Thread: Well I wont need a shower for a week !!!

Originally Posted by KimAZ

We haven't tried to bath the boys ourselves yet. We chickened out a couple of months ago and had a cat groomer do it. Now they are one year old and 16 pounds and we are afraid, very afraid! Doubt we would be able to take pictures as I think the bath would require 4 hands!!! Maybe we just need to have JCK visit us so she can explain to Buzz and Baxter that cats like baths.

You might actually be surprised, Kim - other cats have a visceral fear of water, try and get them in and you're in for a fight from the word go! Our little Charlotte (RIP) wouldn't get close to the bathtub if you paid her in catnip! and we did try once to give her a bath, we did have a fight on our hands, for all she was frail and little!
But Neevie, when we brought her in, was too young to know how to groom herself properly - her Dam had apparently had an infection and long story short she had to be raised by hand, so we were allowed to take her home her much earlier since she didn't have to be weaned... anyway, we gave her a couple of baths - we were dreading it but were very surprised she didn't mind at all... she didn't perticularly enjoy it, was kind of trying to get out, but more like "right, yeah, ok, I've had enough now I kinda wanna do other things" not the pankicked "noooooooooo!" ;-) The trick is to make the water the right temperature, and not startle them with loud noises like shower running at first I guess... so, run the bath and then pick them up and drop them in gently - see how they react.
She also goes in the bathtub by herself while the water is running - to drink a bit - and her paws dip in cold water. She doesn't like COLD water, but because of the cold part, not the water part.

I guess we should give it a try. They do love water. Buzz is a little more cautious around the tub these days. A month or two ago he turned the water on and managed to fill it 5 or 6 inches before I knew about it. He is such a clumsy boy that in the process of walking around the tub deck to watch the water at different angles, he slipped off into the tub. This tub is a soaking tub and quite deep. He had trouble getting traction to climb out and and he isn't much of a jumper. He was a little panicked but in hindsight maybe it was because he had turned on the cold tap (thank goodness) and didn't like the temperature of the water? When we return to Phoenix, I'm going to buy a kiddy pool for them to explore when they are outside in their tent. To be continued.....

ooooh that would be a great idea! take pictures if it works please!!! :-)

My girl Angel jumps in the bath when a human is in it. She circles the outside, climbs on to your stomach then drops down into the water. Now there's a good girl, lol. She did it once when my niece was staying over for the weekend. She was in the bathroom having a bath, humming one minute and screaming the next. We'd forgotten to tell her about Angel...... I don't know who was more shocked Niamh or the cat!
It was so funny. I don't think anyone will forget that one in a hurry.

Originally Posted by KimAZ

I guess we should give it a try. They do love water. Buzz is a little more cautious around the tub these days. A month or two ago he turned the water on and managed to fill it 5 or 6 inches before I knew about it. He is such a clumsy boy that in the process of walking around the tub deck to watch the water at different angles, he slipped off into the tub. This tub is a soaking tub and quite deep. He had trouble getting traction to climb out and and he isn't much of a jumper. He was a little panicked but in hindsight maybe it was because he had turned on the cold tap (thank goodness) and didn't like the temperature of the water? When we return to Phoenix, I'm going to buy a kiddy pool for them to explore when they are outside in their tent. To be continued.....

That sounds like a brilliant idea a kiddy pool, like Alekto would love to see some pictures of them exploring it ! pretty please !! lol

Originally Posted by Ginacool

My girl Angel jumps in the bath when a human is in it. She circles the outside, climbs on to your stomach then drops down into the water. Now there's a good girl, lol. She did it once when my niece was staying over for the weekend. She was in the bathroom having a bath, humming one minute and screaming the next. We'd forgotten to tell her about Angel...... I don't know who was more shocked Niamh or the cat!
It was so funny. I don't think anyone will forget that one in a hurry.

Thats what you call a furry surprise !!! lol But an easy to bath cat, and I bet she smells wonderful all the time !