How DARE you!!!!!!!

in article , Sherry at
itty wrote on 6/18/04 11:28 PM:

We give a lot of baths at our vet hospital. Of course they are mostly
dogs, but every now and then there will be a cat on the daily task
sheet that needs a bath.

Giving a cat a bath, huh? I'm sure there are some of you here that
know what that's like. Here's how we do it.

1. take cat out of cage and give thorough brushing to remove any mats.
Return cat to cage.
2. Fill tub with a little bit of warm water. Add shampoo and cream
rinse conditioner. Be sure Hydrosurge is ready (a Hydrosurge recycles
the soapy water through a hose)
3. Grab slip leash and cat. Loop slip leash around the head and one
of the front legs, so the leash comes across the chest like a seat
belt.
4. Deposit cat into tub and quickly tie leash to bar. (we have a bar
to tie up all animals to during their baths)
5. Turn on Hydrosurge and proceed to wash cat as quickly as possible.
(the meaner the cat, the quicker you have to be)
6. Drain soapy water and rinse off cat. Remove cat from tub, and
place on towel.
7. Try to towel dry cat with one hand. (note the word, "Try") hehehe
8. Move wet cat to spare cage and set up cage dryer. (Also known as
the cage cooker. It's a warm fan dryer that hooks onto the cage door)
9. Turn on cage dryer and walk away.

Hehehehehehehehehe, wish it could be that simple for all of us, huh?
We wash the cat and then put him in a cage and let the cage dryer do
the rest. Of course you then have to hear the cat yowling at the top
of his lungs for the rest of the day.

Wow. Bathing un-sedated strange cats is *not* a skill for the faint of heart.
It makes me kind of feel bad for the cats though. I bet they *really* hate the
cage dryer.
My silly little grandcat likes to be bathed. He honestly sits there like he
enjoys it. But you are absolutely forbidden to get his head wet.

Sherry

I had a friend in college who had a cat that liked it too. Amazed me. A
calico no less. She would just plop her in the kitchen sink with warm water
and suds her up with Johnson's no tears. Kitty LOVED the massaging part.
Rinse and towel dry. Purring away. Wish they were all like that. I would
love to shampoo Sugar once in a whle. But even as a tiny kitten, the one
time I gave them a bath for fleas she was SQUIRMY as hell. I shudder to
think what she would be like now.

in article , Sherry at
itty wrote on 6/18/04 11:28 PM:

We give a lot of baths at our vet hospital. Of course they are mostly
dogs, but every now and then there will be a cat on the daily task
sheet that needs a bath.

Giving a cat a bath, huh? I'm sure there are some of you here that
know what that's like. Here's how we do it.

1. take cat out of cage and give thorough brushing to remove any mats.
Return cat to cage.
2. Fill tub with a little bit of warm water. Add shampoo and cream
rinse conditioner. Be sure Hydrosurge is ready (a Hydrosurge recycles
the soapy water through a hose)
3. Grab slip leash and cat. Loop slip leash around the head and one
of the front legs, so the leash comes across the chest like a seat
belt.
4. Deposit cat into tub and quickly tie leash to bar. (we have a bar
to tie up all animals to during their baths)
5. Turn on Hydrosurge and proceed to wash cat as quickly as possible.
(the meaner the cat, the quicker you have to be)
6. Drain soapy water and rinse off cat. Remove cat from tub, and
place on towel.
7. Try to towel dry cat with one hand. (note the word, "Try") hehehe
8. Move wet cat to spare cage and set up cage dryer. (Also known as
the cage cooker. It's a warm fan dryer that hooks onto the cage door)
9. Turn on cage dryer and walk away.

Hehehehehehehehehe, wish it could be that simple for all of us, huh?
We wash the cat and then put him in a cage and let the cage dryer do
the rest. Of course you then have to hear the cat yowling at the top
of his lungs for the rest of the day.

Wow. Bathing un-sedated strange cats is *not* a skill for the faint of heart.
It makes me kind of feel bad for the cats though. I bet they *really* hate the
cage dryer.
My silly little grandcat likes to be bathed. He honestly sits there like he
enjoys it. But you are absolutely forbidden to get his head wet.

Sherry

I had a friend in college who had a cat that liked it too. Amazed me. A
calico no less. She would just plop her in the kitchen sink with warm water
and suds her up with Johnson's no tears. Kitty LOVED the massaging part.
Rinse and towel dry. Purring away. Wish they were all like that. I would
love to shampoo Sugar once in a whle. But even as a tiny kitten, the one
time I gave them a bath for fleas she was SQUIRMY as hell. I shudder to
think what she would be like now.

in article , Sherry at
itty wrote on 6/18/04 11:28 PM:

We give a lot of baths at our vet hospital. Of course they are mostly
dogs, but every now and then there will be a cat on the daily task
sheet that needs a bath.

Giving a cat a bath, huh? I'm sure there are some of you here that
know what that's like. Here's how we do it.

