will you bathe your cat?

I have never really given my cats a bath, its really not good for their skin. You might try getting some cat wipes. You can buy them at the pet stores and sometimes at Wal-mart and the like they look like a big baby wipe and you simply wipe the cat down with it. Its a lot easier than a bath and has the same result of clean cat, and I believe its better on their skin too! Happy Cat Bathing!

hello Martin, Oh i never thought that cats should need a bath (hahaha) Joke,no i don't don't bath our cats my kids do. They hate it when giving bath to their cats becoz cats hates water and scratch my son. I think my kids stopped bathing their cats. But with our dogs,they love to give them bath almost everyday coz they always hug our dogs each time they met(i mean every now and then ) How's your weekend dear amigo?

I think you are a bit crazy to bathe a cat. Oh, there are times when they need them, but most cats are self cleaning and after the initial cleaning (if they need it) and unless they are long haired cats they probably won't need another bath unless they get into something. Long haired cats do need some grooming, and if you can't keep it up, an occasional trip to the groomer can save a lot of aggravation... and keep the cat happier with you

Cats don't like water at all except to drink. They clean themselves so there's no need to give them a bath. My husband and I have 10 cats and we never ever give them a bath. In truth, it's cruel to give a cat a bath because they don't like water on their bodies. They do the work themselves by licking their fur clean. A cat isn't like a dog where we can give dogs a bath when they need it but not a cat.

Long back we had two cats as our pet, my wife tried to bathe them, but they never cooperated, i am afraid cats either hate water or are afraid of it.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Professor

Oh! ....I love cat too much and I have one cat at my house and is call as pushy,she understand language what we talk and listen to while I scold her and she is very lovely cat and I brought her from someone my neighbor house and I care a lot as well as my family to.We use to take bath her 3times a week and she never run away while we bath her.She very active in catching rat but she never eat that meet that I understand why she not eating the rat meet just she killed only.I love cat very much.When I was in office I miss her a lot.

Hi Mobhomeir I used to have 4 Cats and I never bathed them, I do know People who do bath their cats though Cats are actually very Hygienic and will always clean themselves so really there is no need to bath them as they do have fear of water Some Cats will tolerate it but most Cats won't

only if they really really need help. a few of my rescues i had no choice but to bathe them,they arrived with fleas/dirty. some realize you're trying to help,but there's always one that gets punchy about it LOL

i have three cats at home now. my girl has been with me for eleven years. my boys have been with me for nine years. my first attempt to bathe my girl ended disastrously. she was very young, very weak and i have no idea what was the correct thing to do. i put her under the tap and gave her a cold shower. she end up with pneumonia but thankfully she managed to recover. since then i've only gave her warm showers. i try to bath my cats once every month or other month. i guess starting them young helps a bit. the fact that they look up to me as their mother helps a lot. they'd protest a little and start struggling if they feel i'm taking too long. other than that, no biting or scratching.

I don't think it is usually necessary to give a cat a bath.. I have given kittens baths if they had fleas and I recently had to give my adult cat a bath because she had Poo stuck all on her bottom. (She sometimes has problems since she was hit by a car). But I just mad sure the water was nice and warm.. NOT HOT.. and I just scruffed her behind the neck... and dunked her in the water and started shampooing her.. I think she actually liked it at first.. Once all clean I put her outside to shake.. She hasn't had to have another one and she looks nice and shiny. I find that most cats do not care for water and will fight you if you try to put them in there. I was luck with my Sahara as she is very easy going and trusts me completely. I got away with NO scratches or bites.

I've always given my cats baths and although they may not particularly care for the water, they don't bite or scratch. They squirm and try to make a dash for it if released for even a second, but other than that I've had no problems.

Well I don't think that I would ever give a cat a bath unless they got into some mud then I would have too because I wouldn't want that cat to track mud into the house and it get it all over the house that would make a huge mess and then I would have to clean all that up and I really don't feel like doing that. Right now I have a dog and even my dog doesn't love to take baths she is not a big fan of them at all still I'm trying to get my dog used to them. Cats can pretty much clean themselves so that's why I don't really have to bother with them which makes it a whole lot easier. I wonder why cats don't like water very much though.

Hi we have three cats and I bathe them every month. Me and my son take turns to hold them while shampooing on them. Sometimes we just dry clean them once every week especially they keep on scratching. They look sleek when we bathe them. I believe it's healthy to bathe them so those ticks won't bite us too.

No i do not bathe my cat, we had one for about 3 years. i heard your not suppose to bathe them. their skin is extra sensative. you could use cool water, but really cats dont need to be cleaned. they are not like dogs. dogs usually roll around in dirt or run into swamps in marshes. cats stick around the house and dont require the extra cleaning. they clean themselves.

I have never done that but i feel it is not that easy to give bathe to cat.

When I saw your discussion, I began to miss my cat Tornado. He was the only one who loved baths because I gave him one every week and he knows each time I would go near the water hose that it is time for his bath. I used to laugh when I would do my laundry and he would be sitting by the basins waiting for me to scoop him up and give him a bath! My two cats now don't like baths and it will be a riot trying to give them one. I would have to chase them around and Spot would have this look in her eyes saying "I don't want a bath". Cats' eyes are so expressive, that's why I really love them.

I have no cats at home but there are many cats like to visit in our home and sometimes would love to deliver babies. I don't know why this is happen wherever I live and work cats come along my way. They will just mistakenly dropped by and if I see I will feed them until then they will not go home to where they are. I never bathe cats because my grandmother told me that it is not good to let them wet. Something happen if I will do that. Specially I don't like to hug and bath it. It i because of its hairs that could trigger to cough. And I an afraid I will be bitten and scratch.

I didn't bath my cats too often because of the scrathing. They groomed themselves and hardly went outside so I didn't really think it was necessary. One of my cats was gone for over a month and when she came back she really stunk! The other cats wouldn't even go near her. I had my husband bath her that time and he had to do it two or three times before the smell started to leave. I am not sure what she got into when she was gone but it was something awful!

In all of my life I have only given one of my cats a bath and that was years ago. Her name was Misty and she had fallen into our flooded celler which had not been cleaned in ages. She might as well have fallen into a sewer, that water was so dirty. Without thinking, I pulled her out of the water, took her into the house and gave her a thourough shampoo. Lucky for me she was probably the sweetest tempered cat I have ever known. She never scratched or bit anybody for any reason. She was not very happy but she let me wash and dry her without complaint. Normally my cats cleaned themselves by licking. The cat I now help take care of (he has been adopted by the neighbourhood in general) could probably use a bath but it would be a waste of time. In the summertime he likes to be outdoors all day and night and has a real talent for finding the dirtiest spots to roll over in. I can just imagine risking having my arms covered in scratches by a shrieking histerical cat, only to have him roll in the dirt again as soon as he gets the chance. No, I do not think that would be a good idea at all.

Hello cat lovers, my daughter is a cat lover and we adopted a cat from chincoteague virginia, we named him little nicky because he was such a little devil, lol. however he was a little stinker, literaly and bathing him was the only way to live with him. My daughter had no fear and hauled this big old boy to the bath tub and showed him who was boss. While she was duking it out with him we were all gathered outside the door and it sounded like a war was going on in there. A short time later my daughter and nicky emerged from the bathroom. My daughter emerged the victor in this battle of wills but funny enough she looked like the one who got a bath!