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Arsik wrote on 2010-08-22 15:43
Specifically around their faces. Recently I got some flea shampoo for my cat, and have been bathing her recently, although I usually leave the face dry so that I don't get shampoo in her eyes or water board her. The rest of the body I can easily wash if I just fill the tub so that the water covers the bottom and allows my cup to be able to scoop up water, and just gently poor the water over her body. That combined with the fact that I had started to train her as a kitten to like the water so that it wouldn't be a hassle to wash her, until my sister told me to stop because cats were meant to be scared of water (and running out of regular cat shampoo, my sister forbid my dad from buying anymore), so she's pretty tame in the tub, though still cries like she's getting killed and occasionally tries to leave the tub.
But I'm not sure what to do for her face. I don't like the fact that it's not getting shampooed, meaning that any surviving fleas will move to her face since there's no poison there compared to the rest of her body, but I also don't like the fact that I could hurt her if I got some of that stuff in her eyes, or accidentally got some water (which has the shampoo in it so that it can kill the fleas that are living on her belly passively while I rub down the rest of her body) in her nose and hurt her that way.
Any help?
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emomutt wrote on 2010-08-22 15:51
(iron wool and bleach
builds character)
just use a bucket of clean water and a sponge and just wash her face like that
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Byte wrote on 2010-08-22 15:51
I usually put a little on my finger and carefully rube it around, I don't make it to suddy. I do the same thing to rinse it.
The belly is easy, you just put your hand in the water and scrub :P
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Osayidan wrote on 2010-08-22 15:57
Don't even need to do the face. Up to the end of the neck and ears area is fine, and get a flea collar.
The flea collar will kill any that are left above the neck if it's a good one, and they wouldn't stay above the neck long anyways since it's not very flea-friendly. The face is the one spot cats can take care of very easily.
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ZazieTheBeast wrote on 2010-08-22 16:01
pooring water around the cats neck before u bath it will keep the fleas from the body from climbing to its head, other than that go with what Osayidan says
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Arsik wrote on 2010-08-22 16:02
Okay, so that means I don't have to do much work. Guess I'll just wash her face once a month like Byte described just to get any smell she may have picked up off. Thanks.
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Akami wrote on 2010-08-22 16:04
[FONT="Century Gothic"]I usually get a towel and wet my cat's face first, then when it's damp enough add the shampoo to the other side of the towel, apply to kitty's face, then use the other side again (re-apply water) to wash the shampoo off. My cat doesn't mind that too much, plus stray splashing water won't get into their eyes with a damp, soft towel.[/FONT]
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-08-22 19:52
Do you actually bathe ur cat outside those times?
[video=youtube;pGacggvj4Wk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGacggvj4Wk[/video]
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Kazuni wrote on 2010-08-22 19:55
When I have to give my art teacher's cats a bath, I just sponge down their faces and only use soap on the rest of their bodies.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-08-22 20:05
Quote from Kazuni;133709:
When I have to give my art teacher's cats a bath, I just sponge down their faces and only use soap on the rest of their bodies.
why u bathe your art teacher's cat?...
nvm
like this? owo
[video=youtube;KqphM_A-2OE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqphM_A-2OE[/video]
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Arsik wrote on 2010-08-22 20:06
Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;133704:
Do you actually bathe ur cat outside those times?
[video=youtube;pGacggvj4Wk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGacggvj4Wk[/video]
I generally try to bathe her once every couple of weeks so that she doesn't stink, being an indoor cat she doesn't do much but sleep and lick herself. But when there's a flea infestation, I try to wash her twice a week so that we can get rid of the fleas that are on her, and vacuum twice a day if I can so that we get anything that's on the carpet. With the exception of when she was a kitten and the past three months, she didn't get washed as much as I would have liked her to because of the lack of money to get shampoo for her. I just never knew what to do with her face so that I wouldn't hurt her.
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Hiccup wrote on 2010-08-22 20:40
You could get the anti-flea drops you put on the back of their neck. :l I honestly never bathe my cats and they are clean. They bathe themselves
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Cucurbita wrote on 2010-08-23 00:24
Its not unnatural. Animals are afraid of water because they don't have much exposure, thats all.
Its more or less the same as people not liking having their body wet. As long as you're trained from the start there is no problem.
Cats are great swimmers. They're good to go in the water. People just think Dogs are the only pets that are okay with it because they're more obedient and can stand still longer.
Anyways, if washing the cat is no longer an option, there are powder products for cleaning cats.
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Beginner wrote on 2010-08-25 04:49
Hope your cat isn't difficult to bathe like this one...
[video=youtube;5g6c8lr2M-Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g6c8lr2M-Y&feature=related[/video]
So funneh xDD