was me telling them no.
However one of my vets was absolutely horrified that I bathed my cats?! I don’t wash them everyday or even every week, once a month at the absolute most but she was quite insistent that it could be harmful to them? I will say my other vets were merely impressed that all my cats would at the very least tolerate bathing if not enjoying it.
So what’s your take? Avoid bathing cats because they groom themselves and don’t like water? Or bath the cats since they do groom themselves licking up every thing their fur comes into contact with?
Obviously being mindful to keep water out of their ears and minding the temperatures of both water and the house/outside until they’re fully dry, and that the soap is safe for use on cats.
However one of my vets was absolutely horrified that I bathed my cats?! I don’t wash them everyday or even every week, once a month at the absolute most but she was quite insistent that it could be harmful to them? I will say my other vets were merely impressed that all my cats would at the very least tolerate bathing if not enjoying it.
So what’s your take? Avoid bathing cats because they groom themselves and don’t like water? Or bath the cats since they do groom themselves licking up every thing their fur comes into contact with?
Obviously being mindful to keep water out of their ears and minding the temperatures of both water and the house/outside until they’re fully dry, and that the soap is safe for use on cats.