1. take cat out of cage and give thorough brushing to remove any mats.
Return cat to cage.
2. Fill tub with a little bit of warm water. Add shampoo and cream
rinse conditioner. Be sure Hydrosurge is ready (a Hydrosurge recycles
the soapy water through a hose)
3. Grab slip leash and cat. Loop slip leash around the head and one
of the front legs, so the leash comes across the chest like a seat
belt.
4. Deposit cat into tub and quickly tie leash to bar. (we have a bar
to tie up all animals to during their baths)
5. Turn on Hydrosurge and proceed to wash cat as quickly as possible.
(the meaner the cat, the quicker you have to be)
6. Drain soapy water and rinse off cat. Remove cat from tub, and
place on towel.
7. Try to towel dry cat with one hand. (note the word, "Try") hehehe
8. Move wet cat to spare cage and set up cage dryer. (Also known as
the cage cooker. It's a warm fan dryer that hooks onto the cage door)
9. Turn on cage dryer and walk away.

Hehehehehehehehehe, wish it could be that simple for all of us, huh?
We wash the cat and then put him in a cage and let the cage dryer do
the rest. Of course you then have to hear the cat yowling at the top
of his lungs for the rest of the day.

Wow. Bathing un-sedated strange cats is *not* a skill for the faint of heart.
It makes me kind of feel bad for the cats though. I bet they *really* hate the
cage dryer.
My silly little grandcat likes to be bathed. He honestly sits there like he
enjoys it. But you are absolutely forbidden to get his head wet.

Sherry

I had a friend in college who had a cat that liked it too. Amazed me. A
calico no less. She would just plop her in the kitchen sink with warm water
and suds her up with Johnson's no tears. Kitty LOVED the massaging part.
Rinse and towel dry. Purring away. Wish they were all like that. I would
love to shampoo Sugar once in a whle. But even as a tiny kitten, the one
time I gave them a bath for fleas she was SQUIRMY as hell. I shudder to
think what she would be like now.

I had a friend in college who had a cat that liked it too. Amazed me. A
calico no less. She would just plop her in the kitchen sink with warm water
and suds her up with Johnson's no tears. Kitty LOVED the massaging part.
Rinse and towel dry. Purring away. Wish they were all like that. I would
love to shampoo Sugar once in a whle. But even as a tiny kitten, the one
time I gave them a bath for fleas she was SQUIRMY as hell. I shudder to
think what she would be like now.

That's just like silly old Bosley!! He gets bathed with Pert Plus (!!???). His
fur is always shiny and manageable, and the girl cats just can't keep their
paws out of it.
Sherry ---thinking it's definitely time to go to bed.....

I had a friend in college who had a cat that liked it too. Amazed me. A
calico no less. She would just plop her in the kitchen sink with warm water
and suds her up with Johnson's no tears. Kitty LOVED the massaging part.
Rinse and towel dry. Purring away. Wish they were all like that. I would
love to shampoo Sugar once in a whle. But even as a tiny kitten, the one
time I gave them a bath for fleas she was SQUIRMY as hell. I shudder to
think what she would be like now.

That's just like silly old Bosley!! He gets bathed with Pert Plus (!!???). His
fur is always shiny and manageable, and the girl cats just can't keep their
paws out of it.
Sherry ---thinking it's definitely time to go to bed.....

I had a friend in college who had a cat that liked it too. Amazed me. A
calico no less. She would just plop her in the kitchen sink with warm water
and suds her up with Johnson's no tears. Kitty LOVED the massaging part.
Rinse and towel dry. Purring away. Wish they were all like that. I would
love to shampoo Sugar once in a whle. But even as a tiny kitten, the one
time I gave them a bath for fleas she was SQUIRMY as hell. I shudder to
think what she would be like now.

That's just like silly old Bosley!! He gets bathed with Pert Plus (!!???). His
fur is always shiny and manageable, and the girl cats just can't keep their
paws out of it.
Sherry ---thinking it's definitely time to go to bed.....

On 18 Jun 2004 21:16:57 -0700, (Mischief) wrote:

We give a lot of baths at our vet hospital. Of course they are mostly
dogs, but every now and then there will be a cat on the daily task
sheet that needs a bath.
snip
LOL My vet offers a free bath to my kitties on their birthday every
year, but I've never taken him up on the offer.
--
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On 18 Jun 2004 21:16:57 -0700, (Mischief) wrote:

We give a lot of baths at our vet hospital. Of course they are mostly
dogs, but every now and then there will be a cat on the daily task
sheet that needs a bath.
snip
LOL My vet offers a free bath to my kitties on their birthday every
year, but I've never taken him up on the offer.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On 18 Jun 2004 21:16:57 -0700, (Mischief) wrote:

We give a lot of baths at our vet hospital. Of course they are mostly
dogs, but every now and then there will be a cat on the daily task
sheet that needs a bath.
snip
LOL My vet offers a free bath to my kitties on their birthday every
year, but I've never taken him up on the offer.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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Mischief had something important to tell us on 18 Jun 2004 21:16:57
-0700:

We give a lot of baths at our vet hospital. Of course they are mostly
dogs, but every now and then there will be a cat on the daily task
sheet that needs a bath.

Giving a cat a bath, huh? I'm sure there are some of you here that
know what that's like. Here's how we do it.

Hmmm... sounds like they don't get much of a chance to put up any
resistance.

Just ask John/Jaggath if you want to know about cat-washing... he
bathes every kitty that comes into his care, and for some reason they
almost all let him do it! (that's probably why he likes bengals and
abbys - they're both water-loving breeds) Some of his kittens even
come and play in the shower every day!

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