Do you give your cats a bath, before you let them sit on your lap?

i have never had a cat,if i have one,i will not treat it badly.may be i will give it a bath every day,makes it lovely and clean all the time.

iam sameer 18 years old and i wash my cat once my cat sliped from my hand and fall on the green grass in rainy season the cat skin is coverd with dirty mud so i wash my cat with detergents ,my cat enjoys bathing and my cat is white in coular my friends play with my cat when she is clean

I'm concerned about it to some degree, like I wash my bed linen once a week and keep their litter boxes as clean as possible. I'm certainly not going to wash their paws everytime they want to jump in my lap. That's why God provided me with an immune system. However, if the cat scratches your child, you should put some sort of antibiotic on the scratch, like Neosporin or peroxide. Cats shouldn't be bathed too often, as it will dry their skin out and cause a problem for them. They clean themselves very regularly.

I never heard of stories of people being sick because their cats got on them after going to the litter box. So don,t clean their paws and I'M not afraid of the germs. i can say that My cat even kiss me a lot.

No, I see no reason why you should have to do this. Cats clean themselves! They are normally very neat creatures, always licking themselves clean. Unless, of couse, your cat doesn't clean himself. In that case, I would recommend a visit to your vet, because there may be something wrong.

iam sameer from india and iam 18 years old i alsowash my cat allowing it to sit in my lap,especially and every one knows that cat picks up lot of germs from so i wash it with very keen observation and i also enjoy the bath of my cat , she is my best friend and i allways sleep besides my cat, i like my cat ,and i think it is the best animal in this world

No thats just silly. But I do wash my 2 cats once a month.They are so clean. And they smell so good. I dont think you should get a cat as pet if your worried that much about the germs.LOL

Poor cat. Bathing a cat too often is not a good thing for the cat. All furry creatures have natural oils in the fur which help keep them waterproof and vermin free. They will replenish the oils but there is a limit as to how often they can do it. Cats are not natural water creatures and so their oils take longer to replenish than say a rat. If you get paranoid about germs then don't have pets and frankly, don't have children. haha

I've never really thought about washing my cat's paws, or giving her a bath just because she's been in the litter box. If she lays down in the litter box, yes, she gets a bath. She hates it, but it's pretty gross otherwise. Luckily, she only lays down in there when she's sick or when we are on a long trip (she hates the car). My cat actually wipes her own paws on her carpet when she finishes using the bathroom. She has two houses that her litter boxes are kept in, to keep the dogs out. They both have carpet in them. At the old house, the only room that had carpet in it was Elliott's, so maybe she started doing it because that was the only carpet she had access to, in her houses. Anyway, when she gets done in the litter box, she steps out and rubs her paws over the carpet, similar to how she would do to sharpen her claws, but not exactly the same way. I guess I've always just thought that would make her clean enough. That and the fact that she is constantly licking herself.

Cats don't like having a bath. Therefore, I don't want to have a bath for them. Actually cats are very clean. They always clean their bodies by themselves. We don't have to worry about it. I can just let my cat sit on my lap anytime.

My neighbour used to have a cat. I never saw her wash the cat. The cat went everywhere including the roof of the house. Interesting enough, it was very good at catching mice in the old house and could always scare the mice with its voice. Sometimes at night it often made scary noise with another cat. It was the moet scary noise I had ever heard. I always felt nervous at this noise as a kid. My parents would tell me not to look at the cats when they were making noise otherwise it would bring bad luck to the one who saw it. Till now I can still remember the cats very well.